$US300M In Ticket Sales Puts Zero Dollars In Bono’s Pocket

The goblins taking over the big-screen for our annual, mandated block when Only Scary Movies Can Be Released. And in the counting house, the scarier news that even U2 may have money troubles.

• The Wrap reports that despite grossing over $US300 million to date in their world tour, U2 is only just on the brink of breaking even — just as the tour is about the shut down for the summer. The expenses of hauling around its giant spider-like prong stage are so immense that despite months of sold out show they are only just putting their heads above the waterline. According to the piece, however the band, sees the tour as a way of continuing to pump some excitement into the franchise as they enter their twilight years. [The Wrap]

• District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp has signed up for his next picture. Media Rights Campaign has committed to financing his untitled, unexplained project which will go before cameras in mid-2010. [Variety]

• Dreamworks has ordered a script for a live action version of the Japanese animated classic Ghost in the Shell. Shutter Island screenwriter Laeta Kalogridi will take a first stab at the project. [Variety]

• Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris have signed on to do voice’s in Fox’s upcoming Rio, by the animation team that brought you Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. [Hollywood Reporter]