Here are some interesting film bits you shouldn't miss on August 4, 2009:

• Steve Zahn is set to star in Thor Freudenthal's adaptation of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," based on Jeff Kinney's novels. The film follows a pre-adolescent wise guy who gets into quite a bit of trouble at school and at home. Zachary Gordon will play the lead. (Variety)

• Carla Gugino from "Watchmen" and "Race to Witch Mountain" is set to star in Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch," about a girl locked inside a mental institution. Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, and Abbie Cornish are already on board. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Renny Harlin ("Cliffhanger") has come on board to direct an untitled film focusing on the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia. The plot will follow a journalist and his cameraman who get caught in the crossfire in Georgia. Production will kick off this September. (Variety)

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Carla Gugino has signed on to star in Sebastian Gutierrez's "Elektra Luxx," the sequel to his ensemble comedy "Women in Trouble."

"Trouble," which according to Variety is still seeking distribution, follows one day in the lives of 10 Los Angeles women. The film also starred Gugino.

In the sequel, Gugino's character Elektra, who's a porn star, enters a new phase in her life when she discovers she's pregnant.

The trade says Timothy Olyphant, Alicia Silverstone and Justin Kirk are also in talks to join the project. Even some actors from the first film will apparently return to reprise their roles.

Gugino was last seen on the big screen in "Righteous Kill." She has plenty of projects coming up, including "The Unborn," "Watchmen" and "Race to With Mountain."

Actress Carla Gugino has signed on to star in Richard Levine’s directorial debut “Every Day,” according to Variety.

The film centers on an unsatisfied writer (Liev Schreiber) of a semi-pornographic television show who neglects his wife (Helen Hunt) and struggles to ignore his sexy colleague’s (Gugino) advances.

Levine, whose writing credits include several episodes of “Nip/Tuck,” is directing his own script. “Every Day” is scheduled to begin principal photography later this month.

Gugino was last seen in Jon Avnet’s “Righteous Kill.” Her upcoming projects include “Watchmen,” “The Unborn” and “Race to Witch Mountain.”

This is certainly not the first time Gugino plays a sexy chick seducing men. Remember “Sin City”? She even kept Robert De Niro awake at night in “Righteous Kill.”