— Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, all the ladies are adopting this austere futuristic white look lately. Carrie Bradshaw’s also gone a bit robo-bling in the new poster for the looming “Sex and the City 2,” which you can see here. The plot’s being kept under wraps, as if anyone gives a shit after the first one, but it’ll see Penelope Cruz and Alice Eve (“Crossing Over”) joining the cast, along with a cameo from Liza Minnelli. Most of the plot details have seemingly leaked — an ancient Samantha trying to get pregnant is apparently one of the rumors — but no one seems to care outside of maybe some of those unnamed sites that will publish anything and everything.
— Dreamworks has acquired a pitch from “About Schmidt” producer Michael Besman entitled “Wife vs. Ninja,” an action comedy about a Long Island housewife who discovers that the younger woman her scientist husband left her for is actually a ninja assassin, trying to steal his work. Besman will write the script along with debut writers Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen.
— Apparently, vampire and werewolves are old news in the young adult fiction market, and someone has decided, apparently on a whim, that angels are much cooler. The Hollywood Reporter says that they’ve “been identified as the next trend,” presenting “angels as otherworldly hotties who are immortal and possess bad-boy charm.” So, basically, vampires with wings. To this end, Disney has optioned Lauren Kate’s novel “Fallen,” published this week, and its three upcoming sequels. The novel follows “an alienated girl torn between two charismatic young men, (Hey, that sounds familiar!) unaware that they are fallen angels who have battled over her for centuries.” It’s unconnected to the under-rated Denzel Washington thriller, it seems…
— Fans of robots, punching, and robot punching will be delighted to hear that the Hugh Jackman-starrer “Real Steel” has set a release date — November 18th, 2011. The movie, directed by devil-child Shawn Levy (“Night at the Museum”), will go head-to-head with “Happy Feet 2” and the next Bond movie, although don’t be surprised when someone blinks before then.