Welcome to CraveOnline's weekly movie news roundup - a weekly rundown of all the breaking news in the film world, with an eye for what Tinseltown's got in store for us in the near future!

BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $33.8 Million ($33.8 Million)
2. Gran Torino - $22.2 Million ($73.2 Million)
3. My Bloody Valentine: 3D - $21.9 Million ($21.9 Million)
4. Notorious - $21.5 Million ($21.5 Million)
5. Hotel For Dogs - $17.7 Million ($17.7 Million)
6. Bride Wars - $11.7 Million ($37.5 Million)
7. The Unborn - $9.8 Million ($33 Million)
8. Defiance - $9.2 Million ($9.5 Million)
9. Marley and Me - $6.3 Million ($132.7 Million)
10. Slumdog Millionaire - $5.9 Million ($42.7 Million)

You know it's a hell of a slow week in Hollywood when a movie named Paul Blart: Mall Cop can debut in the #1 spot at the box office. The Kevin James comedy, which received a righteous beating from nearly every critic who bothered to see it, pulled in $33.8 million to top the charts over the weekend - beating out Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, which fell to #2 with $22.2 million. That raises Torino's six week total to $73.2 million, more than double the film's $33 million budget.

The paint-by-numbers hack-up horror remake My Bloody Valentine: 3D debuted at #3 at the box office, earning $21.9 million. Notorious debuted at the #4 spot, pulling in $21.5 million for the late rapper's biopic. The film had the highest per theater average of any in the top ten with $13,126 per theater.

Hotel For Dogs opened with $17.7 million to round out the top 5 at the box office for last weekend.

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Hopefully Fox and Warner Bros. are done screwing with our emotions now. It appears that the much-hyped drama-magnet superhero film Watchmen will hit theaters on time after all.

Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox have reportedly settled their yearlong dispute over the movie last Thursday, meaning the movie will open in theaters as planned on March 6. The exact terms of the agreement were not disclosed and will remain confidential.

The film's release had been in question as both studios fought for control over the project. Fox recently won a copyright ruling on the film, which Warner Bros. vowed to fight, having reportedly spent more than $150 million on the movie. That scared the hell out of everyone excited to finally see this project hit the screen, but cooler heads have apparently prevailed, and we'll finally get to see Watchmen in all its glory in March.

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Kieran Culkin has reportedly been cast as Wallace Wells for the upcoming film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, an adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. Michael Cera will play the title character, who has to defeat his girlfriend's seven evil ex-boyfriends to win her heart. Aww.

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Speaking of Michael Cera, the Superbad star is reportedly the final holdout of all the "Arrested Development" cast members on the concept of making a feature film based on the prematurely-cancelled comedy series.

Creator Mitch Hurwitz recently had a little bit more info to offer on the subject:

" Well, I haven't written the story, truthfully. The Valkyrie thing was truly just a ruse. I do want to wait until I know who's in it, because it won't be like a big paying job, this movie. So it's not something I want to do on spec. I kind of want to know that we're making this. We're working on it. I will say about Michael Cera – he is a very, very smart guy. He's a very thoughtful guy. I remember when we were casting for Arrested, the TV show, and I'd seen him in a pilot years earlier, so I set out to get him. He was only 14 at the time. I said, 'Let's get that kid. I think his name is Michael Cera. I think he lives in Canada.' I'm waiting and waiting to hear back, and after about three weeks I hear, 'Michael Cera responded to the script.' And I felt like, 'I didn't realize that was a step,' you know? But it gave me big respect for him, because it was like, you're not just some whore. You want to read the script, you want to understand the character. This is a young boy! So he's making smart decisions for himself… but I hope this will be one of them!"

In other words, they need to give Michael Cera more money.

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Sam Rockwell recently spoke to MTV about playing the villain Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2. Describing him as a "rival" to Tony Stark, Justin "takes over all the weapons stuff after Tony's left."

"I don't know if (Hammer) takes over Stark Industries," Rockwell told the former music channel. "I'm not really sure yet. He's a money dude. That's about all I can say."

Rockwell also happened to mention that he was once considered for the role of Tony Stark, and spoke to director Jon Favreau about it before Robert Downey, Jr. was cast in the role. I call bullshit, but I like the guy, so I'll let it go.

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Production on X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been weighed down by drama, primarily with well-publicized power struggles between its director, Gavin Hood, and Fox's CEO Tom Rothman. That dampened a few hopes for the project, but everybody promptly forgot the hell out of those when the trailer hit. It was awesome, and fanboys far and wide felt reassured that honor would be done to the project. However, news has just broke that Fox is sending everyone back to Vancouver for some extensive reshoots - a very bad sign for most films.

Collider is reporting that studios usually try and keep news like this under the radar, but Fox requested journalists to cover these reshoots in a likely attempt to squash any previous bad buzz by showing how well things were coming along. That is - if they are.

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Warner Brothers has been touring a special presentation for Terminator Salvation over the past few days, beginning in New York City and concluding in Los Angeles. Director McG was on hand to dispel some myths, rumors and outright

Alex over at FirstShowing.net compiled a list of the important details:

» Regarding that Linda Hamilton rumor, about her either showing up or providing her voice for an intro, McG mentions that they are looking to get her for a voiceover. "We're in the business of doing that right now," McG told SciFi. "So we'll see what happens. She seems to be very supportive of the film, I look forward to showing it to her in about a week or so."

» Regarding the questions brought up by the announcement that Danny Elfman would be scoring the film, McG said they would incorporate Brad Fiedel's iconic theme. "We use a great deal of Brad Fiedel's original theme. See, I love it," he said. In the original announcement, Elfman mentioned that he wasn't sure whether they would use it at first.

» Regarding any Arnold Schwarzenegger rumors that continue to come up, apparently McG was still resistant to addressing questions about his appearance in the film. However, he did say that he's planning to screen the film for the California Governor in order to get his blessing. I'm sure we'll hear more about that once it happens.

» Regarding the running time, McG told Collider that he expects it to be around 2 hours and 10 minutes.

» Regarding visual effects, and upping the ante just as Terminator 2 did in its day and age, McG said that his biggest challenges with the effects on this are "to create a photo-realistic character that doesn't exist in real life… To not know where practical ends and effect begins. It's never been done. And we'll see if we can do it. I'm going to ILM in a couple days to see if they've done it."

Thanks Alex!