Anthony Hopkins to Get Fatherly With Thor

· Clearly Marvel Studios needed to ramp up the prestige level on Thor, which until Thursday had been slumming with the threadbare likes of Natalie Portman and director Kenneth Branagh. Enter Sir Anthony Hopkins, who joined the production as Odin, the father of the titular Norse god of thunder and his brother Loki. Still no word yet on if or when Dominic Cooper will join the proceedings, or if the emboldened Marvel will stick to its Oscar-pedigree prereqs for all of the supporting cast. [Variety]

Men in Black 3 nabs a script, Reese Witherspoon nabs a gig, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.

· Tropic Thunder co-writer Etan Cohen has been selected by Columbia to have a crack at writing Men in Black 3. Neither Will Smith nor Tommy Lee Jones currently have deals in place to return, but the studio needs the franchise boost, so don't bet against it. [Variety]

· Reese Witherspoon will star in and produce Rule #1, which Fox Searchlight acquired this week from screenwriter Terrel Seltzer. The Oscar-winner will play a New York woman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a Puerto Rican girl wracked with attention deficit disorder. It's sort of like being married to Ryan Phillippe, except with homework trouble where the wandering eye used to be. [THR]

· DreamWorks picked up the script Doggy Day Care, which reportedly is about "what really happens when dogs get together without human supervision." It's perfectly timed -- poker is a phenomenon that's only getting bigger. [THR]

· It took a week, but Variety finally picked up on the story that Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy are hooking up with George Miller's next Mad Max film. No rush, gang. [Variety]