Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, writers and executive producers of NBC’s The Office, have been commissioned by Columbia Pictures to revive the 24-year-old Ghostbusters franchise.  The revamp is said to bring the orginal gang - Bill Murray, Dan Akryod, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson - back into the fold. (Variety)

As if Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Broderick, and Tina Fey’s dream guest star, Oprah weren’t enough, Gossip Girl co-stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester will join the Lemon Party over at 30 Rock this upcoming season. EW reports that he two will be featured in a high school flashback as classmates of Lil’ Liz Lemon [...]

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, seen here selling churros, discounted dress shoes, and moist and chewy things.  Extra credit if you can find a joke in there, anywhere. (Gizmodo)

“Talk about comebacks. After many years in the wilderness and being considered MIA professionally, Mickey Rourke, just like the washed-up character he plays, attempts a return to the big show in “The Wrestler.” Not only does he pull it off, but Rourke creates a galvanizing, humorous, deeply moving portrait that instantly takes its place among [...]

Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, and James Franco, this is Gus Van Sant’s retelling of slain Gay Rights activist Harvey Milk’s story. Milk became the first openly gay man to be elected into office in the U.S. as a member of San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. His life and career [...]

Besides the in-the-works HBO pilot for David Simon’s post-Katrina New Orleans series entitled “Treme,” featuring The Wire alums Wendell Pierce (Detective Bunk) and Clarke Peters (Lester Freamon) - loyal viewers will be relieved to know that another cast favorite, Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar Little) also won’t be out of sight for much longer. YESORNODC [...]

Kevin Smith rents out the specially priced Judd Apatow Cast Bundle and retains the services of Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, and some honest to goodness porn stars. Scheduled release: October 21, 2008. (via Rope of Silicon | Rotten Tomatoes)

HBO has shipped the pilot for Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball’s new southern vampire drama True Blood to brick and mortar Blockbuster stores for free rentals before the proper air date next Sunday. (AZ Night Buzz) Ball talks up the development of the series in this behind-the-scenes look (11 minutes).

It’s gradual. (via Hollywood Elsewhere)

In a recent interview with Q Magazine, Flight of the Conchords duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie suggested that the upcoming second season of their HBO series will be the last. (New Zealand Herald) Season 1 was easier to produce as they had songs already written for albums and concert performances, but new material [...]

Aaron Sorkin changed his status to: “I don’t know what Facebook is but I’m going to make a movie about it.” Sorkin has been guilty of bad execution of a great idea in the past, but he’s about to board the Titanic (the boat not the film). Whoever is talking in his ear (which [...]

Warner Brothers has taken up producing and financing for the Coco Chanel biopic, Coco Avant Chanel, which will star Audrey Tautou. First announced back at Cannes, the project is based off Chanel and Her World, written by Edmonde Charles-Roux. Attached are director Anne Fontaine and Karl Lagerfeld, who will recreate vintage Chanel fashions [...]

Per episode earnings for cast members of MTV’s The Hills: Lauren Conrad $75,000 per episode ($1.50 million a year) Heidi Montag: $65,000 per episode ($1.25 million per year) Spencer Pratt: $65,000 per episode ($1.25 million per year) Audrina Patridge: $35,000 per episode ($665,000 annually) Whitney Port: $20,000 per episode ($380,000 per season) Brody Jenner: $10,000 per episode ($190,000 a year) Lauren “Lo” [...]

Mad Men Rich Summer, Bryan Batt, Vincent Kartheiser, Aaron Staton, and Michael Gladis make some extra walking-around money, posing with faux-vintage Playboy Bunnies and playing up the JFK-era style that also happens to be the most overvalued element of the show. Totally Safe for Work - though of course you know that it’s bad form [...]

Catherine Keener on Synecdoche, New York, Rachel Weisz on The Brothers Bloom, Benicio Del Toro on Che, John Hillcoat on The Road, Josh Brolin and W, J.J. Abrams’ Fringe, The Americanization of Little Brittain and Kath & Kim, and more, more, more in New York Mag’s hefty Fall Preview.