6:20AM Seth | The story we could just never seem to wrap our heads around—that of Sean Avery, former New York Rangers player and
Vogue (for women) fashion intern—will perhaps reveal its mysteries in New Line’s movie about his slapshot-fabulous life. (Hey—
Slapshot Fabulous! There’s your title!) [
THR]
More online-incubated series pickups: CBS ordered
We Need Girlfriends, based on the YouTube series of the same name, and put the
Cavemen team of Bill Martin and Mike Schiff in charge. [
Variety] So we can’t have an
Arrested Development movie, but we can have a
Blue Man Group movie? Where is the justice? (And Tobias is available for readings.) [
Variety] David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd have joined the cast of
Howl, which already stars James Franco in yet another movie based on the life of a famous American Gay. (Keep it coming, Franco!) [
THR] Amanda Seyfriend and Channing Tatum will play star-crossed, wartime lovers in
Dear John, based on a book by the same author as
The Notebook. We understand that there’s only a nominal amount of stepping-up involved. [
Variety]
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