Disney Readies a Third Snow White Film, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Thursday edition of The Broadsheet: Warner Bros. sets some very important dates... Jerry Lewis is done with the MDA... Faye Dunaway is not getting evicted, says Faye Dunaway... and more ahead.

· Because Snow White & the Huntsman and the untitled Snow White project from Relativity Media weren't enough, here comes The Order of the Seven, the third Snow White project heading to theaters in the near future. This one, via Disney, has been in development since 2002 (director Frances Lawrence was once attached), but now it appears all systems are go with a new director and fresh logline. Visual effects maven Michael Gracey will direct this revisionist take on Snow White, which reimagines the seven dwarfs as a "19th century-set disparate band of international warriors belonging to a centuries-old order who have lost their way. Their meeting with an Englishwoman being chased by an ancient evil is the catalyst for their redemption." [THR/Heat Vision]

· It's only Aug. 4, but Oscar season is shaping up. Warner Bros. has set the Clint Eastwood-directed, Leonardo DiCaprio-led J. Edgar for a limited release on Wednesday, Nov. 9, with a full rollout following on Nov. 11. The studio has also slotted Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close for Dec. 25; that film -- which stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock -- will rollout nationwide on Jan. 20, 2012. Speaking of 2012, the long awaited Alfonso Cuaron film Gravity will arrive from the studio on Nov. 12, 2012. Bullock and George Clooney star. [Deadline]

· Jerry Lewis has retired as National Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, meaning he won't appear on the MDA telethon over Labor Day weekend. "Jerry Lewis is a world-class humanitarian and we're forever grateful to him for his more than half century of generous service to MDA," said the MDA in a statement. [PR Newswire]

· Benjamin Walker is gonna be really famous to the Comic-Con crowd. Not only is he cast as Abraham Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, he's also in negotiations with Legendary Pictures to co-star in Paradise Lost as the Archangel Michael. That role would pit him against Bradley Cooper, who is set as Lucifer. Alex Proyas directs. [Deadline]

· More news from the Faye Dunaway eviction case, this time from the actress herself. "I have not been evicted," she said in a voicemail to the New York Times. "I have chosen to leave because of the state of the apartment, and also because I am spending less and less time in New York." Dunaway said her landlord allowed the apartment to get in poor condition, which helped facilitate her exit. [NYT]

· Happy birthday to Barack Obama! The President of the United States turns 50 today, and will celebrate with two parties. Eric Cantor probably isn't invited to either. [Huffington Post]