News and Notes

Variety is reporting Sony is in discussions with The Descendants (my favorite film of 2011) actress Shailene Woodley to play Mary Jane Watson in the proposed sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man

/Film is reporting writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson wants to adapt Thomas Pynchon‘s Inherent Vice for the big screen

The Wrap is reporting Penelope Cruz is in talks to star in Gucci, a new film about the family behind the famous clothing brand. Ridley Scott‘s daughter Jordan Scott is scheduled to direct