Eddie Murphy is funny. Pluto Nash not so much. Nevertheless he's headed back to space for Starship Dave.

Murphy Commands Starship
Eddie Murphy will take the lead in Starship Dave, bizarrely playing both captain and ship for a race of tiny aliens trying to save their doomed planet. Guess he didn't get the wacky interstellar comedy bug out of his system with Pluto Nash. Starship will be directed by Brian Robbins (The Shaggy Dog), who worked with Murphy on the comedy Norbit, due out this February. More at Variety.

Lane Untraceable
Diane Lane will play an FBI agent who tracks an online predator in Untraceable for director Gregory Hoblit. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

The Jekyl and Hyde Tale of a Producer
The Los Angeles Times looks at the strange career of Michael, err, Edward Bass, ex-con and producer of Emilio Estevez's Bobby. More at the Los Angeles Times.

The Next Generation of Cyberactors
The New York Times looks at Image Metrics, a company who has developed a form of computer animation reportedly so lifelike it makes The Polar Express look like Tom and Jerry. More at the New York Times. More at the Los Angeles Times.