Trade Round-Up: Chasing Vince Vaughn
· The Bourne Supremacy's Karl Urban is set to star in Universal's Doom, setting him up to challenge Milla Jovovich as the top video-game adaptation star. We'd love to know if that's how his managers sold him on the project. [THR]
· Martin Scorcese fails to see a doctor to get approved for insurance, gets sued for breach of contract. Clearly, God is punishing him for his involvement in the Italian-American bashing Shark Tale. [THR]
· New Line purchases the NBA-centered comedy script Heckled and goes after Vince Vaughn for the lead. We recently heard that Vaughn's people are trying to transition him back to drama work, so maybe the heckler New Line wants him to play can kill somebody if they're serious about signing him up. [THR]
· From the studio that brought you the smash international box office sensation Garfield: The Movie comes even more CGI inspiration, Alvin and the Chipmunks. The stunt-casting of Bill Murray probably helped Garfield avoid total disaster, so maybe Fox will try to one-up themselves and get Richard Gere to do a cameo? [THR]