Here are some cool film news you really shouldn't miss on this July 28, 2009:

• Richard Linklater is in final negotiations to direct "Liars (A-E)" for Miramax. Emma Forrest wrote the script, which follows a woman who stumbles across lost items from her ex-boyfriends on her way to Barack Obama's inauguration. Kat Dennings is attached to play a supporting character. (Variety)

• Richard LaGravenese, director of the decent "Freedom Writers" and the horrible "P.S. I Love You," is in talks to write and direct "Man and Wife" for Universal. The love story centers on an immigrant's love for the U.S., accoring to Variety.

• Joe Morton, Daniella Alonso (pictured above) and John Fiore have signed on to star in Mark Heller's "The Mulberry Tree," Written by Louis Crugnali, the film centers on a convicted murderer seeking redemption via conversations with a young man. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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Funny guy Jason Sudeikis is keeping himself busy signing to quite a few upcoming big-screen projects, and the latest he's about ready to join is a romantic comedy.

The "Saturday Night Life" comedian is indeed in talks to join Nanette Burstein's upcoming film "Going the Distance," according to the Hollywood Reporter.

That means he'll be joining Drew Barrymore, Justin Long and Christina Applegate, who already signed on. Newcomer Geoff LaTulippe, who’s been working at New Line Cinema for several years, wrote the script.

Essentially, the film focuses on a couple’s attempt to maintain a long-distance relationship. One lives in Chicago while the other is located in Los Angeles.

Sudeikis, who delivered quite a funny performance in "The Rocker," also recently signed on to star in "The Bounty" (aka. "Bounty Hunter"). He's also got "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" coming up soon.

Here is your dose of film news for July 1, 2009:

• Jason Lee and Michelle Trachtenberg are the latest to join Kevin Smith's upcoming Warner Bros. comedy "A Couple of Dicks." Robb and Mark Cullen wrote the script for the action comedy, which also stars Bruce Willis, Tracey Morgan, Seann William Scott and Adam Brody. Willis plays a cop who, along with his partner (Morgan), encounters a mysterious gangster and rescues a Mexican chick during their investigation into the theft of a valuable baseball card. (Variety)

• Charlie Day and Christina Applegate have signed on to star alongside Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in Nanette Burstein's upcoming romantic comedy “Going the Distance" for New Line Cinema. The film focuses on a couple’s attempt to maintain a long-distance relationship. One lives in Chicago while the other is located in Los Angeles. Day will play Long's best friend, while Applegate stars as Barrymore's sister. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker will star in Thom Fitzgerald's upcoming comedy "Cloudburst." The film follows on two female lovers who decide to break out of the nursing facility where one of them is staying. Dukakis recently starred in "Away From Her" and "In the Land of Women." (Variety)

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Here's your dose of film news for March 30, 2009:

• Jamie Campbell-Bower is the latest to join Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Dakota Fanning in Chris Weitz's upcoming "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." Variety reports he plays leader of the Volturi, a group of vampires based in Italy. Campbell-Bower also starred in "RockNRolla."

• Drew Barrymore joins Justin Long in Nanette Burstein's upcoming romantic comedy “Going the Distance" for New Line Cinema. Written by Geoff LaTulippe, the film focuses on a couple’s attempt to maintain a long-distance relationship. One lives in Chicago while the other is located in Los Angeles. (Variety)

• Emily Browning, who recently starred in "The Uninvited," will star in Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch." The fantasy action flick is set in the 1950s and centers on a girl locked inside a mental institution. Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone are also on board. (Variety)

• Oscar winner Maurice Jarre, a French composer whose credits include "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," has died. He was 84. Jarre won a total of three Oscars for "A Passage to India," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago."

Justin Long is set to star in New Line Cinema's upcoming romantic comedy “Going the Distance.”

The film focuses on a couple’s attempt to maintain a long-distance relationship. One lives in Chicago while the other is located in Los Angeles.

Nanette Burstein, who recently directed "American Teen" and whose credits also include "The Kid Stays in the Picture," is on board to direct the film.

Newcomer Geoff LaTulippe, who’s been working at New Line for several years, wrote the script.

Long is currently onscreen in "He's Just Not That Into You." He will also soon be seen in Sam Raimi's horror flick "Drag Me to Hell."

Source: Variety