Here's a round-up of today's news:

• Jamie Kennedy is going to produce an indie called In Northwood, which stars Nick Stahl as a man condemned to a mental hospital after committing murder. THR
• Cocaine Cowboys has picked itself up a scribe -- gonzo journalist and screenwriter Evan Wright. THR
  
• Everyone's favorite pot-smoking Jay, aka Jason Mewes, has nabbed a starring role in the indie slasher flick Silent But Deadly, which shoots in Ontario next month. Variety
• Phillip Noyce, meanwhile, is going to hit the plank and write the remake of Captain Blood. THR
• Check out Jennifer's blood-dripping lips, which just so happens to look like a certain television poster that was released recently. JoBlo
  
• Get ready for Robot Chicken: Star Wars: Episode 2! Coming Soon
• Posters: The Day The Earth Stood Still and Max Payne

Avast readarrs! Today be Septembarr 19th -- Talk Like a Pirate Day, where land lubbers lounge with arrsome pirate lingo without pillaging saucy wenches, donning patches, or walking the plank. Ye might ARR the day away, or watch yeself some Petarr Sarrsgarrd. But maybe ye like to pull out the bung, drink up ye Grog, and fire up the VCARR. If ye do, here be a treasure chest of movie booty and pirate kings. Godspeed!

Sorry, this is as far as my pirate-speak goes!

The Pirate King -- The Pirates of Penzance (1983)

In 1980 New York City theater producer Joseph Papp fired up The Pirates of Penzance for his Public Theater, with a young Kevin Kline cast as the Pirate King. It was so successful that the cast brought it to Broadway, and then onto the big screen with almost everyone reprising their roles (Angela Landsbury was the lone change). Kline swaggered, swung his sword, and wrapped his tongue around 'often' and 'orphans,' because -- he is the Pirate King, Taran-tara, Taran-tara, and it is, it is a glorious thing to be a Pirate King!

Yes, that's right:  it's Talk Like a Pirate Day. I don't know about where you live, but the streets of Manhattan are currently overflowing with eye patch-wearing, peg-legged citizens, and the air is full of joyous Arrr!s and Aye!s. Ok, maybe that's just my apartment.

In celebration of this glorious day, I present to you a list of five perfect films to watch as you eat your pirate grub and drink your pirate grog.

• Captain Blood (1935) and The Sea Hawk (1940):  There is no such thing as too much Errol Flynn (particularly when he's hanging out with Claude Rains).
• The Princess Bride (1987):  Not really about pirates, per say, but the Dread Pirate Roberts is clearly crucial to the whole thing.
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996):  Given the choice between multiple version of a given story, I make it a policy always to choose the one with muppets.
• Pirates of the Caribbean (2003):  Johnny Depp at his Adam Ant/Keith Richards-channelling best.