Paramount Pictures has pushed the release date of Martin Scorsese’s upcoming movie Shutter Island from Oct. 2 to Feb. 19, 2010, Nikki Finke reports on her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog. The movie, an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel starring Leonardo DiCaprio, had tested well with audiences and already started to generate Oscar buzz, Finke reports. Among the reasons she cites for the push are concerns that the financing isn’t available to market the film the way the studio wants to, as well as questions about DiCaprio’s availability to promote the movie internationally.

UPDATE: The L.A. Times has published a statement from Paramount Pictures’ chairman Brad Grey regarding the push of Shutter Island: “Our 2009 slate was green-lit in a very different economic climate and as a result we must remain flexible and willing to recalibrate and adapt to a changing environment.”

Variety reports that Peter Chelsom (Hannah Montana: The Movie) will direct Last Vegas, a script from Dan Fogelman (Bolt). The comedy will follow four baby boomers from Coney Island who head to Vegas when the last of them finally decides to get married. The Variety report notes, “While there might be comparisons made between Vegas and The Hangover, Chelsom said the Todd Phillips comedy helps his film, in terms of opening the door for another Vegas-set bachelor-party comedy.”

Karl Urban—Bones from this summer’s Star Trek—has signed on to play the villain in the post-apocalyptic thriller Priest, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Adapted from a TokyoPop Comic, the movie will follow Paul Bettany as a warrior priest trying to track down the vampires, led by Urban, who kidnapped his niece. Production begins next week.

Dune writer Josh Zetumer will write another version of the fourth movie in the Bourne series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter George Nolfi was originally set to write the film, but had to leave the project to direct his script for the Philip K. Dick adaptation The Adjustment Bureau. Zetumer will be brought in to write a new script, though it’s not clear if his version will ultimately be combined with Nolfi’s. The project is scheduled for release in 2011.

Billy Bob Thornton is set to star in the boxing drama Pound for Pound, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is based on a novel by F.X. Toole, the author of the short-story collection behind Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby. Thornton will play a depressed, retired boxer whose life intersects with a young Latino fighter (a role that is still being cast). Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) will write and direct. The production is expected to being filming early next year.