Weekend round-up: the Bible, robots and more Bill and Ted?

Welcome to another instalment of the inexplicably popular Weekend round-up, where we trawl through the week's news and highlight those stories that didn't otherwise make it on . This week: Dan Dare, J. Edgar Hoover and Tintin.

Lars and the Real Girl director Craig Gillespie is first choice to helm the new Fright Night remake.
Warner Bros has announced that it is looking to turn Leonardo Da Vinci into an action hero for a forthcoming film. I am now imagining a ripped, bearded Da Vinci brandishing a homemade grenade, saying: "Renaissance this, punk".
A new Bill and Ted adventure on the way? Doubtful, but this red carpet moment has rumours flying:


It's finally happened - a film adaptation of the Bible is heading our way in the form of In the Beginning, based on the Book of Genesis. And it will be in 3D. As God intended.
Sam Worthington is continuing his blockbuster streak by starring as the lead in a new Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future film, based on the famous comic-book hero.
A new poster has been released for The Losers:


Flight of the Conchords' Jermaine Clement is reportedly competing with Sacha Baron Cohen for a role in Men in Black 3, although there's no information about the role itself.
There are reports that Steven Spielberg is considering directing Robopocalypse, a film about "the fate of the human race following a robot uprising" which Cloverfield scribe Drew Goddard has just been hired to write.
The new trailer for Suck, a musical comedy about a rock band and, yes, vampires:

Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn has found a release date: 23rd December 2011.
Hugo Weaving has been cast as the villain Red Skull in the upcoming The First Avenger: Captain America.
A new poster for Toy Story 3:


The release of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps has been delayed until September 2010.
Rupert Wyatt, director of the little-known Escapist, has been hired to direct a prequel to Planet of the Apes. Because the last one was so well-received.
Here's the new trailer for Shrek Forever After:

There's word that Joaquin Phoenix has given up on his assumed-fake "retirement to become a hip-hop star" and is attached to play Edgar Allen Poe in The Beautiful Cigar Girl.
Actor John Cho has said that shooting for A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas could start this summer, although it will probably be without the involvement of the other half of the duo, Kal Penn, who is busy being a politician in the White House. No, really.
Clint Eastwood is attached to direct a biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, the original director of the FBI, based on a script written by Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black.
A new poster for Kick Ass is the perfect opportunity for me to say, now that the embargo is over, that this film is awesome. Just awesome.