· Stephen King may be confident that Ron Howard will still make The Dark Tower, but with the way the director’s dance card is filling up in the short-term, hopefully the famed author doesn’t hold his breath. In addition to Rush, Howard has become attached to an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven that Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black is writing. Heaven tells the true-life story of two fundamentalist Mormon brothers who murdered their younger brother’s wife and infant daughter under orders from God. Interestingly, Warner Bros. is putting the film together with Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment — the pair usually plant their flag at Universal, though they did produce the Black-written J. Edgar for WB. Totally meaningless spitball speculation, but: with Harry Potter wrapping up and Warner Bros. looking for another major franchise, might Howard try to push The Dark Tower in the studio’s direction? [Deadline]
· In other directorial news, it appears Ben Stiller will direct himself in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. That one is still happening, with a start date allegedly pegged for early 2012. [Variety via Twitch]
· But she likes it now. Mo’Nique has potentially decided on her Precious follow-up, more than two years after winning her Oscar. Per Variety, she’s in talks for the indie dramedy Bumped, about five strangers stranded in a Chicago airport. Katie Cassidy, Kellan Lutz and Camilla Belle are in the cast…
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