Oscar-Winning Akiva Goldsman Directing ‘Paranormal Activity 2′?

Did Lionsgate do a mistake by taking back director Kevin Greutert from directing Paranormal Activity 2 to Saw VII? Because if the following is true, Paramount has nabbed something much higher. And he holds a golden statuette.

Shock Till You Drop reports that Paramount may have found the film’s new director in the form of Akiva Goldsman, an Oscar winning writer of ‘A Beautiful Mind’, ‘I Am Legend’ and ‘The DaVinci Code’ among others. As for directing, he’s directed TV before but not a feature.

Personally, directing a sequel to a $11,000 film that has ‘Blair Witch 2′ written all over it is a marked step down career-wise simply because there’s nothing new they can possibly do with the story. Want proof?

MTV reports that Michael Stout (the male lead of the first film) may be returning to the film. Anyone who has seen the movie knows what happened to him and I leave it up to you to explain how that can ever be possible.

Even though the series is getting stale, I’d rather watch Saw VII 3-D any day.

Jason Segel To Star In Muppet Movie

Jason Segel is slowly joining the ranks of Seth Rogen and the clan with successes like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I Love You Man, not to mention his hilarious role in How I Met Your Mother. Now, looks like he’s got a Disney film in line.

Heat Vision reports that Jason Segel has signed on to do Disney’s Muppets movie. He will play the human lead in the film alongside … well, muppets. James Bobin is directing the script whose plot is being kept under wraps for some reason. Guess who wrote the script? Segel himself along with friend Nicholas Stoller (who directed Marshall).

It’s interesting for anyone who’s seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall because his character there always wanted to create a Dracula muppet movie. Well, at least he’s got something close enough.