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· Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi announces that Sideways star Thomas Haden Church will play the Spidey's new archenemy, though he didn't disclose the villain's identity. We're going to play it safe and guess he'll be donning the spandex overalls of the wine-swilling Possibly Retarded Airplane Mechanic, a truly chilling foe. [THR]
· If he can't have his acting career back, what he really wants to do is direct: Ben Affleck will direct his own adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Gone, Baby, Gone for Touchstone. [Variety]
· Fox chooses mostly unknown British director (and Guy Ritchie disciple) Matthew Vaughn to direct X Men 3. Somewhere in Australia, Bryan Singer is laughing his ass off. [Variety]
· Not content to remake Curb Your Enthusiasm without the funny parts and with a fat, whiny stand-in for Larry David, Showtime poaches some HBO talent to keep the good times rolling. [THR]
· Paul W.S. Anderson, the auteur behind such masterpieces as Resident Evil and Alien Vs. Predator, brings his skillset to writing and directing a remake of Deathrace 3000 for Paramount. We thought that the New Paramount™ was going to lay off the remake crack-pipe, so we'll have to assume that this project is an artifact of the Sherry Lansing era. [Variety]