Movie Hopping: September 16, 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!

• It’s being reported that Tobey Maguire will earn $50 Million for Spider-Man 4 and 5, which will be shot back-to-back over a 6 month period. The actor has also received “Family Time” in his contract, giving him early mornings and evenings off so he can spend time with his daughter. >> More
• Edward Norton spoke with MTV recently and revealed he isn’t sure what the future holds for him and The Incredible Hulk. >> More
• Cheech Marin will direct and star in the dramedy Angel of Oxnard for HighRoad Entertainment. The Story centers on Angel Mejias (Marin), the voice of Oxnard’s version of the Home Shopping Network, who finds himself in the middle of a worldwide media storm when his face appears on a tortilla. >> More
• Roman Polanski and Quentin Tarantino will receive government funds for their upcoming productions Ghost and Inglorious Bastards, respectively, which are set to shoot in Germany. >> More
• Joblo has a bunch of new images from Darren Lynn Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera. The horror musical opens November 7. >> More
• It looks like real life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly will not be starring together in the upcoming Charles Darwin biopic, Creation. Actress Rosamund Pike has revealed that she and Joseph Fiennes will be portraying the legendary evolutionist and his wife. >> More
• Ehren Kruger will adapt Boston Teran’s God Is a Bullet and shop it around town. It follows the journey of a California lawman forced to go undercover to rescue his daughter from the ruthless gang of criminals who’ve abducted her. >> More
• Rogue Pictures has hired Robert Adetuyi (Stomp the Yard) to script an untitled teen thriller. The flick is being described as a thriller in the vein of Disturbia. >> More