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Whether you like it or not, if you spend a lot of time on the internet, then you owe a big thanks to the porn business. We may all not count ourselves as customers, but if you've ever made an online purchase, then you have benefited from the adult entertainment industry. So I guess it was about time internet porn finally got its time in the spotlight, and what better way to do that than with a big, splashy movie? Variety reports that Gallo, the writer behind Bad Boys and Midnight Run, has signed to write and direct the internet porn comedy, Middle Men.

The story of Middle Men follows a straight and narrow type of guy who finds himself smack dab in the middle of the 'adult entertainment' business. Luckily, the film isn't just a Boogie Nights rip-off and instead will focus on the early days of online porn, including its rise to becoming the number one way most of us like to get our naughty fix. Gallo co-wrote the script with Andy Weiss (Punk'd), and the film will begin shooting on location in L.A. this September.

Unfortunately, us North Americans tend to get a little hung up on our Puritan past, and we don't always appreciate sex comedies that aren't written for teenagers (just ask Kevin Smith). But if you're a fan of dirty jokes, keep your fingers crossed that Gallo has a little more luck with the MPAA than Smith has so far.

In the grand pantheon of Buddy Cop Comedies, we've had some pretty great pairings: Eddie Murphy & Nick Nolte, Mel Gibson & Danny Glover, heck I'll even give you Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker because I know a lot of folks really dig those stunningly generic Rush Hour flicks. But when things go pear-shaped in this particular sub-genre ... goofy-ass things can happen. (Anyone out there see the one with Samuel L. Jackson & Eugene Levy? Holy sheesh.)

Hot on the heels of such non-brilliant pairings as Queen Latifah & Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Murphy & Robert De Niro and Owen Wilson & {anyone} comes ... ready for it? Cedric the Entertainer and Lucy Liu. Yeah. She's a super-spy and he's a janitor ... posing as a super-spy, I think. Frankly I shouldn't have to put this much mental effort into a movie directed by the man who gave us Encino Man, Flubber, Blue Streak and (yes, that's right) The Man.

One small and potentially silver lining is that Code Name: The Cleaner was co-written by George Gallo, who (long ago) penned the underrated Wise Guys and the brilliantly cool Midnight Run. Then again, he also wrote Double Take, See Spot Run and The Whole Ten Yards, so perhaps he's already used up his Get Out of Jail Free cards. Ah, and Nicolette Sheridan is also in CN:TC, which should definitely bring in the movie fans who love Johnson Family Vacation, Charlie's Angels and Desperate Housewives in equal measure.

Anyway, Code Name: The Cleaner opens on January 5. Check out the theatrical trailer and a clip from the flick over at Yahoo! Movies. (And then feel free to completely forget about the movie until it shows up on cable one boring Tuesday night.)

In a rare bit of weekend casting news, Production Weekly reported last night that Antonio Banderas and Annette Bening (which, for some reasons, strikes me as a vary odd pair) will play the lead roles in Homeland Security -- not to be confused, mind you, with Homeland Insecurity, a Robert J. Siegel-penned comedy spec recently picked up by Miramax. The film is being called "a mystery in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief," a description that, if it's actually accurate, could be promising indeed. There's nothing wrote with pretty people flirting over a robbery or two, right? The problem, of course, is that when today's Hollywood tries to follow that path, the results tend be things like The Real McCoy and Entrapment, so it's anyone's guess how this one will turn out.

The film was written and will be directed by George Gallo, a man who, though he is to blame for the "story" behind Bad Boys and the screenplay for Double Take, also wrote Midnight Run, which is a very good thing indeed. Production is set to begin in Louisiana this fall.