Are there any animal movies that aren’t sad? Now that I’m scarred from “Marley & Me,” it’s hard to get excited about Diane Lane being cast in “Secretariat” because I doubt I’ll see it. Variety reports the Disney film is about Penny Chenery’s (Lane) relationship with her 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse named Secretariat. Chenery was a typical housewife until her father fell ill and she was introduced to the world of horse racing. She took over his Virginia farm and was pressured to sell the establishment after his death. Between a dying loved one and knowing that Secretariat is eventually euthanized, this film is bound to be a tearjerker.

Just because “Inglorious Basterds” is Quentin Tarantino’s movie, doesn’t mean he gets to decide how long it is. According to The Wrap, The Weinstein Company is asking the director to return to the edit room to shave 40 minutes off the film’s 2 hour and 40 minute runtime.

The hill to the silver screen may be steep, but the Lance Armstrong biopic is making progress. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia Pictures has recruited Gary Ross to pen the script. The story will be based on the cyclist’s book “It’s Not About the Bike” which touches on everything from his youth in Texas to his cancer diagnosis in 1996. The film’s producer, Frank Marshall explained, “We knew Gary well from is work on ‘Seabiscuit’ and thought he’d be perfect for this.”

Call me uncultured, but I have zero interest in going to museums. New York’s Museum of Modern Art could be the first museum in history to get me to walk through the doors willingly. The establishment will launch an exhibition in honor of Tim Burton that will show everything from his childhood drawings to material from films like “Edward Scissorhands,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Batman Returns.” MOMA must have known November 22nd was a special day because they’ve picked my birthday as the exhibit’s opening day. Thanks for the birthday present MOMA! You’ll have the chance to check out over 700 of Burton’s drawings, paintings, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets and costumes until April 26th.

There must be something good about “Kick-Ass” because, according to Sci Fi Wire, the film’s creator is already planning a sequel. Mark Millar, who is also the film’s producer, said, “We're planning it, because all the actors are quite young and we have to make it relatively quickly. So we'll definitely do that inside the next 18 to 24 months.” “Kick-Ass” comes from Millar’s comic book series about an ordinary kid who decides to become a superhero.

Tom Cruise may be ready for “Mission: Impossible IV,” but is J.J. Abrams? An image posted on Spoiler TV from TV Guide, reveals that Abrams said "I am incredibly honored that Tom has invited me back as a producer on Mission Impossible 4. Tom and I have come up with a really cool idea we are pursuing."

According to a post on the Don Murphy message boards, the director of “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” has been fired. The author claims that after a disastrous test screening, which earned Paramount its lowest scores ever, the studio decided to give Stephen Sommers the boot. After being locked out of the editing room, Sommers was told to pretend he was working on another film. Eventually Sommers was asked to return, but only to “save appearances.”

Justin Theroux is blowing up! After writing the scripts for “Tropic Thunder” and “Iron Man 2,” more projects were bound to come his way. You’d think subsequent ventures would also require Theroux to flaunt his writing skills, but according to Variety, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have just hired him to direct “Chief Ron.” The comedy is about the true story of Chief Ron Roberts. Despite having blond hair and blue eyes, Roberts claims he has native Mohegan heritage. He fights the courts to acquire the right to build a casino in upstate New York.

Coming Soon sets things straight with Jerry’s Bruckheimer’s upcoming films. He’s busy working on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Times,” but still has time to plan for the future. Bruckheimer labeled a fourth “Pirates” his top priority. “The Lone Ranger,” in which Johnny Depp will play Tonto, will still happen, but it is going to have to take a backseat to other films for the time being.

Is this ad supposed to make kids want to go to Disneyland Paris? Check out this image from Super Punch of a young 'girl getting rid of her bad dreams.' It looks more like an ad for a horror movie than one for the happiest place on earth.