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Fahrenheit 451: Hope for the long-awaited adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic "Fahrenheit 451" has reignited as Frank Darabont is negotiating to rewrite the Terry Hayes script and direct the film, with Castle Rock stepping in to make the film, which will be distributed domestically by Warner Bros. According to Variety, the title refers to the temperature required to ignite paper, and the story is a futuristic look at a totalitarian society where a fireman's job is to start fires, using books and their incendiary content as kindling.

The Hunted: Benicio Del Toro ("Traffic") is near a deal to join Tommy Lee Jones and Connie Nielsen in "The Hunted," a Paramount thriller to be directed by William Friedkin. According to Variety, Del Toro will play a villain who murders people in order to become the subject of a manhunt, from which he draws perverse thrills. He meets his match when he's hunted by a tracker (Jones) and his partner (Nielsen).

Black Hawk Down: Brian Van Holt (who has a role in the John Woo-directed MGM film "Windtalkers") has just been tapped by director Ridley Scott for "Black Hawk Down" at Revolution. Variety reports that Van Holt will join Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore and others in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced film. Van Holt plays a ranger who leads a convoy of Humvees to rescue a downed Black Hawk pilot in Mogadishu, Somalia.

The Ring: DreamWorks has plunked down an estimated $1 million for worldwide remake rights and distribution rights, except in Japan, to director Hideo Nakata's Japanese horror-mystery phenomenon "The Ring." Based on a novel by Suzuki Koji, "Ring" revolves around a videotape that is rumored to be responsible for people's deaths one week after they watch it. The story centers on a female reporter who begins investigating the urban legend rumors after the death of her cousin. When strange things begin happening after she views the tape, she teams up with her ex-husband to try to halt the ticking clock of death. According to THR, DreamWorks' take on the project is being closely guarded. The Japanese version has been a big hit throughout Southeast Asia, spawning sequels.

The Matrix 2 & 3: Aaliyah ("Romeo Must Die") has been added to the cast of the subsequent "Matrix" installments. The first of the sequels is slated to start production this March in Australia with Larry and Andy Wachowski at the helm. The third one is scheduled to be shot immediately thereafter. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she story lines for both "Matrix" sequels are being kept under tight wraps, but it is known that Aaliyah will play a character named Zee and will likely be more prominent in the third installment. Original cast members Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving are back on board, and Jada Pinkett Smith has been added to the cast as Niobi, the love interest for Fishburne's character.

Scooby-Doo: Rowan Atkinson ("Bean") is in negotiations to play the lead villain in Warner Bros.' live-action feature "Scooby-Doo" for director Raja Gosnell. For "Scooby," written by James Gunn and John August, Atkinson rounds out a cast that includes real-life couple Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar as Fred and Daphne, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy and Linda Cardellini as Velma. The plot line is being kept tightly under wraps, though it is known that the Atkinson character's name is Mondavarious. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project is scheduled to begin shooting February 13th in Australia.

Basic Instinct 2: In the ongoing quest to bring "Basic Instinct 2" to the screen at MGM, David Cronenberg has opted out of the film for reasons unknown, while the film's producers, Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar, are now in discussions with John McTiernan to helm the sequel. The director recently wrapped production on the remake of "Rollerball." Vajna and Kassar have renegotiated their producers agreement with MGM, giving them several months to put the project together. According to THR, the prior agreement gave them until mid-January or else the project would have been shelved. Meanwhile, the search for a suitable male lead to star opposite the pay-or-play Sharon Stone continues.

The War Magician: Paramount Pictures has acquired the feature film rights to David Fisher's "The War Magician," a 1983 book based on a true World War II story, as a starring vehicle for Tom Cruise. The studio also acquired a treatment for the project from writers Nancy Hersage and Shirley Tallman for Cruise and Paula Wagner to produce through their Paramount-based C/W Prods. with Colleen Camp and Tony Eldridge. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a writer has not yet been hired to pen the screenplay. The story revolves around Jasper Maskelyne, a handsome, famous British stage magician who believed he could adapt the basic principles of stage magic to fighting the Germans. He went on to create one of the most bizarre but effective units in the British Army during World War II, putting his unique talents to work for the British cause, elevating camouflage from a casual art to a major weapon in the war.

Black Sheep: Joel Schumacher is negotiating to next direct Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins in Disney's "Black Sheep," produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Scripted by Jason Richman, the comedy concerns a vet CIA agent (Hopkins) who recruits the identical twin of an agent who has just died to complete his brother's task. The young agent is played by Rock. Variety reports that Schumacher had been looking for a film that could be completed before the strike. He committed to "Black Sheep" on Friday.

The One: Carla Gugino ("Snake Eyes") has been cast as the female lead in Revolution Studios' action drama "The One" for director James Wong ("Final Destination"). The film, budgeted at about $48 million, begins shooting today. Written by Wong and Glen Morgan ("Final Destination"), "One" is about a cop (Jet Li) who must fight his evil double from a parallel universe to save himself and the world. According to THR, Delroy Lindo and Jason Statham play agents who make sure that people don't traverse the two universes. Gugino will play Li's loyal wife, who also has another version of herself in the parallel universe.

Diablo: Timothy Olyphant ("Go") has joined the cast of New Line Cinema's action-thriller "Diablo" for director F. Gary Gray ("The Negotiator"). The project is shooting in Los Angeles. Set against the backdrop of the U.S.-Mexico drug war, "Diablo" centers on an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent (Vin Diesel) and his partner (Larenz Tate) as they pursue a drug cartel boss known only as "Diablo," a mysterious figure who has emerged to take over the cartel when the former leader is imprisoned. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Olyphant plays Hollywood Jack Slayton, a flashy, charismatic spa owner and suspected drug trafficker with chameleon-like abilities that have kept him one step ahead of the law.