The Hollywood Reporter reports that David Fincher will produce a CG-animated feature titled "The Goon," which is based on a comic series created by Eric Powell in 1999. Powell himself will adapt the comic for the big screen. No director or studio is attached yet.

According to the trade, the film tells of "the adventures of a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for a feared mobster. The stories have a paranormal and comedic edge to them and concern ghosts, zombies, mad scientists and 'skunk apes.' Dark Horse has been publishing the comic since 2003.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to "Hiding in Time," a comic book series created by Christopher Long and illustrated by Ryan Winn. Image Shadowline published the series.

The story is set in a not-too-distant future in which the Witness Protection Program uses time travel to relocate high-value witnesses into the past for safe keeping. When the program is compromised, a government scientist must travel back through the greatest moments in history to help a master thief rescue his old crew from the assassins sent back by their former employer.

Beau Thorne will pen the screenplay while Dan Lin will produce via his Lin Pictures banner.

Thomas Jane has posted a first look at the teaser trailer for "The Mutant Chronicles" which currently doesn't have a release date but is being aimed for this year. The film is based on Paradox Entertainment's internationally known board game, and stars Thomas Jane stars as Major Mitch Hunter, a 23rd century soldier who leads humans in a fight against a demonic army of underworld NecroMutants. "The Mutant Chronicles" co-stars Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki and John Malkovich.

Click on the link below to check it out.

Sony/Columbia Pictures announced that "Talladega Nights" stars Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will reunite for a comedic take on "Sherlock Holmes," in which Cohen will play the famous detective and Ferrell would play his sidekick Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the legendary crime-solving character which has been featured in hundreds of stories, movies and TV shows all around the world.

Etan Cohen ("Tropic Thunder") will write the script for Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller.

Christian Bale seems to be OK with handling all of the Batman films by himself, as he tells WENN that he doesn't want Batman's comic book sidekick, Robin, to appear in his Batman films.

"If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work," Bale reportedly said.

Good for him.

Paul W.S. Anderson, who penned the first three "Resident Evil" movies starring Milla Jovovich, reveals to MTV Movies Blog (http://moviesblog.mtv.com) that he is in talks with Sony about a "Resident Evil 4."

“I’m just starting to talk to Sony about it,” Anderson revealed. “I don’t even know if anything will come of it, but there’s a possibility it might happen.”

For more on Anderson's thoughts about a fourth film, click on the link below to read the article.

ComingSoon.net (http://www.comingsoon.net) has been keeping up with the online viral campaign centered around "The Dark Knight" and has posted the latest poster to have surfaced on the web for the movie. For a high-res version of the image, click on the link below.

"The Dark Knight" opens July 18th and from what we're hearing (even from our own Sean Chavel), it's pretty damn good.

First up, despite rumors on the Net that the forthcoming "Beverly Hills Cop 4" would be aimed for a PG audience, Latino Review (http://www.latinoreview.com) spoke to director Brett Ratner who says that the film will be edgier and indeed aimed for the older audience.

"Dont believe everything you read on the internet. Believe me, this is going to be a hard core 'R' Beverly Hills Cop. I start shooting next year."

Next, Eddie Murphy dished to MTV Movies Blog (http://moviesblog.mtv.com) that the project will most likely ignore the fact that "Beverly Hills Cop III" ever existed.

“I’ve been in a bunch of different meetings with people, ‘Oh, we have to take Axel this way.” I ain’t seen no script yet [but] I’m not rolling out ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ for it to be a continuation of ‘Beverly Hills Cop III,’ which was a crock of sh-t,” Murphy said. “I wanna do a good one!”

For more on this, click here and here.

Variety reports that Phillip Noyce is in talks to direct "Edwin A. Salt," a film in which Tom Cruise has been attached to headline for a long time now. Cruise has stayed with the project as it has gone through  a couple of directors, including Terry George and Peter Berg. Kurt Wimmer penned the screenplay.

The movie tells of a CIA officer (Cruise) who is accused of being a Russian sleeper spy. He must escape capture while clearing his name at the same time.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Sunil Perkash will produce the film.

Variety reports that Matthew Fox is in talks to join "Billy Smoke," a film at Warner Bros. to be based on the upcoming Oni Press comic.

The comic book series is written by B. Clay Moore and illustrated by Eric Kim and is scheduled for release later this year.

The story will tell of an elite hit man who's nearly killed during a botched job and realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins.