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MGM have green lighted Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s spec script The Cabin in the Woods. Goddard says, “It’s genius, it’s funny. It’s got a harder and darker edge, but it’s also got classic Whedon qualities. It’ll rip your heart out and be heartfelt at the same time. There’s a reason the title is so straightforward. It’s its own sub-genre, the cabin in the woods, and this is sort of our take on it. It’s fresh and new.” Whedon will produce, and it’ll be Goddard’s directorial debut.

Ron Underwood will direct S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock’s (aka, the three guys who did Tremors) script Night Crew. It’s “full of quirky characters, scary moments, and laugh-out-loud humor, but this time in an urban setting”.

Mark Johnson and Jimmy Miller produced, and Vince Gilligan scripted dramedy Two Face is starting to move forward. Will Ferrell will star as “a racist who, after a prank gone awry, develops a split personality.” They’re still looking for a director. Production will probably start next year.

Ricky Gervais says he’s finished filming and is now editing his feature directorial debut This Side of Truth.

Matthew Horne and James Corden say they’ve wrapped Phil Clayden’s comedy horror Lesbian Vampire Killers. Co-starring MyAnna Buring, Paul McGann, Ashley Mulheron, and Lucy Gasken, it’s about two guys who are tricked into being sacrifices. Says Corden, "Matt and I play these two guys who, for one reason or another, need to get away. So they go camping and hiking, and they end up in this fictional town in Britain and get chased by lesbian vampires, and we kill them." … "That's it: We kill them in a funny way.” Should be released later this year.

Woody Harrelson and Chin Han have been cast in Roland Emmerich's 2012.

Sean Young, Jeffrey Combs, and Timothy Bottoms will star in Parasomnia. It’s about “a woman who sleeps her life away and lives in a fantasy world.” Comes out later this year

Barbara Bain, M. Emmet Walsh, and Sean Young will star in ghost story Haunted Echoes. Releases later this year.

Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms will star in Todd Phillips’ Hangover. Written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, it’s about three friends who lose the groom at a bachelor party in Las Vegas.