Daily dose of film news: Roger Avary sentenced to prison; John C. Reilly travels to 'Cedar Rapids'

Here is your dose of the latest film news out of Hollywood and from across the Web for Sept. 30, 2009:

• Screenwriter Roger Avary, who won an Oscar for "Pulp Fiction" and has "Silent Hill 2" and "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" in development, will spend one year in jail for causing a fatal car crash in 2008. One passenger in Avary's car died in the crash in Southern California. Avary also received five years of probation. (Variety)

• John C. Reilly has signed on to star in Miguel Arteta's "Cedar Rapids," a comedy also starring Ed Helms. The film follows a man (Helms) sent to represent his company at a regional insurance conference in Cedar Rapids. Reilly plays a man who also attends the event but doesn't take it seriously. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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Are you ready for 'Silent Hill 2'?

Like it or not, but Christophe Gans' 2006 horror flick "Silent Hill" is getting a sequel, and screenwriter Roger Avary will return to write the script. Producer Samuel Hadida is also back on board for a follow-up to the big-screen version of the popular video game.

The first film, which I hated by the way, brought in $47 million domestically and starred Radha Mitchell as a woman heading to the desolate town of Silent Hill to find her daughter.

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