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"A reader recently tipped us to a tweet from May by screenwriter Jeff Vintar (”I, Robot,” the still unproduced script of “Y: The Last Man”) which said, “More good news as Cary Fukunaga is in talks to direct my script SPACELESS for producer Gore Verbinski and Universal-.” We did some digging and the project seems to be have been moving along quietly under the radar, and sources close to the project tell us that Fukunaga is indeed in talks for the film. It’s still early days and apparently no deal has been made in the two months since that tweet, but Fukunaga is definitely still eyeing the film.

If he takes it on, “Spaceless” will definitely serve as another big shift from Fukunaga. The high concept flick centers on a top assassin hunting a high-profile target in space who must figure out how much of his reality is an illusion and what really matters in life before he can complete the job. Certainly sound ambitious, and with a major studio and tentpole filmmaker like Verbinksi behind the project, it could potentially be Fukunaga’s jump to mainstream filmmaking."

--- Swimming With Fassy - Michael Fassbender has joined every other Irishman actor in existence in the cast of Brendan Gleeson's adaptation of Flann O’Brien’s 1939 novel At-Swim-Two-Birds. I am not familiar with this novel, but here's the world's briefest description:

"The story follows a teenage student who populates his creative writing with important characters from his own life." 

"our scenes with Michael were totally intense! I'll just say that whoever he is dating (I heard its Zoe Kravitz), is most definitely not disappointed with his...er, manliness."

I mean, anybody who's seen Hunger knows this already (link NSFW), but it's always a welcome reminder.

--- Ze Plane - Apparently there was word via Twitter (a tweet which has since been deleted, so who knows) over the weekend that Dominic Cooper had joined the cast of a Hervé Villechaize bio-pic, which is starring Peter Dinklage (who looks nothing like Hervé, height aside). It's called My Dinner With Hervé and Cooper's apparently playing a journalist who interviews the Fantasy Island star about his life, which probably had more to it than shouting, "Ze plane, ze plane!" for a couple of years, right?

--- Planet of the Rapes - James Franco would like you to know that he's not a gay rapist, thank you very much.

--- Solar Flair - It's nothing new really if you're familiar with the books but in an interview at AICN with James Purefoy (mmm James Purefoy) they got him to talk a little bit about his character in John Carter (have they renamed it just JC yet?) and what the filming was like. A little bit.

"The character is called Kantos Kahn and he is the admiral of the Xavarin, which is a gigantic sort of ship. But in the John Carter world, these ships fly through the air and are powered by solar panels, so they go very, very fast when it’s very, very sunny, and they slow down a little bit when it’s cloudy."

Interviewer: I like to pride myself on having moderate mind-reading skills and I think I can work out the question that you get asked that annoys you the most about this movie. So I’ve got to read that, it’s my last question. Question: generally when people come in here and they ask you “Are you in X-Men?” The question that…

McAvoy: How many times did you have sex with Michael Fassbender?

Interviewer: That was the question. And what is the answer?

McAvoy: Four.

Interviewer: Four times. And how tender a lover is he?

McAvoy: [sucks in his breath, considers] …Define tender?

Interviewer: I guess.. a bit of spooning afterward…?

McAvoy: [shakes head]

Interviewer: …some snuggles…?

McAvoy: [continues shaking his head]

Interviewer: …maybe a little [kissy sounds] on the neck?

McAvoy: [shakes head] No, I have to take care of myself afterward.