Sure Shots: Josh Hutcherson; Samuel L. Jackson; Eddie Redmayne

* Remember Paradise Lost, that oddball Pablo Escobar flick starring Benicio Del Toro as the infamous drug kingpin? Y'know, the one that's not even really about Pablo Escobar? Well, it's definitely moving forward, adding The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson into the fold. He'll play Nick, a surfer who heads to Colombia to visit his brother, but winds up falling in love with the beautiful Maria. Turns out her uncle happens to be Escobar. Oops. The film marks the directorial debut by Italian writer/actor Andrea di Stefano, and should kick off next March. [Deadline]

* Tired of that muthafu**in' Samuel L. Jackson workin' with that muthafu**in' David Ellis? Well, tough, because the Snakes On a Plane duo are back together again for a live-action version of Kite, the popular anime about a teenaged girl who is orphaned after her parents are brutally murdered, ultimately becoming an assassin for a pair of corrupt detectives. There's some pretty disturbing stuff that goes on in it, similar in my view to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, so I'm interested in seeing the approach Ellis takes. [Movies]

* Eddie Redmayne is a superstar in the making, might as well get used to it. Ever since he starred alongside Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn, he's been on one heck of a roll. Of course he's got Les Miserables coming up, which should catapult him to A-list status, and now he's lining up another potential blockbuster in The Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending. Already starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, it appears to be another sprawling sci-fi film that could jumpstart a franchise. Set in a time where humans are the low rung on the evolutionary ladder, Kunis plays a Russian immigrant who has the same genetic make up as the immortal Queen of the Universe, and thus is targeted for assassination. Tatum would play the bounty hunter dispatched to do the job, but ultimately decides to defend her. No word on Redmayne's role, but I'm sure this eases the sting of losing out on that Harry Osborn gig. [Variety]