Johnny Depp sells his soul to Disney by agreeing to star in a fourth Pirates film as well as play the Mad Hatter and Tonto (Variety)

MGM, intent on remaking every film from the ‘80s, prepares for Dirty Rotten Scoundrel redo (Hollywood Reporter)

American Psycho – The Musical? (Hollywood Reporter)

Janet Jackson departs Def Jam (Hollywood Reporter)

Bruce Willis to make his directing debut (Variety)

HBO, in a bout of wishful thinking, renews True Blood after only two episodes (Hollywood Reporter)

Chris Cornell co-writes first single from American Idol winner, David Cook (Billboard)

Lionsgate and YouTube unveil branded channel featuring film clips (Hollywood Reporter)

New documentary chronicles the Beatles / Cirque de Soleil show (Billboard)

Jude Law to play Watson alongside Robert Downey’s Sherlock (Variety)

Cheech and Chong enjoy their career resurgence (Billboard)

Metallica is back on top of the charts (Billboard)

Uh-oh, Ben Affleck is now rewriting his acting roles (Hollywood Reporter)

David Cook’s new album will drop in November (Billboard)

Burn After Reading becomes the Coens’ biggest opener to date (Hollywood Reporter)

A third XXX movie is in the works, the franchise must be big in Japan (Variety)

Hugh Laurie becomes even richer with his generous new House deal (Hollywood Reporter)

What Doesn’t Kill You is a first-rate South Boston crime tale (Hollywood Reporter)

Steven Soderbergh and Michael Douglas team up for Liberace biopic (Variety)

Yes becomes the latest nostalgia band to replace its front man with a tribute band leader (Cinemablend)

Marvel celebrates “historic” summer at the box office (Hollywood Reporter)

Sid and Marty Krofft are transforming their classic ‘70s TV shows into movies (Variety)

Not only does The Steam Experiment boast a top-shelf B-list cast, but the premise sounds like a camp classic (Hollywood Reporter)

Jeff Goldblum has the role of his career as a clown whose talents allowed him to survive the Holocaust (Hollywood Reporter)

Rear Window creator’s heirs sue over disturbing similarities found in Disturbia (Hollywood Reporter)

The Wrestler puts Mickey Rourke back on top (Variety)

Not realizing the 70s are over, Heart contemplates a new concept album (Billboard)

Lakeview Terrace does not boast a view worth paying for (Hollywood Reporter)

Two additional Spider-Man films are planned (Hollywood Reporter)

Rakontur Films hones the art of street marketing (Business Week)

Noel Gallagher gets attacked onstage during an Oasis concert (Billboard)

Bangkok is less than dangerous during its opening weekend (Hollywood Reporter)

Inside Man is spawning a sequel (Hollywood Reporter)

Chris Cornell and Timbaland put finishing touches on R&B-flavored collaboration (Billboard)

Guy Ritchie is back on top with RocknRolla (Hollywood Reporter)

Tom Cruise will produce and possibly star in serial killer thriller (Variety)

Nickelback finishing new album with Mutt Lange (Billboard)

De Niro abruptly drops out of Edge of Darkness (Variety)

Denzel Washington will star in post-apocalyptic thriller (Hollywood Reporter)

U2 delays new album, while the band continues writing and recording an abundance of hits (Billboard)

The new 90210 debuts strongly (Hollywood Reporter)

Guillermo Del Toro is an extremely busy man (Variety)

Raising the Bar does just that for basic cable television ratings, setting a new record (Hollywood Reporter)

The CW network kicks off the fall season with solid numbers (Variety)

Tropic Thunder tops the box office again, as the summer movie season comes to a close (Hollywood Reporter)