Johnny Knoxville, Paton Oswalt to co-star in comedy

Johnny Knoxville and "poignant" usually don't occur in the same sentence, but the "Jackass" star is set to topline a comedy its producers call "outlandish yet poignant."

Patton Oswalt will also star in the movie, which Todd Rohal is directing -- and still writing.

According to producers, the movie is "about a pair of battling brothers who attempt to honor their ailing father by taking a troop of boys on a last ditch camping trip that goes wildly wrong."

The movie doesn't have a title yet.

Rob Riggle, Maura Tierney and Patrice O'Neal will also star in the ensemble comedy.

Knoxville and Oswalt on the same screen could be quite a combination. Knoxville made his name with "Jackass" and has starred in "Men in Black II," "Lords of Dogtown," "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Walking Tall," among others.

Oswalt, who was the voice of Remy in "Ratatouille," is among the funniest stand-up comedians working. And he has starred as Neil on Showtime's "The United States of Tara" for three seasons.

On top of that is Todd Rohal, whose odd buddy movie "The Catechism Cataclysm" premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and is being released by IFC Films in October.

Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf's big Beach films is financing. Turtletaub, Saraf and Lisa Muskat are producing.

25 years for killing retiree for his money

A British cleaning woman was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison Monday for killing an 82-year-old friend for his life savings.

The sentence was imposed on Ann Browning, 54, after a three-day hearing in Guildford Crown Court, the Daily Express reported. She admitted killing Bill Williamson but said it was an unpremeditated act carried out in a burst of anger.

"May God forgive your soul," she yelled at Judge Christopher Critchlow after bursting into tears.

Prosecutors argued that Browning convinced Williamson, a retired postmaster, to sell his home for 246,000 pounds (almost $400,000) and to move in with her in Godalming, Surrey. Williamson was killed with a bat used in rounders, a game similar to baseball, and then buried in Browning's back garden.

After his death, she told his friends he had moved into assisted living and spent much of his money.

Critchlow called the crime "the wicked murder of a vulnerable old man."

"Mr. Williamson was a lonely man whose yearning for companionship sadly led him into the clutches of Ann Browning," Detective Inspector Juliet Parker said. "She is a devious, calculating and callous individual whose greed led to this wicked crime."