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The Basterds have landed at the top of the box office; Karl Urban takes a bite out of Priest; Summit attempts to grab Jodie Foster’s Beaver; Rosario Dawson boards Unstoppable; The Twilight Saga: Eclipse begins; Pandorum is pushed back and is it a trick or a treat for Trick r’ Treat?

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Last week Screen Rant reported on the news that Denzel Washington had apparently walked away from the upcoming Tony Scott directed runaway train thriller, Unstoppable. The reason for this was over money: the studio wanted to cut down Washington’s usual $20 million salary to $16 million (how ever would he have lived…) and Washington declined, apparently moving on to look for another project.

However, it seems that 20th Century Fox and Washington have come to some sort of deal, putting Unstoppable back on track for this fall, with pre-production officially resumed.

Denzel Washington’s fifth collaboration with director Tony Scott was set to be the runaway train thriller, Unstoppable. Star Trek’s Chris Pine was reportedly in talks to star alongside Washington in the movie, and it looked the project was firmly on its way.

That was until budget concerns arose, particularly after Washington and Scott’s last collaboration, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, recently performed disappointingly at the box office ($100-plus million budget to a $61 million domestic box office performance).

Well, it appears that money has become too much of an issue around the movie – because Denzel Washington has reportedly dropped out of Unstoppable.

This week:

Revenge of The Fallen meets Dawn of the Dinosaurs; it’ll take 6 years to see the last Airbender; Adams looks on as Batman fights Marky Mark; George Clooney leaves Warner Bros; The Green Hornet is delayed and Tony Scott, Denzel Washington and Chris Pine are stoppable.

It’s been revealed that Chris Pine, who recently starred as the new James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot, is currently in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to star alongside Denzel Washington in the Tony Scott-directed thriller, Unstoppable. If Pine gets the gig, it will be his first post-Star Trek role, and the movie will be the fifth pairing of Washington and Scott.

The news that Pine was in talks to star in Unstoppable came from Washington himself backstage at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards (where both Washington and Pine each presented an award). Washington said:

This week:

Beyonce is Obsessed with being number one; Tony Scott and Denzel Washington are Unstoppable; it’s all Greek to Warner Bros. with Odysseus; James Marsden hassles the “Hoff” in Straw Dogs; will DiCaprio Beat the Reaper? Catherine is Keener for Jackson.

This week:

Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington Circle David Cronenberg and make him nervous; Tony Scott cho-cho- choses his next project; Kevin Spacey is The Father of Invention and Paul Walker and Vin Diesel start the engine on Fast and Furious 5!