Transformers 2 Picks a Date
Paramount and DreamWorks are moving ahead with plans for a Transformers 2 project, stamping down June 26, 2009 as the release date, reports Variety. The story says the date is just a target but isn't "ironclad" as they still need to lock in Michael Bay and work out the ongoing tension between the two studios.

Reiner Backs Clinton
Variety's Ted Johnson writes in today's paper that director Rob Reiner has given Hillary Clinton's campaign a boost by endorsing her in the upcoming election. Johnson writes that Reiner's decision is a "key endorsement" for Hil because he's "one of the entertainment industry's most politically-active figures."

THR reports that Disney is canceling its Disney Mobile MVNO service, the second such Disney-branded project to bite the dust in less than a year following ESPN Mobile. Read the full Disney shuttering story here.

- CHRIS GARDNER