'MacGruber' release date change!

Here is a quick release date chane alert: Universal Pictures has decided to not release "MacGruber" on April 23, 2010. Instead, the studio will push back the upcoming comedy until May 21, 2010. It will now go up against "Shrek Forever After."

"MacGruber" is based on SNL's popular "MacGyver" parody, and it stars Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe. It follows MacGruber as he's forced out of retirement to hunt down Cunth (Kilmer), a villain who possesses a nuclear bomb.

This and that in film news: 'Poltergeist' release set?; 'Avatar Day' trailer ticket details

Here's a selection of film news you shouldn't miss on this August 13, 2009:

• I know it sucks a "Poltergeist" remake is heading our way, and now MGM has apparently set a release for Nov. 24, 2010, this according to ShockTillYouDrop. Vadim Perelman is supposed to direct the project, but that's pretty much all we know at this point.

• As you may have heard already, the trailer for James Cameron's next 'masterpiece' will be launched on "Avatar Day" Aug. 21, 2009. Visit AvatarMovie.com starting Monday to find out how to get tickets for the screenings of his extended trailer and additional footage. More info here.

• Risky Biz Blog reports Catalina Sandino Moreno, who starred in the powerful "Maria Full of Grace," will star in David Slade's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." She's supposed to play Maria, a woman who tries to "create a newborn army of vampires, recruiting the Confederate soldier Jasper to her cause."

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SNL's 'MacGruber' heading to big screen

"MacGruber," the "Saturday Night Life" parody of "MacGruber," is heading to the big screen with Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer in talks to star.

Jorma Taccone, creator of the charater, is set to direct the project, while Will Forte and Kristen Wiig are expected to reprise their roles from the TV sketches.

The original skits had Forte play MacGyver's son and Wiig portraying his assistant, who find themselves stuck in a room with a ticking time bomb.

The Hollywood Reporter says the feature film will head into a different direction. Written by Forte, Taccone and John Solomon, the script follows MacGruber as he's forced out of retirement to hunt down Cunth, a villain who possesses a nuclear bomb.

The trade reports Kilmer may play Cunth, with Phillippe on-board as an Army officer teaming up with the lead character. Phillippe was last seen in "Stop-Loss." Kilmer's got "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" coming up soon.