Ellen To Host The Oscars – Big 6 Morning Report

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• Ellen Degeneres took to Twitter this morning to announce that she’ll be returning for her second Oscar gig, saying “It’s official: I’m hosting the #Oscars! I’d like to thank @TheAcademy, my wife Portia and, oh dear, there goes the orchestra.”  Ellen last hosted the Oscars in 2007. (Twitter)
• Is Arika coming back to life at WB? Seems so, with Variety reporting that Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, The Unknown) has been tapped to direct the picture, which is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. (Variety)
• Billy Bob Thorton is going to Fargo. The actor will re-team with the Coen brothers for the TV adaptation of the Coens’ masterpiece. (The Playlist)
• Chris Evans is set to make his directorial debut with the film 1:30 Train. The film is a Before Sunrise-style story about a man and woman who meet in Manhattan and spend an evening together before the train mentioned in the title arrives. (Deadline)
• Samuel L. Jason will play the villain in Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s The Secret Service. (Splash Page)
• Christian Bale‘s latest film Out of the Furnace which is directed by Scott Cooper, now has a wide release date of Dec. 6. (The Wrap)
  

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