Keira Knightley was the first to jump the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ship, turning down the chance to reprise her role as Elizabeth Swann in a fourth installment of the film series. Now, the franchise has been dealt another heavy blow- director Gore Verbinski, who directed the first three films, has informed Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he too will not be returning for a fourth film.

Verbinski said:

"I had a fantastic time bringing 'Pirates' to life, and I am eternally grateful to Jerry, Johnny and the rest of the creative and production team. I'm looking forward to all of us crossing paths again in the future."

The film trilogy has to date taken in more than $2.7 billion in box office receipts globally. The only good news that has come so far for the yet-to-be-made fourth film is that Johnny Depp - the films' star - has signed on to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow. The fourth film is due to begin shooting in 2010.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, 31, ditched her role as Buffy in 2003, ending the Buffy the Vampire Slayer's seven year run on television, but now she is reported to be in talks to bring Buffy back for a one-off movie. With the success of "Twilight", vampires are hot right now, so a Buffy movie would totally make sense.

A source says

"There is an idea for a script and to pick the story up with Buffy older and maybe even a mother.

"Michelle is busy with movie projects at the moment but she is excited about the idea. Buffy still has a huge fan base so this is a movie that already has an audience."

Hollywood producers behind the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are now threatening Bollywood filmmakers with legal action over their plans to remake Brad Pitt's Oscar-winner movie.

Last month the Times of Indian reported that Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai were set to star in a film eerily similar to Benjamin Button called "Action Replay." In 2008, Pitt starred alongside Cate Blanchett in the film, which is about a man who ages backwards.

On Monday Warner Brothers and Paramount producers placed advertisements in the paper and local trade publications warning Bollywood filmmakers not to go ahead with a planned Hindi remake. Representing Warner Bros. is a New Dehli law firm who will see legal action against any film made "either in English or Hindi or other language, having a similar script, screenplay or story line or character sketches or interplay of characters or sequence of events" to the original movie.

According to British tabloids, Angelina Jolie's health is suffering as a result of her attempting to lose weight for her role in "Salt." She is said to have done a crash diet to lose 21 pounds, and combined with the stress of filming, it's said to have taken a toll on her.

“It all got too much for Angelina. She collapsed between takes, complaining of shortness of breath and dizzy spells. To be fair, it was after she’d filmed a strenuous scene in which she ran around the set, but it was still shocking to see her crumble," said an ounlooker.

Jolie was given medical attention on set, but apparently has still not changed her eating habits.

"She never eats properly when she's upset. Food is the last thing on her mind. She'll ignore breakfast, pick at lunch and skip dinner," the source added.

Call me crazy, but if Angie lost 21 pounds she'd be looking like she was on the verge of death. She's already far too thin to begin with. Additionally, her struggles with eating properly are well documented; she's never eaten properly. So I have to wonder if this story to explain her collapse has any truth to it.

Fox News entertainment columnist Roger Friedman was fired for advocating the watching of illegally pirated television and movies for free online. After finding the as-of-yet unreleased Wolverine film online, Friedman posted a positive review of it and wrote Friday about the great variety of free streaming media that is available online. That article has since been deleted.

Friedman was apparently surprised at how easy it is to find pirated movies online, and how widely available they are online, and raved about it in his "Fox 411" column. Big mistake. Rupert Murdoch and News Corp., like all major Hollywood Studios, take piracy very, very seriously, as evidenced by his immediate dismissal. Fox News is owned by News Corp., which also happens to own 20th Century Fox and Fox Television, so you can see why they would be concerned when one of their own starts encouraging the downloading of illegal materials online. The FBI is now investigating how 20th Century Fox's big summer blockbuster, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, managed to find it's way online.

In addition to his review of the Wolverine film, Friedman also posted:

Tom Cruise hopes to remake the classic 1969 western, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring himself and his close friend, John Travolta. Cruise got the blessing of Paul Newman, who played Cassidy in the original, just months before he passed away last September.

Cruise intends to produce the remake through United Artists, the studio he jointly owns after he helped to resurrect it as an MGM subsidiary in 2006. The original film garnered four Oscars, and is said to be amongst Cruise's cinema favorites.

Cruise, 46, wants to cast himself as Sundance, which was originally played by Robert Redford. He is hoping to cast Travolta, 55, as Cassidy.

According to a senior executive, Cruise has already begun interviewing screenwriters capable of recapturing the essence of the original.

The exec said:

“It has been a pet project of his that has been on the back-burner for years. But now he’s ready to go, and will most likely happily eschew the enormous salary that he normally commands.”

A source close to the star added:

“Butch and Sundance is a labour of love for Tom. He was eight years old when he saw the original and it made an impression that has stayed with him all his life. He can’t wait to get to work.”

Rocker Stevie Nicks has dismissed claims that Lindsay Lohan will portray her in a future biopic. She insists that LiLo will be too old by the time the movie is ever made. And right now, Nicks is putting off plans for a movie about her life because at 60 years old she believes she still has quite a few rocking years ahead of her.

Lohan has been rumored to be linked with a potential film project, but Nicks says she won't be playing her as a 70's wildchild because the 22-year-old will have aged too much when she finally gives the film the greenlight.

Nicks said:

"People have approached us to make a movie but we all feel like the story's not done... and Lindsay Lohan? No. By the time we make a movie Lindsay Lohan will be way too old to play me."

If you had any doubts as to why Sasha Baron Cohen's new fake documentary, "Bruno", was slapped by the MPAA with a NC-17 adult rating, just view this "red band" trailer and you'll understand why.

In the film, Cohen stars as a gay Austrian fashion reporter traveling in a foreign land - the U.S., of course. The film debuts in theaters on July 10.

Note: You'll need to verify your age to view (type date of birth below) , and this video is NSFW.

A caterer who had been pulled from the kitchen to play a minor role as a chauffeur in Michelle Rodriguez's upcoming film, "Tropico de Sangre", was accidentally shot during an on-set prop mix-up. The unnamed extra was injured was injured when an actual bullet was used during production during filming in the Dominican Republic.

Rodriguez, who not only is the film's star but is also serving as a producer, blamed the mishap on a lack of safety regulations in the Dominican Republic.

"You're working in a country where they don't really have a film industry. So, safety precautions like, 'Don't put real bullets into a pistol before you load and shoot a scene,' doesn't mean 'shoot (the) guy with a real bullet.'"

Fortunately, the man was not seriously injured.

"He's a good sport; he came to the set a couple of weeks later. He's really cool," said Michelle.

In the film, Rodriguez plays Minerva Mirabel, who was killed along with her sister in 1960 for her legendary opposition to Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.

It took them years to get the entire cast of HBO's hit drama "Sex and the City" to agree to and film the movie version of the series, but the film's sequel won't take nearly as long to hit the silver screen. A release date for the sequel has finally been set.

Warner Bros. and New Line have decided to release "Sex and the City 2" on March 28, 2010. The first film opened on May 28, 2009 and brought in more tha $412.6 million at box offices worldwide.

Reprising his role as director-writer for the film will be Michael Patrick King. The film's four leading ladies - Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattral, and Cynthia Nixon - will also all be back.

The first film ended with the wedding of Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big. Some are beginning to speculate if the second film will focus on their foray into parenthood.