Hollywood Wants Jennifer Lopez, Again, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Snow White and The Huntsman lines up more dwarves... Ron Howard could go to the races... Spike Lee and Mike Tyson hit HBO... and more ahead.

· Despite the fact that she's only made two movies since 2005 -- and both were relative flops at the box office -- it seems that Jennifer Lopez has become a hot theatrical commodity once again. The former Fly Girl is in talks with Lionsgate to star in the ensemble romantic comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting; Lopez would join Cameron Diaz in the cast, which could also grow to include Ed Helms, Matthew Morrison and Isla Fisher. That's not all! Lopez is also discussing Parker, Taylor Hackford's adaptation of the Donald Westlake novel series, which would place her opposite Jason Statham. How these possible jobs would affect her potential return to American Idol remains to be seen. [Vulture, Deadline]

· Off to work they go? Eddie Izzard, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham and Eddie Marsan are in talks to join Ian McShane as dwarves in Snow White and The Huntsman. If you're a British character actor and aren't called about this one, fire your agent. [THR/Heat Vision]

· While he still has high hopes for The Dark Tower, Ron Howard is at least engaging the idea of directing other projects. Variety reports that he's in very early talks for Rush, a Formula One biopic about Austrian driver Niki Lauda. Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) wrote the script. [Variety]

· This could be awesome: Spike Lee, John Ridley and Doug Ellin (Entourage) are teaming with Mike Tyson for an HBO pilot about based loosely on the life of Tyson. Titled Da Brick (because it takes place in Newark, NJ), the idea is to combine aspects of The Wire and Entourage into one show, while telling the story of an up and coming boxer. Lee will direct the pilot from Ridley's script. No one is cast as of yet, but let's start the campaign for Michael B. Jordan right now. [Deadline]

· Jean-Claude Van Damme is back again. The Muscles from Brussels will star in Six Bullets, which sounds a lot like Commando. [Variety]

· "It's Die Hard on an alien spaceship," said the screenwriter. "Sold!" said Hollywood. [Variety]