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Gillo Pontecorvo the director of one of my faves The Battles of Algiers passed away yesterday at the age of 86.

David Lynch fans and cinemaniacs can finally rejoice, as the auteur’s Inland Empire will finally see release at the end of this year. What kind of release, however, remains to be seen. Blazing a new trail, as the director has so often brazenly done in his career, Lynch plans to self-distribute the film himself. After buying the North American rights from French producer Studio Canal, Lynch and his producer Mary Sweeney will release the film later this year in theatres, but after that, questions arise.

Revivalist filmmaking is in full swing. Focus Features has teamed up once again with Random House Films to pull a classic from the publishing giant’s backlist. The 1959 mystery classic The Galton Case was originally written by Ross McDonald and represented a breakout for the writer and his lead Lew Archer. While audiences have become accustomed to the crime solving stylings of modern television and movies, project leader Peter Gethers says he believes the philosophical and narrative elements in story could turn it into a hit akin to "L.A. Confidential" or even "A History of Violence," given the story's emphasis on long-buried secrets.

One of the most prolific comedic groups of the 20th Century is coming back to the silver screen for a new audience, and a new century. Henry Winterstern’s First Look Studios has picked up the rights to the The Three Stooges. The Stooges created their own unique brand of slapstick comedy which garnered world wide fame in the 1930's through the 1960's, even fostering conventions and several spin off films and cartoon series for Hannah-Barbera.

Rachel Weisz, fresh off of winning an Oscar, starring in The Fountain, and having Darren Aronofsky’s baby, has signed on to star in The Brothers Bloom, an indie adventure to be written and directed by Brick layer Rian Johnson.