Justin Lin has boarded Summit's upcoming remake of "Highlander," which Neal H. Moritz will produce. Lin most recently directed the successful "Fast & Furious" reboot, which bagged $155 million domestically.

The new "Highlander" will be an updated version of Russell Mulcahy's 1986 action flick, which starred Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart and Christopher Lambert. Summit plans to launch a new franchise.

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Here are some short but interesting film news that appeared in the trades or on the Web today:

• Summit Entertainment is in talks to grab worldwide distribution rights to the upcoming Jodie Foster-directed comedy "The Beaver." Mel Gibson plays a crazy dude who starts walking around with a beaver puppet, which he treats just like a human. Foster also plays his wife. (via Variety)

• Michael Davis ("Shoot 'Em Up" & "Monster Man") is set to direct a remake of Peter Hyams' Sean Connery vehicle "Outland," a sci-fi flick about a police marshal who uncovers a big conspiracy in a mining colony on Jupiter's moon Io. Chad St. John will write the screenplay. (via Variety)

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Nikki Finke already hinted at it, and now it's confirmed: Summit Entertainment has set David Slade to direct "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," the third film in the series based on the popular books by Stephenie Meyer. Over the past months, we've heard plenty of things about possible candidates for the job, but now the speculations are over.

Meyer said she's "thrilled" Slade jumped on board to helm the flick. Slade's directing credits include the brilliant thriller "Hard Candy" and the decent horror flick "30 Days of Night." Melissa Rosenberg, who also penned "Twilight" and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," has already been working on the script for "Eclipse," which will open June 30, 2010.

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Summit Entertainment is currently looking for a director for the big-screen version of "Eclipse," the third film in the popular "Twilight" series.

Last month Drew Barrymore came up as one of the candidates the studio is talking to, as did directors Paul Weitz and James Mangold, among others.

According to Steven Zeitchik at Risky Biz Blog, another hot contender for the job is Juan Antonio Bayona, the man behind the excellent horror flick "The Orphanage" (El Orfanato).

Summit hasn't made an official announcement yet, but Zeitchik says sources indicate Bayona may end up winning the race.

"Eclipse" will be released in theaters June 10, 2010. As for the next film in the series, "New Moon," it has just started shooting with Chris Weitz at the helm.

Bayona is also set to direct Universal's "Hater."

Wait, what? Who? For real?

That was pretty much my initial reaction when I first read Drew Barrymore is one of several candidates currently in the race to direct "Eclipse," the third "Twilight" flick.

According to EW, Summit Entertainment is apparently talking to a bunch of directors already, and that list includes Barrymore.

Just last week, Summit officially announced "Eclipse" will be released in theaters June 10, 2010. "New Moon," the second film in the series, has just started shooting with Chris Weitz at the helm.

Barrymore sounds like quite an odd pick, especially because she just completed her directorial debut, "Whip It!" Both Weitz and Catherine Hardwicke have at least a couple of films under their belt already.

Starring Ellen Page, "Whip It!" follows a teenager who finds a way of dealing with her misery after she discovers a roller derby league in Austin.

Okay, so maybe the "Twilight" situation between Summit Entertainment and Catherine Hardwicke wasn't as bad as we all thought.

According to EW, Summit is gearing up to adapt Gayle Forman's upcoming novel "If I Stay," with Hardwicke attached to direct.

Summit has not officially commented on this yet, and EW says a deal has not been reached at this stage. So I guess it's more of a rumor then?

Anyway, "If I Stay" follows a 17-year-old musician who, after being involved in a car crash, somehow gets to watch her own damaged body taken from the wreck. Now she has to decide whether she wants to continue living.

Back in December, when talks about "New Moon" kicked off, reports suggested Summit Entertainment fired Hardwicke because she was apparently difficult to work with during the making of "Twilight."

If she will end up directing this flick for Summit, however, I take it that the situation last year was not as bad as some people made it out to be.

Hardwicke's directing credits also include "Thirteen," "Lords of Dogtown" and "The Nativity Story."

"New Moon" hasn't even launched into principal photography yet, but today Summit Entertainment officially announced "Eclipse," the third film in the "Twilight" saga.

According to Variety, Summit will release "Eclipse" June 30, 2010. No director is attached to the project at this point.

Chris Weitz will direct the sequel to "Twilight," which MTV says has undergone a title change and is now called "The Twilight Saga New Moon." At least that's what appears on the film's new art.

Robert Pattinson returns as Edward, while Kristen Stewart reprises her role as Bella. "Moon" is set for release Nov. 20, 2009.

"Twilight" was produced on a budget of $37 million and has grossed $188 million domestically.

That's right "Twilight" fans. Summit Entertainment announced Monday it will release "New Moon" on Nov. 20, 2009, according to Variety.

To be honest, that's pretty much what I expected to happen, because Summit scored big this year by releasing the first film based on Stephenie Meyer's novel Nov. 21.

Last weekend, Catherine Hardwicke's vampire romance lifted its domestic total to $150 million. Despite the success of the movie, Hardwicke will not return, and Chris Weitz will direct instead.

So far, "New Moon" will share the release date with "Sherlock Holmes" and "Planet 51."

Maybe. At least he's currently in negotiations to direct the sequel to Catherine Hardwicke's "Twilight," according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Summit Entertainment didn't confirm this yet, but Chris Weitz's name has been named plenty of times in recent Web stories about who will direct "New Moon."

As you may have heard, Hardwicke will not return for the follow-up. Summit released a statement recently citing scheduling as the main reason, but I still think they just fired her because they were unsatisfied with her result.

In the end, who cares anyway, right? As long as we get to see a better film than the first, I don't care who's directing.

Weitz, however, would be interesting choice. He and his brother Paul brought us "American Pie" and "About a Boy," a great film with Hugh Grant. Chris most recently directed "The Golden Compass."