Fox’s X-Men spinoff Deadpool has landed Zombieland‘s Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to write the screenplay, Variety reports. Ryan Reynolds will star.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, New Line has taken on the Farrelly Brothers comedy Hall Pass, which was in turnaround at Fox. Owen Wilson will star, with Jason Sudeikis also in talks to join the cast. The story is about a wife who gives her husband a free ticket for extramarital affairs to revive their marriage. Peter and Bobby Farrelly rewrote Pete Jones’ script and will also direct and produce. The production kicks off Feb. 23 in Atlanta. Also, The Farrellys’ Three Stooges film at MGM may be back on track with Bobby Farrelly telling The Boston Globe that Sean Penn will appear in the cast despite having said he was taking a break from showbiz.

Hot off her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Up In The Air, actress Anna Kendrick has joined the cast an untitled new comedy to be directed by Jonathan Levine (The Wackness) and starring Seth Rogen and James McAvoy. The untitled film, which has McAvoy playing a twentysomething man who learns he has cancer, is set to begin filming next month. Kendrick will play a psychologist who counsels McAvoy’s character. Director Levine replaces Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money), who left the project last fall reportedly due to differences over where to shoot the movie.

Sony has decided to push back the start of production on Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4, a Sony source confirms to Variety. (The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.) The film, starring Tobey Maguire and directed by Sam Raimi, was to have begun shooting in February. The studio does not yet know when the film will get rolling, according to the reports. Last month, Raimi and co. hit the pause button on pre-production in order to do further work on the script. It is now unliklely that Spidey 4 will meet its announced May 6, 2011 release date.

Vince Vaughn (Couples Retreat) will star in an untitled dramedy directed by Ron Howard, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, scripted by Alan Loeb (Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps) from an idea by Vaughn and producer Brian Grazer, will follow a man who discovers that his best friend’s wife is cheating. Shooting could begin as early as next spring.