Every Day a Pitch: New Line is planning a sequel to its ensemble love story Valentine’s Day, which was basically a series of short films with beautiful bold-faced names. The sequel, New Year’s Eve, is currently in the planning stages, and producers are in talks with Robert De Niro (“a bitter dying man in a hospitalâ€), Michelle Pfeiffer (“a frustrated executive secretary who decides to tackle her unfulfilled resolutionsâ€), Hilary Swank (“a producer of the famed Times Square New Year’s Eve showâ€), and Ashton Kutcher (“a guy who hates New Year’s Eve). Abigail Breslin and Lea Michele are already slated to star. [HR]
No, I Am Spartacus: Stephen Amell, Aiden Turner, and Liam McIntyre are the finalists to take over the lead role in the Starz flagship drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand, which will soon begin production for its second season. The original lead, Andy Whitfield, dropped out in September after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. [Deadline]
Roll Them Bones: Fox is moving the episode that would kick off its planned spinoff of Bones about “The Locator,†another really awkward and bright crime-solver. The episode will be moved from next month to next February or March. [Movieline]