SXSW Watch: Stop-Loss to Play Fest

It's not official until the SXSW line-up is announced February 5, but word is, Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss will play the fest. Paramount and producer Scott Rudin must feel that debuting a film in Austin is a good-luck charm: PTA's There Will be Blood drew its first raves after it snuck into the Fantastic Fest in Austin. Last year, Judd Apatow's Knocked Up came out of SXSW (which runs this year from March 7 - 15) with plenty of strong buzz.

In other news, Stop-Loss star Channing Tatum will play Duke in Par's upcoming G.I. Joe.