An indication that Scott Porter mightn’t have got the “Captain America” gig (he was one of the 7 contenders short-listed for the role), the actor’s just signed to star in the new action/adventure series “Nomad” for the CW . The “Friday Night Lights” alum will play one of a group of nearly broke young backpackers abroad who agree to earn money by working secret missions for the CIA. With Ridley and Tony Scott onboard to produce, “Nomad” is already shaping up to be one to look out for (The Hollywood Reporter)

Tom Arnold tells Skewed and Reviewed that though he can’t say anything until after the Oscars, he will be doing another movie with “True Lies” helmer and co-star James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the near future. Arnold stated that the film wouldn’t be called “True Lies 2″.

Two bits of Hugh Jackman news crossed the wire today. First, Roger Friedman (yeah, the guy that downloaded – and consequently proceeded to tell his readers how to do so too – “Wolverine”) is reporting that Jackman’s “Wolverine” sequel, which will be set in Japan (no surprise), is due to kick off in January. In addition, Jackman’s attached to Lee Daniel’s “Selma”, says USA today. The flick, a Civil Rights drama that Robert DeNiro was at one time circling too, is eyeing a May start. “I have to really start casting the movie because we’re shooting it soon”, Daniels says. “The only person I’ve nailed in for sure is Hugh Jackman. It’s all over the place.”

The Sam Raimi-produced remake of “The Shadow” has moved from Sony to Fox. In addition, it’s reported that “30 Days of Night” and “The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse” director David Slade is up for the job of director, which, quite frankly, I’m smiling from ear to ear about! (Latino Review).

Joe Vaz (“Lost Boys : The Thirst”) has joined the cast of Universal’s “Death Race 2″. The pic, now filming in South Africa, stars Luke Goss, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo and Tanit Phoenix.

Harrison Ford says he, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg have all agreed on a storyline for the inevitable fifth “Indiana Jones” flick.

Ana Ortiz (“Ugly Betty”) is starring in ABC’s “True Blue”, a drama centering on a group of San Francisco homicide detectives reunited to solve the murder of one of their own (The Hollywood Reporter).

Determined to continue his good run of late (“Everybody’s Fine” was brilliant; unfortunately, it did nothing in the states, and is going direct to DVD in Australia) Robert De Niro has joined the cast of the Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”) starring thriller, “Dark Fields” (Variety).

Ryan Devlin (TVs “Cougar Town”) will play the young lead, opposite William Shatner, in CBS’ comedy pilot “Shit My Dad Says”. The series, based on the somewhat-amusing Twitter account (but seriously, TV show!? c’mon!), fixes on the relationship between a young man (Devlin) and his over opinionated father (Shatner) (The Hollywood Reporter).

Jason Isaacs, currently starring opposite Matt Damon in “The Green Zone”, will play the lead in the new Fox drama “Pleading Guilty”. Based on the book by Scott Turow (“Presumed Innocent”), centers on Mack (Isaacs), a cop-turned-attorney described as “a big handsome Irish lunk” who is assigned to investigate the disappearance of the firm’s star litigator (The Hollywood Reporter).

Claire Forlani, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Stephen Mangan will join Matt LeBlanc (“Friends”) on the new Showtime/BBC comedy series “Episodes”. LeBlanc plays himself in the laffer (The Hollywood Reporter)

Rachel McAdams is joining Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard for Woody Allen’s next. The currently Untitled Feature will shoot in Paris this Spring (The Hollywood Reporter)

A series based on Disney’s “TRON” is in the works. The series, which will air on the Disney Channel, will pick up after the events of next Christmas’ “TRON legacy” (Heat Vision Blog).

Attendees of next week’s SXSW film festival are in for a treat – it’s been announced that Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal will be previewing their upcoming “Predators” there.

Selena Gomez is onboard, and Leighton Meester in negotiations, to join Tom Bezucha’s comedy ”Monte Carlo”. Nicole Kidman, a producer on the flick, may also play a supporting role (Variety).

“American Pie” director Chris Weitz tells MovieWeb he’d like to be involved in some sort of producing capacity on the recently-announced “American Pie 4″, or “American Reunion” as it’s now being referred to. “I know that Universal wants to do it. We want to be involved in it. Because of the affection we hold for the story and the characters. We want to get as many former cast members back as possible.”

Todd McFarlane may be taking the indy-route with his long-rumoured “Spawn” reboot (Newsarama).

If resurrection is possible in the “Pitch Black” universe, would Radha Mitchell like to reprise her role as ‘Fry’ in the recently-announced second sequel? Maybe (What’s Playing)

Lisa Wilcox (“A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 : The Dream Master”), Roddy Piper (“They Live”), Doug Jones (“Hellboy”) and Sally Kirkland (“JFK”) will star in “Lights Out”, a drama about a couple trapped in an elevator with “a not so perfect stranger”.