· Johnny Depp has bought the film rights to novel In the Hand of Dante, in which he'll play a Dante expert charged with authenticating what might be the original Divine Comedy manuscript. Hopefully along the way he breaks a couple of codes and finds out the Virgin Mary was the town slut or something—otherwise, SNOOZERS. [Variety]
· SAG was struck a mighty blow from within their own ranks when its former VP Mike Farrell lambasted current leadership for its negotiation tactics. Go Klinger! It's about time someone took a man in a dress seriously. What's that? He didn't play Klinger? Never mind. [Variety]
· The End of Ideas: Hey, Does Anyone Remember Captain Blood with Errol Flynn? No? Great—Let's Remake It! Edition. [Variety]

After the jump: Which Party of Five star is returning to series TV?

· Neve Campbell is close to joining the cast of The Philanthropist—a new drama from NBC, ensuring Campbell's return to network TV will be short-lived. [THR]
· "Craig T. Nelson to do CSI arc." For a second we thought that meant he had decided to become an architect, but he's just going on that tired forensics show. Just a little local architecture school humor! Slow day in Hollywood, folks. [THR]

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