Melissa Leo joins Tom Cruise's Louisiana-shot sci-fi project; plus more movie briefs

Melissa Leo joins the Tom Cruise project in Baton Rouge; a new photo emerges from Will Ferrell's New Orleans-shot "The Campaign"; and a teaser trailer emerges for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2." All those stories and more are part of today's Evening Edition, a regular rundown of recent Hollywood headlines.

'Treme' actress Melissa Leo has joined the cast of Tom Cruise's sci-fi project currently shooting in Baton Rouge under the working title 'Oblivion.'

Deadline: Melissa Leo joins Tom Cruise's Louisiana-shot "Oblivion." The "Treme" actress joins a cast that already includes Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko. "Tron: Legacy" helmer Joseph Kosinkski is directing the sci-fi drama, which is already under way in Baton Rouge, with some production scheduled to take place in New Orleans. (Click here for full coverage of HBO's "Treme.")

EW.com: First look at "The Campaign," starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. This is the political comedy that the two cut-ups wrapped in New Orleans earlier this year under the working title "Dog Fight." Watch for it to land in theaters on Aug. 10. (Click here for full coverage on "The Campaign.")

Nola.com. "The Hunger Games" is already breaking records. With $155 million in receipts in its opening weekend, the big! -screen adaptation of the first book in Suzanne Collins' popular trilogy was good enough for third-highest gross in Hollywood history, putting it behind only "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" and "The Dark Knight."

Nola.com: "Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth is heading to New Orleans for next project.

Sydney Morning Herald (via The Hollywood Reporter): Fake national anthem from "Borat" played by mistake during medal ceremony. The spoof song -- with lines like ""Kazakhstan's prostitutes are the cleanest in the region, except, of course, for Turkmenistan's" - was accidentally downloaded by organizers of the 10th Arab Shooting Championship, then played during the medal ceremony for a winning Kazakh shooter.

The Hollywood Reporter: Borat swimsuit cited in patent denial. In a newsy day on the Borat front (see story above), the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has rejected an application for a "scrotal support garment," claiming it is too similar to the nightmare-inducing swimsuit work by "Borat" actor Sacha Baron Coen. Click through to the THR to see the swimsuit if you must.

CNN.com: Study shows popcorn is packed with antioxidants. Which explains why I'm so healthy-looking. (Thanks to Times-Picayune food editor Judy Walker for calling this story to my attention.)

Collider: "Hangover 3" set to begin production this September. But fans of the series should temper their excitement: The Hollywood Reporter says Todd Phillips has declared that the third outing will be the last for The Wolfpack.

YouTube: New teaser trailer for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" lands online. I blogged this earlier today, but here it is again, in case you missed it. (See embedded video below.