Showbiz News 08-21-2009

Lifetime is finally dipping its toe in the online video pool as it offers up full-length episodes of its newest acquisition, “Project Runway.” The women-friendly network has not offered complete episodes in the past. If you forgot to set your DVR to record last night’s premiere of the greatest fashion-based reality show make sure to check out Lifetime.com. Mediaweek.

Sony Pictures Entertainment will release its Michael Jackson documentary earlier than expected but with a limited two week run. “Michael Jackson THIS IS IT” is set to open October 28 with tickets going on sale September 27. The film is made up of Jackson’s most recent rehearsal footage. Arts Beat Blog.

Director Bryan Singer is in the early stages of remaking the 1981 film “Excalibur.” Warner Bros. has secured the rights to the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable, originally starring Nigel Terry and Cherie Lunghi. Singer is also developing a big-screen adaptation of “Battlestar Galactica.” The Hollywood Reporter.

The trailer for Michael Moore’s latest documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story” has hit the web after debuting on CNN. The film looks at the recent economic disaster, or as Moore calls it, “the biggest robbery in the history of this country.” Watch the trailer at Deadline Hollywood Daily.

Might Hollywood A-lister Catherine Zeta-Jones be Broadway bound? Michael Riedel reports that both Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury will star in the upcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” The production is set to open at the Walter Kerr theater in December. New York Post.