Here's your dose of quick news bits for Dec. 17, 2008...

• Anna Friel stars in and Jesse Eisenberg is in talks to join "The Wedding," about a young man who crashes the wedding of the woman he deeply admires. Max Winkler is writing the script, while Jason Reitman serves as executive producer on the film. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Scott Charles Stewart is all set to helm "Priest," a horror Western produced by Michael De Luca, among others. Adapted from a comic book, the flick centers on a tough priest who turns his back on the church to free his niece from the hands of a bunch of ruthless vampires. (THR)

• Jannik Johansen's 2005 Danish thriller Mørke is getting the remake treatment, with Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel in talks to write and direct. The original follows a journalist who investigates his sister's unusual death on her weeding night. Sarmiento and Harel also helmed "Deadgirl." (THR)

• And before I wrap this up, the Director's Guild of America will give the great Roger Ebert its Honorary Life Member Award Jan. 31, 2009 at the DGA awards. Whatever this man receives, he certainly deserves it. Thanks for all the words you type Roger! (DGA)