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       *“Young and the Restless” star Victoria Rowell officially joins 50 Cent and Samuel L. Jackson on the cast of the Iraqi war film, “Home of the Brave.” As previously reported, the soap opera star had been in talks to join the indie film that follows three soldiers who struggle to readjust to home life after returning from the Iraqi war.

       *The MTV Movie Awards have been set for June 3 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, the network announced Wednesday.  The 15th annual ceremony will be televised June 8. Nominees are chosen by a national poll of MTV and MTV2 viewers.

      *Paramount Pictures has signed on to produce “King Tut,” a film described as an action-adventure/romance picture, loosely based on Howard Carter's discovery of King Tut's treasures in 1922 Egypt. The film was pitched by its writer Neil Crawford for the Paramount-based Lorenzo di Bonaventura to produce.

      *Vin Diesel says that a sequel to “The Chronicles of Riddick” is in the works. He tells ComingSoon.com: “When I was in the process of creating this mythology for 'Chronicles of Riddick,' the idea was to create a story, a trilogy, that would start at the end of ‘Pitch Black’ in the same way that ‘Lord of the Rings’ is a trilogy that starts at the end, essentially, of ‘The Hobbit.’ So I wanted 'Pitch Black' to be 'The Hobbit' to 'The Chronicles of Riddick.' I wrote a storyline, essentially, that covered three pictures, so where Riddick goes in the next two pictures is already mapped out. It's not in script form, but it is being all developed, and it is going to surface when you least expect it."

      *New Line has acquired the film “Lift Every Voice,” which is set in the world of gospel choir competitions. The story follows a young minister who returns to the streets of Camden, N.J. and creates a gospel choir to keep the neighborhood kids out of trouble.  The group begins to win gospel competitions, culminating in the national championship. Usher’s manager Holly Davis-Carter of Los Angeles-based Releve Entertainment is behind the project.  She served as an executive producer on “In the Mix” and “The Gospel.”

       *The Beastie Boys concert film shot entirely by fans will be screened across the country Thursday (March 23) in an exclusive one-night only Big Screen Concerts presentation by THINKFilm and National CineMedia. “Awesome, I…Shot That!” will be shown on nearly 200 screens at 8 p.m. local time at movie theaters across the country. For a list of theaters, please go to www.awesomeishotthat.com/march23/. Tickets are currently on sale at participating Regal, United Artists, Edwards, Cinemark and AMC box offices and online at www.BigScreenConcerts.com. The film will be released in select cities on March 31.