Voight Joins “24’s” Seventh: Jon Voight has signed on for the upcoming seventh season of “24” as Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) uber-nemesis who is pulling the strings behind next season’s terrorist threat. Voight’s character will be introduced during “24’s” two-hour Season 7 prequel and will be featured heavily in the latter half of the season. The prequel, now shooting on location in South Africa, is slated to air Nov. 23, with Season 7 of the Imagine TV/20th TV-produced series kicking off in January. [THR]
Jack Black Bails On Man-Witch: Todd Phillips’ supernatural comedy, Man-Witch, just lost its star as Jack Black. Rumor has it the split came from Black’s camp, which had questions about Phillips’ commitment to direct the picture ahead of Hangover, another comedy said to be close to the helmer’s heart. That project is also set up at Warners. Man-Witch is centered on a man who discovers he’s a witch and then heads off to teach at a female witch school. [THR]
Breach Directors Thrills Motorcade: Billy Ray has found his follow-up to Breach (a film I loathe) as he is set to write and direct Motorcade for DreamWorks. Flick is an action thriller about terrorists assaulting the president’s procession as it snakes through Los Angeles. [THR]
Talk of I Dream of Jeannie Adaptation: Way back in 2004 it was rumored that Lindsay Lohan would star in a feature film adaptation of “I Dream of Jeannie” for Gurinder Chada. Since then… nada. However, there is new life in the idea as Sid Ganis and his Out of the Blue Entertainment have brought on Mulan scribe Rita Hsiao to rewrite the script for the big-screen adaptation of the 1960s series. Hsiao’s recent resume includes touching up Enchanted and 13 Going On 30. Ganis told THR, “This is such a beloved and iconic character that it has to be told the right way,” he said. “You have a loyalty to the character that has to exist, and sometimes it takes time to get there.” [THR]
Summit Sees “Red”: Summit Entertainment is entering the comic book adaptation business, picking up the movie rights to WildStorm/DC Comics’ “Red.” Brothers Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber are writing the actioner based on the three-issue comic series, published in 2003, telling the story of a former black-ops CIA agent now living a quiet life in retirement until the day a high-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him. With his secret identity compromised and his love interest in danger, the man must reassemble his old team to figure out who is out to get them. The book was written by Warren Ellis, whose comic “Ocean” is set up at Warner Bros., and illustrated by Cully Hamner. [THR]
Three Join How to Make Love to a Woman: Josh Meyers, Krysten Ritter and Ian Somerhalder have signed on to star in How to Make Love to a Woman with pornstar Jenna Jameson playing herself. Scott Culver is helming the project in which Meyers plays a music executive with no idea how to satisfy his girlfriend (Ritter). He turns to advice from his musician pals as well as Jameson but finds that time is running out when her handsome childhood friend (Somerhalder) appears. [THR]
Peet Leads Emmerich’s 2012: Amanda Peet will play the female lead in Roland Emmerich’s disaster pic 2012 joining already cast John Cusack that includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Oliver Platt. The film revolves around a global cataclysm and the heroic struggle of the survivors. Peet is playing Cusack’s ex-wife, newly married to a wealthy man. Cusack plays a divorced father trying to become a writer while holding a job as a limo driver. [THR]
Trio Tapped for Kid Cannabis: Chris Marquette, Cam Gigandet (Twilight) and Aaron Yoo (21, Disturbia) are starring in Kid Cannabis, the true tale of Idaho suburbanites who built a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring. It is being directed by John Stockwell. Marquette plays the title character and Gigandet is his best friend, running marijuana from Canada into Idaho and making a killing. The feds eventually are alerted to the scheme, and the two realize they might be in over their heads. [THR]
