Here's your dose of film news for May 16, 2009:

• Jason Statham is set to star in "The Killer Elite" directed by Gary McKendry. Based on Ranulph Fiennes' novel "The Feathermen," the film follows a bunch of former British special forces members tracked down by ruthless killers. Statham, who also stars in the upcoming "The Expendables," plays a Navy Seal leaving retirement to save a good friend. (Variety)

• Spiros Stathoulopoulos is in talks to direct "Love and Let Die," about an expert seducer who runs into his long-lost childhood love. Asimakis "Alfa" Pagidas wrote the script, and Theo Alexander is in talks to play the title role. Stathoulopoulos also directed "P.V.C.-1." (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Jerry Lewis will play the lead in Daniel Noah's "Max Rose," a drama following a widower who decides to turn to his past to unlock the mysteries of his marriage and family life. Lewis last appeared on the big screen in Peter Chelsom's 1995 comedy "Funny Bones." (Variety)

• Alfred Molina and Ed Speleers will star in Guido Chiesa's "The Good War," which follows a British major as he leads a poorly equipped team of soldiers into the battle against the Nazis on the island of Malta. ean-Pierre Magro, Matthew Hobbs, James W. Mitchell, Valentine Stockdale and Mark Thomas wrote the script. (THR)