Starlet Freida Pinto, who dazzled in Best Picture-winning Slumdog Millionaire, has signed on to star in Greek mythology flick War of the Gods, according to Variety. Pinto will play Phaedra, described as an oracle priestess, who must join young warrior Theseus (Henry Cavill) as he leads men into battle with the immortal Greek gods. Production is set to begin in April. The in-demand Pinto has other films in the can, including Woody Allen’s You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, alongside Josh Brolin and Naomi Watts, and Miral, directed by Julian Schnabel.

How I Met Your Mother and I Love You, Man star Jason Segel is in talks to play a gym teacher in the comedy Bad Teacher, which already has Cameron Diaz as a lead, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The story centers around Diaz, who plays a money-grubbing teacher obsessed with landing the school’s model teacher, who has yet to be cast. The Break-Up scene stealer Michael Higgins has also joined the cast as the school’s principal. The film will begin shooting next month in Los Angeles.

After success with providing the main voice in 2008′s Beverly Hills, Chihuahua, George Lopez is getting back into the voice acting game through a big-screen tale about the classic animation character Speedy Gonzalez, who is headed to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter. New Line is working on the effort, with Garfield writers Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen adapting the Looney Tunes character into a live-action/CG hybrid feature. Speedy first appeared in the 1950s as a regular nemesis to Sylvester the Cat and has since appeared in several feature films including Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jonah Hill has signed on to star in the upcoming comedy The Sitter, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie, which will have shades of 1987′s Adventures in Babysitting, will follow Hill as a college student who’s been kicked out of school and is now living with his single mother. A legendary evening begins when Hill’s character elects to babysit the three children who live next door. Shooting is expected to begin this fall.