The Forgetting Sarah Marshall follow up Get Him to Greek has just been infused with three new cast members. As we reported earlier Russell Brand will be reprising his role as the outrageous rocker Aldous Snow. He will be joined once again by Jonah Hill who will be playing Aaron, a completely different character than who he played in the previous film. This time around rather than being a waiter he’s an intern at a record company. According to Entertainment Weekly, Rose Byrne, Elisabeth Moss, and Sean “Diddy” Combs have just signed on to star in the comedy.

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Here are some of the top stories you may have missed over the weekend….

• A New promo photo (above) for X-Men Origins: Wolverine has just been released! The characters featured (L-R) are, Deadpool/Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), Gambit/Remy LeBeau (Taylor Kitsch), Wolverine/Logan (Hugh Jackman), Sabretooth/Victor Creed (Liev Shreiber), and Silver Fox (Lynn Collins). X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens in theaters on May 1, 2009, and is directed by Gavin Hood. [Superherohype]
• Scott Pilgrim vs The World has the cast that keeps on growing. Star of the upcoming sci-fi film Push, Chris Evans has just signed on to co-star alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, and Michael Cera, in the Edgar Wright graphic novel adaptation. Evans will play Lucas Lee a skateboarder/movie star who happens to be one of the many ex-boyfriend’s of Winstead’s character Ramona. [AICN]
• Casey Affleck wants to make a documentary about his good friend Joaquin Phoenix. Phoenix recently retired from the film industry at the ripe old age of 34, and has decided to embark on a career as a rapper. Sean “Diddy” Combs will produce his debut album, and Affleck wants to document everything from his studio recordings to his first performance. This should be interesting. [LatinoReview]

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The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls was one of, if not the best rapper to ever touch the game of rap music. By today’s standards, running a close race with the late Tupac Shakur, B.I.G is referred to as the greatest rapper who ever lived. As one of the first artists signed to former hip hop dynasty Bad Boy Records, the rapper broke the mold by selling albums off of his lyrics and not his looks. With a full life that was shortly lived, its no surprise that the film industry came knocking to produce a biopic on the late, great Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace.

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