Universal has wrangled former “Mad Men” actress Abigail Spencer for director Jon Favreau’s (Iron Man) sci-fi-western Cowboys & Aliens. The 28-year-old brunette will play Alice, a prostitute who helps cure former flame and hero Zeke Jackson (Daniel Craig) of all wickedness.

Set in the mid 19th century, Cowboys & Aliens follows a group of cowboys and Indians on a mission to stop an alien race from enslaving mankind. “LOST” co-creator Damon Lindelof wrote the script with his go-to collaborators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer serve as producers.

Spencer joins an impressive cast that includes Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Walton Goggins, Paul Dano, and Clancy Brown.

Cowboys & Aliens is currently filming in Santa Fe, New Mexico with a target release date of July 29, 2011.

“Community” and “Mad Men” star Alison Brie has signed on to star in Wes Craven’s meta-slasher Scream 4, currently filming in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The 26-year-old actress will play Sidney Prescott’s (Neve Campbell) “ambitious” new assistant.

Brie joins a cast that includes Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Marley Shelton, Adam Brody, Mary McDonnell, Erik Knudsen, Nico Tortorella, and old-schoolers Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Araquette.

Scream 4 marks the start of a new trilogy and is the first entry in the series since 2000. The franchise has earned over $500 million in worldwide coin.

Scream 4 arrives in theaters on April 15, 2011.