Biz notes

Clash of the Titans
The Chicago Tribune reports that James Cameron's Avatar will be budding heads with Dreamworks' Monsters vs. Aliens at the box office...in 2009. (And both films with be in 3-D.)

We are (the creation of) the world
The Guardian reports that a who's who of Hollywood's, um, elite (Luke Perry and Lou Diamond Phillips!) will gather in Chicago under the guide of entrepreneur Carl Amari. The actors are currently lending their voices to the production which, when completed, will fill some 70 CDs.

Weerasethakul talks censorship (and Grindhouse!)
Experimental Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul discusses his new film Syndromes and a Century over at IFC. His unique vision, Sud Pralad (Tropical Malady), is on DVD now.

Penn and Colbert fight like two, um, guys fighting
Head on over to ifilm and see the wonderful Stephen Colbert face off against Sean Penn in a little "Meta-Free-Phor-All." (To the Extreme!)

Clooney and his Smoke House
Warner Bros. picked up Our Brand is Crisis for George Clooney's production company. Crisis, Rachel Boynton's documentary, follows a 2002 Bolivian presidential candidate who used a U.S. political consultant (and the tacticts implicit with that move) to win the election.

Thomas story not going gentle into that good night
There's hope yet for the Dylan Thomas biopic. Lohan is out. Sienna Miller will join the phenomenal cast.