Avon Man Hugh Jackman to Corner Market on Mistake-Proof Mascara

· Tired of toy companies' monopoly on garish movie adaptations, the cosmetics titan Avon is set to receive its own feature-length commercial: Avon Man will feature Hugh Jackman as a laid-off car salesman who finds new professional life as a make-up retailer. And why shouldn't he? Until you've heard that Aussie lilt purring the virtues of Beyond Color Plumping Lip Color SPF with Double the Retinol, you haven't really gotten the full picture of what this iconic brand can do for you. [Variety]

Darren Aronofsky tacks on another project, Russell Brand hops to holiday notoriety, and much more Hollywood Ink after the jump.

· As prolificacy goes, the famously deliberate Darren Aronofsky won't challenge Steven Soderbergh anytime soon. But the mere fact that he's even considering the Natalie Portman psychodrama Black Swan when he already has RoboCop in the works suggests either the latter project's wobbliness at MGM or a late-developing case of adult ADD. Either way, here's one industry case in which more is good. Be encouraged. [THR]

· Also staying busy: Russell Brand, who will repeat as the host of MTV's Video Music Awards and -- far more importantly -- provide the voice of the Easter Bunny in Universal's live-action/CGI family film I Hop. Wash those eggs before handling, kids. [The Live Feed, Variety]

· Another factoid worth adding to your Green Hornet / Green Lantern cheat sheet: Stephen Chow, Hornet's original director, is officially out as Kato in next year's adaptation. [Variety]

· IFC Films announced its acquisition of John Krasinski's underwhelming directorial debut/David Foster Wallace adaptation Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, which will launch Sept. 25 on VOD and in limited theatrical markets. [NYT]

· Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson are attached to Stanley Tucci's "coming-of-age story" The Hunter, featuring Brosnan as a man coming to grips with the decline of his upper-class lifestyle in exurban New York. Thus completes the actor's unofficial mid-life crisis trilogy begun by Married Life and The Greatest; someone get this guy another spy franchise, and quick. [Variety]