After years of supporting roles and indie hits, it's time for Jeremy Renner to play the leading man. In this newly released trailer for The Bourne Legacy, he takes over from Matt Damon for the lead of the well-respected Bourne series, punching guys in the head, shooting things, generally acting like an all-purpose can-do secret spy should. Of course, it's not a clean split to a new generation: as the trailer makes clear, Legacy is a direct continuation from the story left off in the last Damon installment, 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum."There was never just one," the trailer's title grimly announce, while an offscreen character tells Renner that "Jason Bourne was just the tip of the iceberg." 

For the first time since 2001's pretty decent The Score, the legendary-but-now-tarnished Robert DeNiro has teamed up with Ed Norton, one of the best character actors of his generation, and the result is Stone, a sexy prison thriller about an arsonist trying to manipulate his way out of prison. The trailer is out and...yup, yup, okay, not bad. DeNiro does his squinty-eyed world-weary tough guy routine, Norton disappears inside a chewy accent and a pile of cornrows, and Milla Jovovich -- playing Norton's wife, who seduces DeNiro, Norton's parole officer -- is finally given something to do besides shoot zombies.

Writers, actors, directors and BBQ enthusiasts get philosophical

● Brad Pitt (dressed as Lance Rock of Yo Gabba Gabba) and Angelina Jolie (zombie) took Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh for some Halloween fun in L.A on Saturday. [Radar] ● Edward Norton was one of many that participated in the New York City Marathon yesterday, finishing in 3 hours, 48 minutes, and 1 second; he was running to raise awareness for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. [E!] ● Elton John’s tour with Billy Joel is being put off after John contracted a case of E. coli and has been ordered by doctors not to perform. [CBC]

HBO and Edward Norton's production company have teamed up to produce a record of Barack Obama's historic campaign, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, premiering November 3. What started out as a documentary of a senator turned out to be one of the biggest undertakings Norton and the filmmakers have ever experienced. The team worked on By the People for over three years, chronicling the life of the Obama family and those who gave their all for Barack to get elected. The result is a sensationally moving depiction of the campaign trail that displays the strength of Obama and those he inspired. We caught up with Norton and filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams to hear about their experience making the film and being given an all-access pass into the life of our president-to-be.

● Will Beyoncé and Jay-Z grace us with the greatest collaboration of them all -- a baby -- after Beyoncé finishes her world tour? [Showbizspy] ● What’s Arnold Schwarzenegger's first job post-Governator? To re-team with James Cameron and Tom Arnold for another shoot ‘em up action flick a la True Lies. [ComingSoon] ● I’m guessing on-again 0ff-again couple Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker are off again given their Twitter war of words, where Barker calls Moakler a shitty mom with a Lester the Molester uncle. [AllieisWired]

Barack Obama's favorite show is The Wire, and now he'll have a chance to join those illustrious crack dealers on HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO just closed a seven-figure deal with Edward Norton's Class 5 Films, who approached the Obama campaign in 2006 with intentions of filming a documentary about the politician's campaign and political history. Filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams were given special access to Obama and his inner circle and followed the campaign all the way to Grant Park this past Tuesday. Here's a preview of what it might look like in photo form.

We’ve got proof that Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are the latest actors who should moonlight as musicians. We see Pitt as a straight power rocker, the result of a Chris Daughtry/David Cook gene experiment gone terribly right. Norton, on the other hand, has always reminded us of Clay Aiken, without the tooth whitener and skin darkener. But the two of them together make us swoon, like Jason Castro redoing "What A Day For A Daydream" in his signature sleepy twang. But because "American Idol" doesn’t allow contestant duets, Pitt and Norton will unfortunately be relegated to performing on YouTube and singing about penis in their bids for musical stardom—serenade after the jump.