Yep, “Cloverfield” has done so well at the box office — a whopping $46 million on opening weekend — Paramount now has a sequel in the works, says Variety.

“Cloverfield” producer J.J. Abrams, writer Drew Goddard and director Matt Reeves are in discussions to work on the upcoming fright-fest.

Reeves has also made a deal with GreeneStreet Films to direct “The Invisible Woman,” a Hitchcock-style thriller about a former beauty queen who turns to a crime to protect her family.

GreeneStreet recently completed two films: the John Polson-directed “Tenderness,” starring Russell Crowe, and “Bill,” directed by Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldmann.

Claire Danes (pictured), Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill and Imogen Poots have joined the cast of Richard Linklater’s “Me and Orson Welles,” an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

The stellar cast joins Zac Efron and Ben Chaplin in the 1937-set movie, which centers on a high school student (Efron) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its founder, Orson Welles.

He lands a bit part in “Julius Caesar,” the production that catapulted Welles to fame, and spends the next week learning about life and love.

Newcomer Christian McKay plays Welles, and Chaplin (“Water Horse: The Legend of the Deep”) has been cast as English film and stage actor George Coulouris.

The script was penned by Holly Gent Palmo, who worked on Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused,” and Vince Palmo, who is a long time collaborator with the director. The movie is scheduled for a 2009 release.

I’ve appreciated Linklater’s work as director of “School of Rock” and “Fast Food Nation.” And is Zac Efron headed for super-stardom or what?

I’ll definitely be checking out this movie.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know Hannah Montana is a hot ticket on the Disney Channel. But she rocks the house in theaters, too.

“Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert in 3-D” dominated online movie ticket sales on Wednesday, a day ahead of its debut.

Keep in mind that the movie — a filmed version of Miley Cyrus’ 2007 concert with dad Billy Ray Cyrus — is opening in fewer than 1,000 theaters AND the tickets are going for $15 — at least in my flyover town of Traverse City, Michigan.

Yeah, I’ll be there tomorrow with two tweens in tow, so you’ll hear all about the movie from me this weekend.

Fandango.com reports that “Hannah Montana” was the site’s best-selling concert film ever, selling out more than 1,000 showings and accounting for 91% of sales as of Wednesday morning.

I’m not usually a fan of 3-D, but I’m hoping it’s not too obnoxious and will make it seem like we’re AT the concert.

Note to Self: Cut a wide berth if you run into Andy Garcia on the street.

Sarah Michelle Gellar says she was shocked by how violent Garcia was while shooting scenes for their new movie, “The Air I Breathe.” So shocked, in fact, that she had to leave the set.

“I had a hard time separating the scene from what is reality,” said Gellar in an IMDB story. “At one point I had to leave. I didn’t know the scary side of Andy. I’m a small girl, and he doesn’t let go. When he throws me up against a wall - that’s actuality.”

The actress said she grew close to Garcia while making the movie, but found it hard to watch his method approach to playing a crime boss. Garcia also beat up Brendan Fraser’s gangster character in the movie.

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Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell and Jemaine Clement (pictured) have signed to star in “Gentlemen Broncos,” Jared Hess’ comedy being produced by Mike White and Ben LeClair, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The script, written by Hess and his wife, Jerusha Hess, follows a high school outcast (Angarano) who attends a camp for writers where his story gets ripped off by a legendary fantasy novelist named Ronald Chevalier (Clement).

Rockwell will play the fictional story’s title character who appears in book-come-to-life sequences under two guises: one in the teen’s story and one in the author’s story.

Production is set to start in March. White and LeClair, who worked with Jared Hess on “Nacho Libre,” are producing via their Ripcord banner.

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“Hancock” has a teaser trailer and, just like I thought, it interests me more now that I can visualize what this movie is about.  The film, starring Will Smith, is revolves around a tortured superhero who crash-lands in Brooklyn “and tries to transform himself by romancing an alluring housewife, causing chaos in the city.”  I have to add that I am so happy to see Jason Bateman making such a good comeback (I really liked him in “Juno”). 

The film also stars Charlize Theron and Johnny Galecki.  It’s set to hit theaters on July 2, 2008.

Watch the teaser trailer for “Hancock:”