The Hobbit Loses a Dwarf, and 4 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Monday edition of The Broadsheet: Shane Black may write Iron Man 3 after all... Cameron Crowe's Pearl Jam documentary will hit theaters soon enough... and more ahead.

· Man down! Rob Kazinsky, who was cast as Fili in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit, has had to leave the film for personal reasons. Said Jackson on his Facebook page: "Rob has been terrific to work with and his enthusiasm and infectious sense of humour will be missed by all of us. I should say that Rob's departure will not affect ongoing filming of The Hobbit, nor will it impact work done to date, as we had yet to film much of Fili's storyline." Expect a fellow unknown thespian to be announced in Kazinsky's stead in the coming weeks. [TheOneRing.net]

· According to CinemaBlend, Iron Man 3 director Shane Black will co-write the script with Drew Pearce for the Marvel threequel. If you were on the ledge because of Black's maybe non-word-y participation, you can back away now. [CinemaBlend]

· Dissident is here. Hot off debuting The Union at the Tribeca Film Festival last week, Cameron Crowe will premiere his documentary about Pearl Jam sometime in September. This year is the band's 20th anniversary. (They are still awesome.) [Rolling Stone]

· A bunch of people you probably love have been cast in the indie adaptation of the off-Broadway play Between Us: Julia Stiles, Taye Diggs, Melissa George and David Harbour. [Variety]

· Counting U.S. grosses, Rio has already earned $285 million worldwide. That spells sequel in any language. [Deadline]