Sure Shots: Gollum/Rise of the Apes; Final Destination 5; Gore Verbinsky

* That Planet of the Apes prequel that I keep saying looks and sounds absolutely awful? It just got a little bit more interesting, as Andy Serkis has signed on to play uber-chimp Caesar in Rise of the Apes. Serkis is probably best known for portraying Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

* I guess it wasn't cool enough to just shorten Final Destination to FD5 or something like that. No, Warner Brothers has now officially changed the name of the fifth film in the horror franchise to 5nal Destination. Death does not approve of this lazy attempt at marketing coolness.

* Thanks to his Pirates of the Caribbean success, Gore Verbinski is the man right now. He can pretty much tackle any project he wants. So what he's decided is to helm a film about a  guy who can pretty much dream up anything he wants, as he'll be directing a remake of the 1947 classic, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Originally based on James Therber's short story, Mitty is about a guy with a boring life and go-nowhere job who imagines all sorts of fantastical tales about himself. Sasha Baron Cohen was at one time attached to the lead role, but is no longer involved. Johnny Depp, anyone?