· Eventually director Jim Sheridan will actually finish the thriller Dream House as opposed adding a cast member every month or so. But at least the casting is sort of entertaining, too, with Rachel Weisz now signing on as the wife of a man (Daniel Craig) thrust into action when he learns their new home once was the site of a triple homicide. Naomi Watts co-stars as a neighbor presumably nervous about the event's impact on her resale values, going to any lengths to preserve the secret next door. Or maybe she simply wants to borrow their weed eater. It could be anything. Shooting is underway. [THR]
Susan Sarandon follows a legend, an unlikely trio (including Pierce Brosnan) find God, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.
· Susan Sarandon is in talks to inherit Barbara Stanwyck's matriarch mantle in The Big Valley, a feature adaptation of the '60s-era TV show about a ranching family in 19th-century California. Beyond her presence, dignity and acting prowess, Sarandon's unparalleled pig-spanking skills will most certainly pay off on the farm. [THR]
· Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris and Jim Gaffigan are set to travel to Salvation Boulevard, an indie comedy-thriller about one born-again Christian's flight from a megachurch that thinks he knows too much about its charismatic pastor. Shooting begins in April with director George Ratliff behind the camera; Sundance 2011 forecasters, go ahead and ad this one to your "probable" list. [Variety]
· Novelist and Hollywood darling Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island) is set to write his first feature screenplay: Animal Rescue, based on a short story about a murder over a lost pit bull. [Variety]
· A production company has optioned the stage rights to producer Robert Evans's memoirs The Kid Stays in the Picture and The Fat Lady Sang. Orange make-up sales will never be the same. [THR]