The Bulletin: "Knocked Up" Trailer in HD

A journalist (Katherine Heigl of TV's "Grey's Anatomy") must abort her best-laid plans when a one-night stand with a punch-drunk slacker (Seth Rogen) results in a pregnancy and the scary proposition of parenthood in "Knocked Up" (June 1), a new comedy from Judd Apatow ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin"). The trailer is available to view at Yahoo! Movies.

"The Departed" Will Not Die
A sequel to Martin Scorsese's modern crime saga "The Departed" is in early development, reports The Hollywood Reporter. William Monahan will write a treatment to incorporate Mark Wahlberg's temperamental Staff Sgt. Bryce Dignam and a new character, with the expectation Robert De Niro would entertain the part. "They're talking about bringing in De Niro to play a senator or a congressman. So it'll be fun. And if it's a success, they're gonna do a prequel and bring everyone back ... make it a trilogy," Wahlberg told Empire Online. Scorsese would need to approve a treatment to further development of a sequel. Monahan wrote the script for Scorsese's remake (an Academy Award contender for best adaptation) of Andrew Lau's "Infernal Affairs" (2002), a Hong Kong thriller pulpy enough for a prequel and a sequel.

'Focker,' 'Thomas Crown' Sequels In Development
Baby on board. Teri Polo will return as Pamela, the wife of Ben Stiller's accustom-to-embarassment Gaylord "Greg" Focker, in the sequel "Meet The Little Focker," reports The Associated Press. No word on when the sequel will begin production or if Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Dustin Hoffman or Barbra Streisand will return. ... Pierce Brosnan tells Entertainment Weekly that "The Topkapi Affair," a sequel to 1999's "The Thomas Crown Affair," is, in fact, an eventuality. "Thomas Crown 2, for all intents and purposes, will happen," Brosnan told EW. "The script came in two days ago and it's good."

New Sheriff of Nottingham in Town: Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe will star (for $20 million against 20 percent of the profits) as a reputable Sheriff of Nottingham in pursuit of Robin Hood, the chief suspect in a series of murders, in "Nottingham," a revisionist twist on the legend, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Universal Pictures won a seven-figure bid for Ethan Rieff and Cyrus Voris' (Showtime"s "Sleeper Cell") script for Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer to produce. No word yet on a director.

Eddie Murphy Off to "Nowhereland"
Eddie Murphy is in negotiations with Paramount Pictures to star in "Nowhereland," about a successful financial executive, who, in a crisis of confidence, escapes into a dreamscape of his daughter's design, reports Variety. Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson ("Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure") wrote the script. "Nowhereland" would likely begin to shoot in the summer, as Murphy zips up production on "Starship Dave," a comedy about crew of miniature intergalactic creatures on a mission to save a planet bound for destruction, with Brian Robbins (February's "Norbit") as director.

Enter "1408"
The trailer for Mikael Hafstrom's creepshow "1408" (July 13), an adaptation of Stephen King's supernatural short about a phantasmal hotel suite with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, is available at Yahoo! Movies.

"Unfaithful" Stars Will Realign
Richard Gere and Diane Lane, stars of Adrian Lyne's "Unfaithful" (2002), will reunite for "Nights in Rodanthe," an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel about a doctor in an affair with a woman not ready to decide whether or not to salvage her unhappy marriage, reports Variety. Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan will produce. Ken Hixon and Anne Peacock wrote the adaptation. Production will begin in May.

M. Night Shyamalan's Next Picture
M. Night Shyamalan is in the midst of a comprehensive rewrite on a new apocalyptic thriller in the vein of Michael Crichton, "The Green Effect," about a cataclysmic environmental crisis that positions man at war with nature, reports Variety. Executives in Hollywood weren't immediately in awe of the auteur's initial draft, so Shyamalan expects to submit a revamp, per script notes, with a new title, and cast and budget requests to executives (particularly the very curious 20th Century Fox) in the next month with the very likelihood of a production deal. Shyamalan, the modern illusionist with a spooky gift (some say sixth sense, others say a routine) to rig, with expert and hypnotic stagecraft, a supernatural thriller with a profound revelation, could desperately use a rapturous hit in the wake of "Lady in the Water," an infamous miscalculation.