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** Catwoman writer John Rogers has been selected to write the screenplay for the live action Transformers movie that is currently in development with DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the popular toy line by Hasbro.

** Variety reports that Peter Webber (The Girl with the Pearl Earring), has been tapped to helm Behind the Mask, the film adaptation of the fourth Hannibal Lecter book by Thomas Harris. It is expected that Universal and MGM will share distribution rights.

** Meryl Streep, Greg Kinnear and Chinese film actor Liu Ye will star in the drama Dark Matter, slated to go into production next spring. The movie follows the story of a Chinese graduate student who receives a special visa to develop a revolutionary scientific theory. He runs into political and cultural troubles that ground his ambitions, setting the stage for a violent act of revenge.

** The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jessica Lange, Neve Campbell and Evan Rachel Wood will join The Mermaids Singing for screenwriter-turned-director Robin Swicord (Practical Magic). The project is based on the Lisa Carey’s novel of the same name and tells the story of a young girl’s return to the remote and enchanted Irish island where she was born.

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