Trade Roundup: Jake Gyllenhaal: Handsome, Soulful Astronaut

· Jake Gyllenhaal joins director Doug Liman on DreamWorks’ Untitled Moon Project, in which Gyllenhaal is dispatched to populate a lunar colony with a super-race of dreamy-eyed pioneers. [Variety]

· Lisa Kudrow joins the cast of “let’s just squeeze in one more job before the strike” flick Hotel for Dogs, joining fellow speedy-paycheck-chasers Don Cheadle and Emma Roberts. [THR]

· NBC Universal is acquiring Oxygen Media, including the Oprahcentric Oxygen network, for $US925 million, a piddling sum Winfrey will merely toss on the cash pile occupying much of her 25-acre Santa Barbara backyard. [THR]
· Pablo Escobar is the new Harvey Milk: Oliver Stone is producing his own biopic on the life of Colombia’s most lovable drug-cartel kingpin, a project that will try to race into production ahead of the recently announced, competing Killing Pablo feature. [Variety]

· Apatow Comedy College alumni Michael Cera and Kat Dennings sign on to star in a film adaptation of the novel Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. [Variety]