Rosario Dawson, whose performance in ALEXANDER is nothing short of brilliant, has signed on to star in a pair of movies for the new Weinstein Co. First up, Dawson will star in KILLSHOT, the Tarantino-produced flick that co-stars Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke and Johnny Knoxville. In the film Dawson will play the girlfriend of one of the gangsters pursuing a couple (Lane, Jane) trying to hide in the witness protection program. John Madden (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) will direct the film starting in October. Dawson will then seque into a leading role in Kevin Smith’s PASSION OF THE CLERKS. Her details in that film are a little sketchy but one might assume she’d play a romantic interest for either of our two leads, Dante and Randal. CLERKS is scheduled to begin filming in Los Angeles in January. Dawson can be seen next this December in RENT. But seriously: go get ALEXANDER on DVD. Thank me later.