· John Singleton will direct The Wheelman, an adaptation of a new videogame, with Vin Diesel set to star as an expert driver who something something vrooooooooooooom screeeeeech KAPOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! [Variety]
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· CBS Films purchased the rights to comic Station, about a murder on an international space station, resulting in a thrilling, zero-gravity climax in which the space-detective runs in place for a solid 20 minutes, chasing the murderer floating a couple feet ahead of him. Producer Larry Mark calls it "Hitchcock...in a James Cameron setting." [Variety]
· Jason Statham will play a hitman in a remake of 1972 Charles Bronson movie The Mechanic. [Variety]
· If you're part of the %0.0004 of the population with a sexual fetish that involves getting wildly turned on when you hear about major corporations posting losses, then this was the week for you. CBS announced a $55.3 million reduction in profits over this quarter last year. [Variety]
· ABC gave an early pickup to Steve Levitan/Chris Lloyd sitcom Modern Family, about three different kinds of families -- gay dads, old dude/young Latina, and regular vanilla -- told "through the eyes of a filmmaker." (I think that's a fancy way of saying mockumentary without actually saying it.) Pulled is Surviving Suburbia, a Monday night sitcom starring Bob Saget, apparently. [Variety]