Movie News Quick Hits: 'Jack the Giant Killer,' 'Jackass 3.5' and More 'X-Men' Castin

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  • Here’s a fun little chart of what houses various characters from film and television would be sorted into if they attended Hogwarts. [via Geekologie]

  • The shortlist of potential young leads for Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack the Giant Killer’ has narrowed to a trio consisting of Aaron Johnson, Nicholas Hoult and Aneurin Barnard.

  • Have big dreams of being a stage parent? DreamWorks will be holding open auditions for an 11-13 year old male for a starring role alongside Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks in ‘Welcome to People,’ the directorial debut of Alex Kurtzman.

-** Chloe Moretz, Bailee Madison, Kristen Bell** and Jackie Earle Haley are all attached to star in the dark comedy ‘Dance of the Mirltons,’ about a young girl who “enters a ‘Mean Girls’-type environment](EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Singer Lining up Actors to Test for ‘Jack the Giant Killer’)” at a ballet school.

  • Paramount is planning to release ‘Jackass 3.5’](http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=72013)in March of 2011. What’s ‘Jackass 3.5’? A feature film composed of never-before-stunts and hijinks that will, at first, be dished out in portions before releasing the film is entirety via various digital platforms as well as DVD and Blu-ray.

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