Daily news dose: Gary Marhsall to helm 'Valentine's Day,' Al Pacino cast in 'King Lear'

Here's your dose of film news for Feb. 4, 2009:

• Gary Marshall is set to direct New Line Cinema's comedy "Valentine's Day," about 10 Los Angeles people whose lives intersect on Feb. 14. Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein rewrote a draft by Katherine Fugate. Marshall also directed "Georgia Rule," "The Princess Diaries" and "Runaway Bride." (Variety)

• Al Pacino has signed on to play the lead role in "King Lear," which Michael Radford will direct. Radford, whose credits include "The Merchant of Venice," also wrote the screenplay. Variety says the film will head into production in Europe later this year.

• Ken Nolan will rewrite Paramount's untitled moon project starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Doug Liman and John Hamburg penned the original script. The Hollywood Reporter describes the project as an "action film about lunar colonization." Liman ("The Bourne Identity") is also on board to direct the flick.

• "WALL-E" director Andrew Stanton recently told MTV News he is not considering a sequel to the adventure about the cute, little robot. “I think that takes a lot of hubris to think that your idea is going to live on and on, and I always love the idea of something just being contained and done,” he said.