The Bulletin: Bardem, Bale in 'Pablo'

Javier Bardem and Christian Bale will star in "Killing Pablo," an adaptation of Mark Bowden's novel "Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw," about the late, infamous Pablo Escobar, reports Variety. Joe Carnahan ("Narc," "Smokin' Aces") is in talks to direct, with Bob Yari, Mark Gordon and Jason Zelin to produce. Escobar's rise as a kingpin of the drug cartel in Medellin, Colombia, began in the 1970s, but in 1992, a coalition of Columbian police and military, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the CIA, and vigilantes of other cartels, began a manhunt for Escobar. Escobar was shot to death Dec. 2, 1993, in a shootout with the Search Bloc, a special Columbian task force. Bardem will star as Escobar; Bale, as Maj. Steve Jacoby, a U.S. Delta Force commander in search of Escobar.

Coppola Seeks Return of Script
Francis Ford Coppola continues to plead for the return of a laptop drive with the drafts for "Tetro," stolen with cameras and other items in a raid at his Buenos Aires office on Sept. 26. Coppola said the disk holds, too, "all of the photographs of my life, all of my writing" — 15 years worth. Coppola is in Buenos Aires to begin production next year on "Tetro," a saga about the rivalries of an artistic immigrant family in Argentina, with Matt Dillon to star.

Murray, Schwartzman to Voice 'Fox'
Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman will join George Clooney and Cate Blanchett as voices in Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic novel, reports MTV. Anderson's latest excursion into animation with artist Henry Selick ("James and the Giant Peach," "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou") will follow a clever fox's attempts to outwit a crop of villainous farmers. Allison Abbate and Jeremy Dawson will produce. Clooney and Blanchett will voice Mr. and Mrs. Fox.

Scorsese to Document George Harrison
Martin Scorsese ("Shine a Light") will direct a documentary about the life and career of George Harrison, reports Variety. Scorsese will produce with Harrison's widow Olivia and Nigel Sinclair. "George Harrison's music and his search for spiritual meaning is a story that still resonates today and I'm looking forward to delving deeper," Scorsese told Variety.

Third 'Jackass' in the Works
On "The Howard Stern Show," Steve-O said a third "Jackass" will start production in January, reports Slashfilm.

Berg to Kidnap Getty
Peter Berg ("The Kingdom," "Friday Night Lights") will develop an adaptation of John Pearson's book "Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty," about the 1973 abduction of oil heir Paul Getty III, reports Variety. Berg will produce with Chris Clark. Robin Shushan will write the script. The grandson of an oil billionaire, Paul Getty III was taken at 16 with a $17 million ransom demand. In response to the family's silence or failure to act quickly enough, the kidnappers sent an envelope with Getty's ear inside, with a promise of more pieces to follow. With the ransom eventually paid, Getty was found in southern Italy, and the kidnappers were never caught.

Luke In, Snipes Out of Lee's 'Anna'
Derek Luke ("Antwone Fisher") will replace Wesley Snipes in Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna," an adaptation of James McBride's World War II novel in production in Italy, reports Variety. Snipes withdrew due to travel difficulties while in a contest to dispute a federal indictment for tax fraud. Luke joins John Turturro, James Gandolfini, Michael Ealy, Omar Benson and Tory Kittles. McBride will write the script, a true account in which the U.S. Army's African-American 92nd Division combats racism and fascism in a Tuscan village, St. Anna, in 1944. Touchstone Pictures is in talks to distribute.

Mark Your Calendar
"License to Wed," with Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski, will be available for rental and purchase Oct. 30; "In the Land of Women," with Meg Ryan and Adam Brody, Oct. 30.

'Wall-E' Trailer Available
The trailer for Pixar's "Wall-E" (June 27, 2008) is available in Quicktime at Yahoo! Movies.