La La Land: Alfred Molina has joined Skeet Ulrich in NBC’s Law & Order spinoff, Law & Order: Los Angeles. Molina will play Deputy D.A. Morales and is all but assured this regular television gig will last longer than his previous one on 2002’s Bram and Alice, which - according to Wikipedia - lasted only four episodes. [Deadline]

Dream A Little Dream: Matthew McConaughey is "considering" starring opposite Hilary Swank in Dreams of a Dying Heart. Swank is set to play a solider in the film who returns home from a tour of duty to encounter “strange goings on.” Perhaps what’s giving McConaughey pause is the fact that he can’t figure out how a serious Hilary Swank film will give him a chance to take off his shirt. [Deadline]

Mamma Mia: Chuck creators/executive producers Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak announced at Comic-Con that Linda Hamilton of Terminator fame will be joining the cast of Chuck in a “heavily recurring role” in the NBC’s show’s fourth season. She’ll play the “long-missing mother” of Chuck (Zachary Levi), whose past is “shrouded in secrets.” Let’s hope things work out better for this Josh Schwartz Chuck than they did for Chuck Bass when his long-lost "mother" returned on Gossip Girl. [Deadline]

Boys Club: Funny or Die co-founder Adam McKay (Anchorman, The Other Guys) confirmed at Comic-Con that he will be directing The Boys, an adaptation of Garth Ennis' violent comic series. The series follows a government squad known as “The Boys” who are tasked with watching over superheroes and “keeping them in line.” This makes us wonder what McKay's daughter Pearl's up to nowadays. [Heat Vision/HR]

WB Takes A Dare: Warner Bros. is close to making a deal on Dan Dare, a British film with Sam Worthington attached to star. Dare - a space fleet pilot - came onto the scene in the 1950s in a comic book, before the character later appeared on British radio and television programs. Worthington clearly has a thing for space-based franchises. [Variety]

Sticks And Stones: Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schnieder have been signed to adapt Todd Harris Goldman’s book Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them. Apparently the script will include original music, as well - though they could probably just raid the catalogues of Pink, Avril Lavigne or Ke$ha and be just fine. [Variety]