Eric Lavallée

Not to be confused with doc filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, the former Us Weekly editor who probably never paid for a Robert McKee seminar, has had the good fortune of selling Safe House to Universal last month, Los Angeles Times' Steven Zetchik featured the writer, and today Guggenheim, can perhaps put a down payment on a first home as he has sold his second script to Summit Entertainment.

I had Bryce Dallas Howard "listed" as supporting actress for Hereafter, but some are saying this is her first "lead" role but I'll wait until Cecile De France's role is further detailed before changing this perception. Speaking of redheads, The Tree of Life's Jessica Chastain might receive some cred, but in the scheme of things, the mistreated spouse role that Kirsten Dunst portrays in All Good Things probably one ups her.

David Oyelowo might want to let the facial hair grow around the mustache area and get a library card to hit the archives section, as the actor whose had parts in The Last King of Scotland and the upcoming Red Tails, will be getting the role of a lifetime playing Martin Luther King Jr in Selma.

There are three groups of people that are staying away from Paul Thomas Anderson's next film: a.) Companies afraid to fund a project that can potentially lean to the left, b.) Hollywood players who prefer being on good terms with Tom Cruise, C.) and production companies without deep enough pockets for an auteur film of this stature. Everyone else can apply. While this project won't find a partner in Universal (did they not like the experience funding an auteur film in Basterds?), there is word that the River Road (who backed Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life) are the only ones with the balls or the deep pockets to finance such a project.

Here's hoping that the first purchase out of SXSW receives at least 1/20th of the overwhelming support that Paranormal Activity got in its box office take. After the film's premiere screening at the Austin-based film festival, Magnet didn't waste much time securing the rights to Monsters - the company know for its Six Shooter series have grabbed Gareth Edward's indie film debut which is part road movie, part sci-fi.