Can Anyone Replace This Man?

Pitt Won’t Play: Brad Pitt departs the cast of Universal’s star-studded drama State of Play over disagreements about script rewrites. The studio is scrambling to recast the lead role by November 29, so if you’re a gorgeous A-list megastar whose name is a household word in every corner of the globe, please submit your head shot and résumé to Universal Studios. [Variety]

Bale Will Be Back: Ain’t It Cool News reports that Christian Bale will take on the role of savior-of-humanity John Connor in the forthcoming McG-directed Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. While officially unconfirmed, the casting makes sense — the leader of the postapocalyptic remnants of humanity would definitely be moody and undernourished. [Ain’t It Cool News]

Waters Goes Seven Days for Universal: Director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) will helm Universal’s comedy-drama Seven Days, written by National Book Award finalist Joshua Ferris, which chronicles seven pivotal days in a man’s life over the course of twenty years. Ferris will complete work on the script after the end of the WGA strike, which should be somewhere between seven days and twenty years from now. [HR]

MBV Plans Internet Release: After a very long absence, legendary alternative act My Bloody Valentine returns with a new album, set to be released sometime after their upcoming tour, the band’s first since 1992. MBV’s manager tells Billboard that the Internet release of the new album will closely resemble Radiohead’s, except for that pay-what-you-can thing, which probably doesn’t look all that attractive after a decade and a half of dwindling royalties. [Billboard]

Brewster Both Fast and Furious: Moviehole gets wind that Jordana Brewster will reprise her role as Vin Diesel’s sister and Paul Walker’s beard in the fourth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise. [Moviehole]