Denzel Washington Bails From Unstoppable Train

· Several weeks after 20th Century Fox put the brakes on Unstoppable, its runaway-train thriller combining Denzel Washington, Tony Scott, Chris Pine and a ballooning $107 million budget, Washington has grabbed his bags and walked away from the stalled project. The star reportedly denied the studio's requests to slim his $20 million salary, much of which Fox may yet pay to woo their leading man back and revive the project. But come on, Fox: Did you not learn anything from Taken? Can't Liam Neeson just do this after The A Team for $4 million and a few points? And $6 million for Tony Scott? Get Justin Lin or someone. What year is this? [Variety]

P.T. Barnum lives, Harper's Island dies and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.

· Stan Chervin, the writer who first envisioned Moneyball something like 221 drafts ago, has turned his sights to the circus. Or rather, its ringleader: Columbia picked up Chervin's untitled pitch about the early years of shopkeeper-turned-showman P.T. Barnum. [Variety]

· Hope you enjoyed Saturday's season finale of Harper's Island! Despite its best ratings since May and easy-bake franchise potential, CBS insiders note that the network chased it down and killed it -- for good. [EW]

· Showtime seems to know what stand-up comedy has been missing all this time: Tits. The network has ordered six episodes of Live Nude Comedy, a half-hour show combining host Shannon Elizabeth, stand-up comics and burlesque. [Variety]

· New Line apparently needs a non-controversial, easy-to-digest bump for its Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, which finished shooting last Friday. Enter Patrick Goldstein, naturally. [LAT]