Latest from Hollywood: Warner Bros. to develop 'Vegas Avengers;' 'Hong Kong Phooey' finds writer

Here's what's going on in Hollywood these days:

• Warner Bros. is gearing up to develop "Vegas Avengers," an action flick Soo Hugh is set to write. Kevin Misher ("Public Enemies") is set to produce. The Hollywood Reporter says the plot will follow a skilled pilot who is ordered to take part in a unmanned plane program after taking too many risks. The film is set to take place at Nellis Air Force base just outside Las Vegas.

• THR also reports David A. Goodman is set to write the script for "Hong Kong Phooey," based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Showing up in the 1970s, the main character of the cartoon was a kung-fu dog who fights crime along with his partner, a cat. Apparently, the film will be a combination of CG and live-action, just like the upcoming "Smurfs" flick.

• In casting news, Holt McCallany ("Freedom") has jonied the cast of Sylvain White's big-screen adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book "The Losers." The story follows a team of black ops commandos trying to survive are after learning their own government has planned to kill them. Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana are also on board. (THR)

• Susan Sarandon and John Goodman, who teamed in "Speed Racer" will reunite onscreen in "You Don't Know Jack," biopic of Jack Kevorkian, to be played by Al Pacino. Barry Levinson is directing the flick about the so-called Dr. Death, who assisted in more than 130 suicides. THR says Goodman will play a friend of Kevorkian, while Sarandon will play a supporter of his.

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