Stand-up comedian Hardland Williams will be directing ‘Wing Man,’ by production company Stardust. They previously worked together on the comic’s comedy special ‘Wild Child,’ but you can’t really compare that to the $10 million project he will take on now.

‘Wing Man’ follows the story of Bob Erdman, the allround good guy who gets cheated on by his wife with his best friend. Unsuccessful at every date, his father eventually drags him to a Hollywood agency to get a fake Wing Man.

Co-written by Williams and Justin L. Levine, the movie will be shot in Toronto this summer. I wonder if he’s considering his Canadian comedian pal Tom Green for a role too.

Ewan McGregor joins the ‘Da Vinci Code’ team for the prequel ‘Angels & Demons.’ Again directed by Ron Howard, with Tom Hanks as the leading man, the gang will start shooting next June.

McGregor plays the Vatican insider, assisting Tom Hanks with unraveling what’s going on in the Catholic Church. Naomi Watts is also attached to the project, which will be ready for the blockbuster summer of 2009.

Hanks is reportedly getting a record deal for this prequel. With an $35 million upfront and a $15 million extra if it does well at the box office. You must hate making a prequel if you request that kind of money.

It’s quite a striking move by Universal Pictures. While they just released ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ last weekend, this weekend they add ‘Baby Mama’ to their list of comedies. The movie with Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live), is expected to open in the high-teen millions, just like Marshall. Meanly because of the 12- to 16-year-old girl demographic.

Universal isn’t expecting these girls to overlap with Sarah Marshall’s audience. But some say the ‘Baby Mama’ visitors could be taking away some tickets, since it might do well with older women too. Nevertheless, this is another slow weekend at the box office and with all the big budget blockbusters coming up, this could have been the best spot.