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Neither sense nor sensibility A date movie with something for both guy and gal: "Pride and Predator," a Jane Austen/ "Aliens" mashup produced by Elton John's Rocket Pictures. Will Clark, whose lone credit is the short film "The Amazing Trousers," co-wrote and will direct the film, in which an alien crash-lands into a period drama and sparks bigger problems among the corseted young protagonists than marriage and inheritances. Sir Elton will supervise the music.

The final reel Scarlett Johansson (pictured) is in talks to take over as the Black Widow from Emily Blunt in "Iron Man 2." ... Looks like Zac Efron might be the new, age-advanced "Jonny Quest," with Dwayne Johnson as Race Bannon. ... Zachary Levi (TV's "Chuck") will play Jason Lee's cousin in "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel." ... Shia LaBeouf heads to Yale Law School as a student with a sordid secret in John Grisham's bestseller "The Associate," to be adapted by "The Departed" writer William Monahan. ... Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd will vie for Reese Witherspoon's affections in James L. Brooks' "How Do You Know?" ... He said he'd be back: Arnold Schwarzenegger will spend a day filming a role as "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger" in Sly Stallone's "The Expendables."

CYNTHIA DICKISON