McLovin Returns!

Too Much Apatow Awesomeness: Oliver Platt, David Cross, and Christopher “McLovin� Mintz-Plasse join stars Jack Black and Michael Cera in the Harold Ramis–directed, Judd Apatow–produced Year One, described as “a comedy set in biblical times.� Early contender for Best Film of ’08, or the dreaded End of the Streak? [HR]

Williams to Shutter at DiCaprio: Michelle Williams joins the cast of Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island as the wife of the detective played by Leonardo DiCaprio. A crappy role for an Oscar nominee? Readers of Dennis Lehane’s source novel will remember that she plays a key (and scene-chewing) role in the shocker ending. [HR]

Swank Off to Fangland: Hilary Swank is in talks to star in a feature adaptation of the recent John Marks novel Fangland, about a modern-day Dracula attacking the offices of a newsmagazine based on 60 Minutes. No word on the rest of the cast; does Christopher Plummer still have his Mike Wallace wig? [Variety

Attention Tourists!: John Schneider (or “Bo Duke,� for those keeping score at home from 1979 to 1985) will do the washed-up leading man’s obligatory stint as Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago, starting next month. [Playbill]

Madonna Gives Album Faintly Lewd Name: Madonna announces that her new album — her last under her Warner Bros. contract — will be titled Licorice, probably because … well, it has the syllable “lick� in it, we guess, and the cover will probably show her … oh, it’s all so wearying. [Billboard]