In today’s roundup of movie news, Maiara Walsh has been cast as Kantmiss Evershot in The Starving Games, a parody of The Hunger Games, two new Paranormal Activity films have been slated for 2013, and more.

  • According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maiara Walsh (Switched at Birth) has won the role of Katmiss Evershot in The Starving Games, an unfunny-sounding parody of The Hunger Games from the creators of Date Movie and Vampires Suck. Pretty Little Liars‘ Brant Daugherty will play the parody character based on Gale.

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  • As Deadline has confirmed, there will be two Paranormal Activity films in 2013, the previously mentioned Latino spin-off early next year, and Paranormal Activity 5 around Halloween 2013. This is a no-brainer as the first three installments have earned Paramount $576 million worldwide on just an $8 million cumulative budget, with a fourth installment just hitting theaters.

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  • Deadline is reporting that Al Pacino, Jeremy Renner, and Julianne Moore are set to star in Dan Fogelman’s (Crazy, Stupid, Love) Imagine. The synopsis is as follows: “Pacino will play an aging 1970s rock star who is still packing arenas and living a decadent life with a girlfriend way too young for him. On his 64th birthday, he discovers an undelivered letter written to his 19-year-old self from his hero John Lennon. He decides to straighten out, stop making a living off by “selling out” and playing old anthems, and rediscover the music he originally set out to make. He also tries to reconnect with the 40-year-old son he’s never known (Renner). He moves into a small New Jersey hotel and befriends the hotel’s manager (Moore). The rocker’s hope: that despite the rough journey, Lennon’s message that love is all that matters will ring true at the end.”

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  • The script for Judd Apatow’s This is 40, running at a cool 146 pages, has officially arrived online via Universal, two months in advance of its release.

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