Moulin Rougue and Australia director Baz Luhrmann has acquired the rights to remake The Great Gatsby, based on the classic Jazz Age novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Luhrmann feels this project is extremely important due to the current economical situation, so it will be a rushed project to try and get it out while the significance is still fully apparent.

Luhrmann explains:

Our pals over at Latino Review were able to get a delicious looking scoop for the big time sequel Iron Man 2. The rumor reads a little something like this: Tim Robbins to play Howard Stark.

The rumor has Robbins replacing Gerard Sanders, the actor who played the minor role of Howard Stark in Iron Man for an important flashback scene that would set the tables for both Captain America AND The Avengers.

Apparently (if this does check out) Jon Favreau wasn’t confident enough in the original actor to pull off such an important scene, setting in motion the replacement.

Hong Kong mega-star writer/director/actor Stephen Chow, the man behind Shaolin Soccer and Kung-Fu Hustle, has stepped down as director of The Green Hornet. Though he’ll no longer be directing, he is still staying on to star as The Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato in the project.

Chow was set to make his American debut as director of the film along with his starring as Kato in the adaptation of the characters that debuted as a 1930’s radio show and also showed up as a TV show and multiple comics over the years. The script was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, with Rogen starring across from Chow as the Hornet himself.

The Green Hornet follows Britt Reid (Rogen), a newspaper publisher who fights crime at night with his sidekick Kato (Chow) and is set for a June 25, 2010 release.

Collider had the opportunity to talk to President of Warner Bros. Alan Horn and do a little digging.

In their conversation, they asked Mr. Horn what was next for WB, to which he responded that it could very well be The Green Lantern, but that it wasn’t 100% yet. He also stated that they were definitely excited to get another Superman out there in the next two years or so. This makes these two movies the next two that you’ll likely see from WB before the fate of a third, seemingly necessary movie in their Batman franchise is decided.

As for that little untitled sequel to The Dark Knight, it seems as if Warner Bros. is playing it smart instead of greedy, which is a fantastic decision. After an almost $600 million domestic run, some studios would be right back at it removing and replacing anyone that stood between them and making brain-melting amounts of money. But here, they recognize the power Christopher Nolan has, what he has created, and needs to build upon.

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, actress and widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, passed away today at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 76 after a battle with leukemia.

Barrett Roddenberry had been in the news recently, having just completed work as the voice of the USS Enterprise’s computer in the upcoming release of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. She had been the voice of the ship’s computer in the all the Trek televisions series and in several of the movies. She also starred in the original 1960s series as Nurse Chapel after first starting out as a different character in the show’s pilot. In later years, the actress also played the reoccurring role of Deanna Troi’s mother Lwaxana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Barrett Roddenberry also did many non-Star Trek parts including The Lucy Show and Leave it to Beaver, many older movies, and also made appearances on other science fiction shows such as Andromeda and Babylon 5. She even was the voice of the ship’s computer in an episode of Family Guy.

In addition to her acting contributions, Barrett Roddenberry was integral in keeping her husband’s beloved creation alive after his passing in 1991 and made it a point to go to Star Trek conventions to interact with the fans of the ever-growing franchise.