1. Two – not one, but two – movies about the Easter Bunny are now in the works. Universal is developing I Hop, a live-action film about "an out-of-work slacker who, while driving home late one night, runs over the Easter Bunny. When the bunny can't hop because his leg is broken, the slacker must train to take over the job and save Easter." Meanwhile, Sony Animation has picked up Hip Hop, in which "the Easter Bunny decides to retire and hides out as a pet with a suburban family, turning their lives upside down." – Variety, Hollywood Reporter

2. Emma Stone is in talks to star in Easy A, a modernized high-school version of The Scarlet Letter. The film "centers on a student who sees her life paralleling Hawthorne's heroine Hester Prynne after she pretends to be the school slut in hopes that she'll benefit from the notion she's promiscuous." – Variety

3. NBC is developing Dorothy Gale, a modernized version of The Wizard of Oz. The show will follow "the story of Dorothy, a girl from Kansas who ...

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