Terminator 3 & 4: Nothing really specifically about the actual films themselves...but it looks like producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna really are serious about reviving the Terminator franchise. The producers have signed a deal with two foreign distributors Toho Towa and Germany's VCL. While there is currently no director, cast, or even a U.S. distributor attached, plans are still in the running for the film to be released as soon as Summer or Fall of 2001. Teddy Sarafian is nearly finished with the T3 script while David Wilson has submitted an 80-page treatment for T4.

A.I.: More on the subject of sci-fi, the Hollywood Reporter has reported an official casting, just one week after Steven Spielberg's announced plans to pursue this project started by the late Stanley Kubrick. The trade reports that Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) has signed on-board as a cast member. Furthermore, Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) is in negotiations to join Jude. During an Oscar luncheon, Osment also asked another 2000 Oscar nominee Julianne Moore if she would join to play his mother. Moore reportedly declined due to other negotiations, most likely for Hannibal.

Harry Potter: Variety is reporting that Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Bicentennial Man) is currently the number one choice to direct the fantasy Warner Bros. project. The site reports that Columbus would be taking on a very difficult task, for the studio would like to have the project finished in time for a summer 2001 release. WB holds the rights to produce three films based on the popular books by J.K. Rowling.

Mission: Impossible 2: An MP3 of Limp Bizkit's single and rendition of the new MI2 theme song entitled "Now I Know Why You Hate Me" has been, somehow, released on the Internet, even though the song does not hit radio airwaves until mid-April. Due to copyright laws, I cannot post a link to the file but you can find a link to it at Cinemenium.

Her Leading Man: What Kevin Williamson did with the teenage horror genre with Scream, he hopes to do to the romantic-comedy drama and he's doing it with Sandra Bullock (or at least he hopes). Mr. Showbiz reports that Williamson is pursuing Bullock for his project which is being headed over at Universal Pictures. Williamson is planning on producing and directing his script.

The Salton Sea: Even more casting news...the Hollywood Reporter also reports that Deborah Unger (The Game) has signed for the female lead in this film, which will pair her opposite of Val Kilmer. The film will be directed by D.J. Caruso and will tell the story of a man who witnesses the murder of his wife. In order to get his revenge, he goes undercover as a drug dealer. The film is being produced by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile).