Daily news dose: Larry Charles to direct 'Discontent;' Sony to adapt 'Shadow of the Colossus'

Here's your daily dose of film news for April 8, 2009:

• Larry Charles, who directed the hilarious "Borat" and "Religulous," is in talks to helm "Winter's Discontent," according to Variety. The film follows a widower who moves into a retirement home to - guess what - get laid. Charles most recently directed Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming comedy "Brüno."

• And another video game will move to the big screen. This time, Sony will adapt "Shadow of the Colossus," with Justin Marks ("Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li") on-board to write the screenplay. The plot of the game follows a man who must fight his way through a wasteland battling 16 creatures. (Variety)

• Believe it or not, but Al Pacino is getting ready to play Napoleon in the big-screen adaptation of Staton Rabin's children's book "Betsy and the Emperor." John Curran, whose credits include the very interesting "We Don't Live Here Anymore" and decent enough "The Painted Veil," will likely direct the project. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Alex O'Loughlin ("August Rush," "Moonlight," "The Shield") has joined Jennifer Lopez in Alan Poul's "Plan B," about a women who meets her dream boy on the same day she's going through artificial insemination. Kate Angelo wrote the script, according to Variety.