Movie Hopping: August 12, 2008

Movie Hopping – a place for some stories we may have missed and where you can get a large dose of movie news at once. Enjoy!

• Oscar nominated actress Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)is in talks to star in Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, a dual-identity drama written and directed by Isabel Coixet. The film is a Japanese-set dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer. >> More
• The folks over at Joblo that Billy Bob Thorton might be in the running to play Freddy Kruger in the Platinum Dunes remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. >> More
• Production on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has been delayed for four weeks due to Shia LaBeoufs recent injury from a car accident. In a T2 side note, the movie will also open in IMAX. >> More
• Zak Penn, who is best known for adapting such comicbook properties as The Incredible Hulk and The X-Men for the bigscreen, is writing and will produce The Argonauts for 20th Century Fox, which is an original take on the classic greek tale. >> More
• Randall Wallace is saddling up at Disney to direct Secretariat, the Mike Rich-scripted film about the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse and its owner, Penny Chenery. >> More
• Will The Dark Knight surpass Titanic and take the reins as all-time box office champ? There’s an interesting article over at THR that says probably not, and it’s all because of DVD. >> More
• Don Johnson is making a return to studio movies with a turn in Disney’s When in Rome. The Miami Vice star will also pop up in the indie comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy. >> More
• Ice Cube recently talked with the L.A. Times and said he’s keen to play B.A. Baracus in John Singleton’s upcoming A-Team movie. The role was, of course, made famous by Mr. T in the 80s. >> More