Arnold's Cameo on the Sly

Schwarzenegger to cameo as his Governator self in new Stallone flick; DeGeneres gets new 'toon

The Governator is ready for a Rambo summit.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has agreed to make a cameo as his state-ruling self in Sylvester Stallone's latest testosterone-fest, The Expendables. The flick is set to begin shooting March 28 in Brazil and will then move to New Orleans for an additional two months of photography.

Stallone, who wrote the script and will also star and direct, will shoot his good pal and former Planet Hollywood partner's cameo in Los Angeles. The movie also costars Sly's former nemesis from Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren, along with Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Jet Li and Forest Whitaker.

Since taking political office in 2003, Schwarzenegger has appeared briefly in only three other films, 2003's The Rundown, the 2004 Jackie Chan bomb Around the World in 80 Days and 2005's The Kid & I, but there have been strong hints he will pop up in this summer's Terminator Salvation.

In other movie news, an Oscar nominee is finding work, Green Hornet gets a new boss and a certain dance-happy daytime TV host is going to the dogs...

• Variety reports Melissa Leo, who scored a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for Frozen River, has been cast opposite Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver and Sam Rockwell in the indie legal drama Betty Ann Waters.
• Per the Hollywood Reporter, Ellen DeGeneres has signed on to voice the lead stray dog in Warner Bros.' Dog Show, an animated comedy about a stray pooch and her misfit friends who crash the purebred world of dog shows. This is her first voice role since 2003's Finding Nemo.

• Lipstick Jungle star Lindsay Price will play one of a trio of witches in the upcoming ABC drama pilot Eastwick, based on the 1987 hit movie The Witches of Eastwick.
• Acclaimed helmer Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) has been tapped to take over The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen as the classic hero and Stephen Chow as his sidekick, Kato.

• Pirates of the Caribbean filmmaker Gore Verbinski is developing a new live-action movie based on the Hasbro board game Clue. No word whether the update will feature three different endings, like the 1985 version.