Sometimes potential Hollywood projects just start out as rumors and then never come to fruition, but this one's getting way too much attention in the mainstream media to go away. Here's a link to a discussion on Yahoo's "Buzz" feature, where they discuss stuff that's been getting a lot of searches in their search engine lately:
buzz.yahoo.com/buzz_log/entry/2005/10/14/1700/?fr=fp-buzz-more
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