· Whip It may have crashed and burned last weekend, but HBO isn't deterred from getting in the Ellen Page/Alia Shawkat business with the planned series Stitch N' Bitch. Their co-star Sean Tillman -- a/k/a briefs-rocking indie overlord Har Mar Superstar -- will join the ladies to write and produce the tale of two "painfully cool" hipster girls who flee from Williamsburg to Silver Lake in the pursuit of artistic happiness. All three principals may appear in the show from time to time, but expect a pair of new faces to be cast and, of course, summarily gotten over by the show's target audience before cameras even roll. [THR]
Venom fills in some blanks, Lionsgate finds a hundred million bucks in its couch, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.
· A few more details on yesterday's sketchy Venom announcement: The Spider-Man villain will indeed be reinvented as an anti-hero defending the innocent, a liberty that should no doubt thrill the fanboy contingent. The project will leapfrog into the top-priority slot for writer-director Gary Ross, who'd also been developing a Lance Armstrong biopic at Sony. And for those on the Disney shareholders wondering why their $4 billion Marvel buy doesn't cover spin-offs like this, a gentle reminder: The Spider-Man universe is completely owned by Sony. Fox has X-Men, etc. But! Ant-Man is going to kill someday, I promise. [BFDealMemo]
· In an era when indies are imploding and nobody can find any money, Lionsgate hit Wall Street and managed to secure a $110 million advance on three-and-a-half years' worth of recycling. In other words, Saw X tickets should go on sale around this date in 2013. [Variety]
· Having heard about the odd trio fronting Stitch N' Bitch, the never-to-be-outdone World Wrestling Entertainment braintrust recruited Melora Hardin, Mark Feuerstein and WWE star Paul "Big Show" Wight to co-star in its comedy Knucklehead. [THR]
· Just to get people talking about anything other than the David Letterman sextortion scandal, CBS went ahead and picked up full seasons of The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles. [EW]