The Golden Globe eligibility committee approved the following submissions for supporting roles, despite the fact that their status as supporting roles is highly debatable: Dev Patel for “Slumdog Millionaire,” Kate Winslet for “The Reader,” Phillip Seymour Hoffman for his performance in “Doubt” and Ralph Fiennes for his performance in “The Duchess” and “The Reader.” [LA Times]
“Watchmen” director Zach Synder reportedly has cut down the running time for the flick once again. The running time now stands at 2 hours and 35 minutes, and if you are quiet enough, you may be able to hear the laments of comic-book nerds everywhere. [Filmschool Rejects]
Rapper Common is excited to return to his role in “Wanted” now that screenwriter Chris Morgan has been hired to pen the sequel. Besides the fact that his character, along with the majority of the cast, die at the end of the film, we don’t see how they will have any problems with that. [MTV.com]
Johnny Depp has purchased the rights to the 2002 novel “The Hand of Dante” and plans to cast himself as an author living a quiet life who is swept into an underworld of danger and mystery when he is forced to authenticate a supposed original manuscript of Dante’s “The Divine Comedy.” It is nice to see that Depp, Tom Hanks and Nicholas Cage are all playing the exact same treasure hunting character. [MTV.com]
Could a “Veronica Mars” movie still happen? [Vulture]