Movie News Quick Hits: 'Conan' Retitled, 'Muppets' Moved and Batmen by the Pool

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  • Is a comment even necessary? [via Buzzfeed]

  • Disney has advanced ‘The Muppets’ from its previous Christmas 2011 release to a Thanksgiving 2011 release in hopes that it will keep their holiday weekend winning streak alive and strong.

  • ComingSoon.net has a few on-set snaps of Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy](http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=72261), Peter Parker’s love interest, in the new ‘Spider-Man.’

  • The old British TV show ‘RentaGhost’ has been picked up by Warner Bros. for feature film development. Russell Brand will star in the ‘Beetlejuice’-esque film about a dead guy who starts a temp agency for fellow ghosts who would like to be more productive in the afterlife than they were in their actual lives.

  • In a move that should surprise no one, Magnet Releasing has snapped up distribution rights to Jason Eisner’s ‘Hobo With a Shotgun,’ which stars Rutger Hauer as a transient vigilante, ahead of its debut at Sundance.

  • Empire Online have debuted a new, darker poster for Jon Favreau’s ‘Cowboys & Aliens’:

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