Trade Round-Up: Attachment To New Project To Threaten Vince Vaughn's Role As Aniston's Love Interest
America's profligate makers of undead cinematic fare may soon find their jobs outsourced to Pakistan's more efficient, burgeoning zombie-film industry, which recently produced Zibahkhana (Hell's Ground) quickly and cheaply with a 30-day, hi-def shoot. [Variety]
Universal picks up the dramedy Counter Clockwise, about a Harvard professor who attempts to reverse the aging process by making her subjects believe they're young, for Jennifer Aniston to produce and possibly star in. It's too soon to know who will eventually play the role of Aniston's love interest, with whom she will unexpectedly fall into a suspicious, real-life romance during shooting. [THR]
Sweeney Todd casting shocker! Tim Burton signs up muse/snuggle-buddy Helena Bonham Carter for the role of the musical's "diabolical meat pie-maker." [Variety]
· Dancing with the Stars continues to grow in popularity, getting its highest ratings of the season in the wake of contestant Sara Evans' abrupt, adultery-tinged exit from the show. [THR]
· Braveheart's Randall Wallace takes on the suicidal task of condensing Atlas Shrugged's 1,100 pages into a coherent screenplay. [Variety]