News and Casting Updates: Rio, Despicable Me 2 and more!

• A possible Rio sequel could release in 2014.  World Cup Brazil, anyone?
• Meanwhile, in more animation film news, Javier Bardem backs out of voicing villain El Macho in Despicable Me 2.  The film is due to release on the July 4th holiday (yay!) in 2013.
• Ryan Murphy's next film will feature Mark Ruffalo, Alec Baldwin, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons and his Eat Pray Love star Julia Roberts.  The Normal Heart is a Tony-award winning play and will be produced by Brad Pitt.
• Kate Winslet, Steve Carrell, Jack Black, Nicholas Cage, Kevin Kline and Catherine Keener are in the cast for Charlie Kaufman's Frank or Francis.  The comedy/satire is about an online war between a filmmaker and a blogger.  I already want to see this film.