Here's your dose of film news for April 21, 2009:

• Ron Howard's "Anges & Demons" won't open until May 15, 2009, but Columbia has already announced it will develop "The Lost Symbol," Dan Brown's third novel in the series that started with "The Da Vinci Code." The book will be published Sept. 15. (Variety)

• Demetri Martin, who co-wrote many episodes for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," will star alongside Brad Pitt in Steven Soderbergh's "Moneyball," a film about Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics. Martin is set to play Paul De Podesta, "a Harvard grad who turned down Wall Street jobs to use his statistical skills to change baseball scouting tactics." (Variety)

• Jamie Chung and Jena Malone are the latest to join Zack Snyder's upcoming "Sucker Punch." Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens and Abbie Cornish co-star. Amanda Seyfried, Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone were also in talks to star in the film, but they recently dropped out. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Marlon Wayans will star in and produce Paramount's upcoming comedy "The Year of Living Biblically," based on A.J. Jacobs' nonfiction book. The story follows Jacobs as he tried to live a year by the rules of the Old and New Testaments. Julian Farino is in talks to direct a script by Jay Reiss. (THR)