Edward Norton May Play Bourne Baddie, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Chris Pine and Josh Brolin lead a couple of short lists... Arnold Schwarzenegger officially back... Lone Ranger might have found its leading lady... and more ahead.

· The last time Edward Norton played the bad guy in a big studio production, it was The Italian Job and he wore a moustache. Let's hope this one works out a little better. Per Variety, Norton is in talks with Universal about playing the heavy in The Bourne Legacy opposite Jeremy Renner. Not bad! Toss in the fact that Rachel Weisz also co-stars, and the perpetually underrated Tony Gilroy directs, and Legacy has some decent potential. This despite being a sequel/reboot that you probably didn't really want. [Variety]

· Rumor time! TwitchFilm reports that Josh Brolin tops the Mandate Productions wish list of male leads for the Spike Lee-directed Oldboy remake. Meanwhile, Chris Pine leads the MGM wish list for the Robocop reboot. [TwitchFilm, TwitchFilm]

· It's official: Arnold Schwarzenegger will take the leading role in The Last Stand as a sheriff trying to save his town from drug dealers. [Deadline]

· Early guess: if a deal is worked out and Ruth Wilson does sign on to play the female lead in Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp, she will appear on at least two magazine covers in December of 2012. The Luther actress -- unknown to most here -- is in talks to play someone named "Rebecca" in the Gore Verbinski-directed film. [Deadline]

· Your friendly Movieline editors are pretty excited about He Loves Me -- the Little Miss Sunshine follow-up from Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris that is written by Zoe Kazan -- and now we've got even more reasons to get pumped: Antonio Banderas, Steve Coogan, Deborah Ann Woll, Elliot Gould and Chris Messina are in talks to join Paul Dano, Kazan and Annette Bening in the cast. Banderas would play Bening's onscreen boyfriend, which is awesome. [LAT/24 Frames]

· Vin Diesel is attached to produce and star in an untitled action film from Unknown screenwriters Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell. No plot details are currently available, but let's just all assume lots of crap blows up. [Variety]