Hollywood Ink: The Long-Awaited Teaming of Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black Arrives

Also in this morning's Hollywood Ink: Cillian Murphy wakes up to find another movie... Tony Scott makes a decision... a Green Lantern sequel is en route... and more.

· Rather than waste their time filming an unnecessary sequel to School of Rock -- how do you improve upon perfection? -- Jack Black and director Richard Linklater will team up again for the true-crime black comedy Bernie, also featuring Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine. Black will star as the titular Bernie, a nebbishy assistant funeral director who befriends Margerie Nugent (MacLaine), a prodding and wealthy widow, and -- spoiler -- later kills her. Linklater describes the film as his version of Fargo, so as long as he hires Roger Deakins and Carter Burwell, this one should be great. [THR, Bleeding Cool]

· Cillian Murphy, last seen playing the toothless Charles Foster Kane-like MacGuffin in Inception, has possibly found his next role. He's set to co-star in Andrew Niccol's I'm.mortal with Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake. Set in a not-too-distant future (isn't everything), the film follows what happens when the aging gene gets turned off and people can live forever. Murphy would play an agent with an organization known as the Timekeepers. Whatever that means. [THR/Heat Vision]

· Last week Tony Scott was reportedly deciding between three directorial projects: The Associate, Potzdamer Platz and Hell's Angels. So naturally -- read: he's related to Ridley Scott -- he chose none of those and went with something completely different. Scott will helm and executive produce Nemesis, an adaptation of the Mark Millar (Kick-Ass) comic book. Shockingly, no timetable for making the film has been established. [THR/Heat Vision]

· It isn't coming out for another year -- and we haven't even seen the suit yet -- but that hasn't stopped Warner Bros. from moving ahead with a Green Lantern sequel. The studio has hired Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) to work his magic. First studio note: More mustaches! [Variety]

· CBS Films is now in the Jason Statham business. The fledgling studio has purchased distribution rights for The Mechanic, the Statham-led remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson film. [Deadline]