BY Marc Graser

{Variety} -  Joel Silver has always wanted one of his movies plastered on the front of a cereal box.

But making films like "Die Hard," "Predator," "Lethal Weapon" or even "The Matrix" trilogy doesn't land the brands.

"I've lived my life as an R-rated man," Silver says.

Not any more.

BY Patrick Frater

{Variety} -  "Flushed Away" helmer David Bowers has been tapped to direct CG-animated pic "Astro Boy." He replaces Colin Brady, who was previously announced as helmer of the $50 million project.

BY Carly Mayberry

{Hollywood Reporter} - Channing Tatum has joined the "G.I. Joe" team for Paramount.

BY Borys Kit

{Hollywood Reporter} - Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," which is being co-financed by New Line and MGM.

BY Gregg Goldstein

{Hollywood Reporter} - Straight out of Slamdance, Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Jon Knautz's horror comedy "Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer" in a mid-six-figure deal with a theatrical commitment. 

BY Adele Weder

{Hollywood Reporter} -  Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," which was to shoot special effects scenes in Vancouver next week, has halted production after the death of co-lead Heath Ledger, according to a local British Columbia craft union.

The $30 million fantasy movie started production in December in London. The Vancouver shoot of interior and bluescreen scenes that was to begin Monday has now been put on hold, Greg Chambers, business manager for craft union ACFC West, told the Vancouver Sun newspaper Thursday.

BY Stuart Kemp

{Hollywood Reporter} - The next James Bond movie, the 22nd outing for the debonair British spy, has a title at last, namely "Quantum of Solace."