· Take that, The King's Speech! Oscar-nominated in the Best Animated Feature category in 2010, How to Train Your Dragon is headed to the United States as a stage show, but not before getting out its animatronic kinks out in Melbourne, Australia. The initial takeaway? These dragons look killer -- in a non-Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark way. Expect to see Dragon in America sometime next year. Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
[via io9]
· Schwentke! Schwentke! Schwentke! Movieline fave Robert Schwentke is attached to direct The Poison Kitchen, about the rise of the Nazi Party and the German newspaper that stood in its opposition. [Variety]
· Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong will co-star in Closer to the Moon, a period indie set in Communist Romania. [Deadline]
· Ben Stiller will produce a feature adaptation of the documentary Quantum Hoops, about the Caltech basketball team which went 21 seasons and 245 conference games without a single win. [Deadline]