Katie Cassidy will star opposite Selena Gomez and Leighton Meester in young femme comedy " Monte Carlo ," from Fox 2000 and New Regency. Loosely based on the book "Headhunters" by Jules Bass, " Monte Carlo " tells the...
Christian Slater, Devon Bostick ("Diary of a Wimpy Kid") and Kim Coates ("Sons of Anarchy") have rounded out the cast of " Sacrifice ," an indie crime-thriller starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. Shooting began this week in...
Anna Friel is in negotiations to join the cast of " Dark Fields ," Neil Burger's thriller for Relativity starring Bradley Cooper. The story centers on a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret...
Stephen Daldry, who has developed a reputation for high-caliber literary adaptations with "The Hours" and "The Reader," is tackling his latest book. Daldry is attached to direct " Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ,"...
The parentals are back for the third outing of Paramount's "Transformers" franchise. Thesps Kevin Dunn and Julie White have closed their deals to return in the roles of Ron Witwicky and Judy Witwicky, respectively, and...
Anton Yelchin is in talks to play the lead in DreamWorks Studios' redo of cult horror pic " Fright Night ," from director Craig Gillespie. Yelchin, who appeared as Pavel Chekov in Paramount's "Star Trek," will play the...
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have decided not to move forward with the Mexican drug drama " Cartel ." Brolin would have played a man on a mission to protect his son after his wife is brutally murdered in...
Stephen Dorff has rounded out the cast of Relativity Media's Greek mythology clash " War of the Gods ," set to begin shooting in early April in Montreal. Kellan Lutz, Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke and Freida Pinto also...
Colin Egglesfield ("Melrose Place") is set to star in romancer " Something Borrowed " opposite John Krasinski and Ginnifer Goodwin, produced by Alcon-bsed 2S Fims. He'll portray the Dex character. Goodwin will play a...
Sheldon Turner, who landed a majority of the top screenwriting awards for co-penning "Up in the Air," will make his directorial debut on " By Virtue Fall ," a thriller that Nicolas Chartier will finance and produce as...
LeBron James is one step closer to a Hollywood career. " Fantasy Basketball Camp ," the Universal-Imagine sports comedy to which the superstar athlete is attached as an actor, has gained a director in Malcolm D. Lee....
Kate Hudson is in final talks to star in romancer " Something Borrowed " opposite Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski and Colin Egglesfield, produced by Alcon-based 2S Films. She'll portray Darcy, best friend of Goodwin's...
Angela Bassett joins the cast of Warner Bros.' " Green Lantern " opposite Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong. She will play Dr. Amanda Waller, a government agent who is a staple of the DC Comics series....
Indie comedy " Dirty Girl " has rounded out its cast with Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam and Tim McGraw. Pic, set in 1987 in Oklahoma, stars Juno Temple as a high school tramp seeking...
Mark Pellegrino will topline indie drama " Joint Body ," for writer/director Brian Jun with shooting set to start next month in Illinois. Story centers on a parolee who's abandoned by his ex-wife and barred from seeing...
Sean Bean has joined the cast of WWII action film " Age of Heroes ," which also stars Danny Dyer and Rosie Fellner. Pic is an all-action tale based on the true story of James Bond scribe Ian Fleming's time with 30...
Tracy Morgan and Juliette Binoche are in final negotiations to join the ensemble cop drama " Son of No One ," being directed by Dito Montiel. The pic, coming from Nu Image/Millennium Films, is lining up quite a cast,...
Jenna Dewan and Joe Hursley, best known for those Norse-inspired "Got Milk?" commercials, are starring in " Balls to the Wall ," an indie comedy that sees Penelope Spheeris sitting in the feature directing chair for the...
Tod "Kip" Williams is set to direct the much-anticipated " Paranormal Activity 2 " for Paramount. Producer Oren Peli, who directed and wrote the original "Paranormal Activity," announced the news Friday morning on...
Timothy Dalton and Steven Berkoff have joined the cast of GK Films' romance-drama " The Tourist ," starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. " The Tourist ," penned by Julian Fellowes and Christopher McQuarrie and Jeffrey...
Colin O'Donoghue ("The Tudors") is in final talks for New Line's exorcism drama " The Rite " opposite Anthony Hopkins. Story centers on a seminary student who attends exorcism school and Hopkins will play an expert in...
Sean Bean, Danny Dyer and Rosie Fellner are gearing up to star in World War II action drama " Age of Heroes ," directed by Adrian Vitoria and set to shoot early next month. The movie, planned as the first in a trilogy of...
Warner Bros. is game for " Spy Hunter ." The studio is developing a feature version of the vidgame with Dan Lin ("Sherlock Holmes") and Roy Lee of Vertigo producing. The story follows a highly trained spy hunter whose...
Jaime Pressly has booked a role in the indie pic " 6 Month Rule ." Film revolves around a bachelor who believes there is no woman so perfect that you can't get over her in six months.
Chris Evans will play Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America . Sources tell us the actor has not only accepted Marvel's offer, first detailed on Friday, but that the dealmaking moved so fast it's now all about...
Dimension Films has greenlit " Scream 4 " to shoot this spring with a release date of April 15, 2011 -- more than a decade after the release of "Scream 3." Wes Craven will direct and Neve Campbell, David Arquette and...
Sony is bringing an all-CGI " Popeye " to the bigscreen, with the iconic sailor man's muscles set to pop in 3D. Avi Arad, who teamed with Sony to turn Spider-Man into a powerhouse franchise, is producing. Scribe Mike...
DreamWorks Studios is courting Emma Stone to play one of the lead roles in the bigscreen adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling tome " The Help ." Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, " The Help "...
Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in the remake of the romantic comedy " Overboard ," which Overbrook is producing for Columbia. The 1987 movie, which starred Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and was directed by Garry...
Jessica Chastain has booked the female lead opposite Sam Worthington in " The Fields ," a thriller being directed by Ami Canaan Mann. Written by Don Ferrarone, the story is set in an area of coastal Texas dotted with oil...
The elements are falling into place for " Transformers 3 ," with Frances McDormand and John Malkovich signing on to the project, which begins pre-shoots next month. Also on board for the third pic in Paramount's tentpole...
Jennifer Connelly and Greg Kinnear have been added to the cast and Marisa Tomei is in negotiations to star in comedy-thriller " Salvation Boulevard " for Mandalay Vision. The trio is joining previously announced cast...
Shooting of the long-awaited film version of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is set to begin in New Zealand in July. Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who reprises his Lord of the Rings role as Gandalf the Grey, revealed casting is...
Jamie Foxx is finalizing a deal to get locked and loaded to play the schizophrenic killer James Lynch in Lionsgate and Millennium Films' bigscreen adaptation of the Eidos videogame "Kane & Lynch: Dead Men." In the pic,...
Craig Gillespie is out for blood, inking a deal to direct DreamWorks redo of cult horror pic " Fright Night ." "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" scribe Marti Noxon pens the script for " Fright Night ." The 1985 original...
Billy Boyd and Peter Mullan are in negotiations to star in ECO Films' ensemble environmental actioner " The Lion Inside ," which Richard Jobson will direct this summer in South Africa, Kenya and Cameroon. Penned by...
Jayma Mays, one of the stars of "Glee," will star as the female human lead in " The Smurfs ," Sony's live-action/animated hybrid being directed by Raja Gosnell. Hank Azaria, an actor who has a second career voicing a...
Chris Evans will play the lead role in the Kassen brothers' drama " Puncture ," about a troubled young attorney who must come to terms with his own demons when taking on a healthcare giant. Storyline revolves around a...
Lee Daniels is firming up the cast of " Selma ," his civil rights follow-up to "Precious," even as its funding is on shaky ground. Hugh Jackman is on board as a racist sheriff in the tale revolving around the historic...
Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess are in early negotiations to star in " One Day ," an adaptation of a David Nicholls novel that Lone Scherfig is directing for Focus Features. "Day" revolves around Dexter and Emma, who meet...
Paul Bettany and Rufus Sewell have joined the cast of romantic thriller " The Tourist ," starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, " The Tourist " is produced by GK Films in...
After casting a wide net for its search of a young actor to play Hugh Jackman's son in " Real Steel ," DreamWorks and director Shawn Levy have tapped 11-year-old Canadian Dakota Goyo for the part. The story, set in a...
Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster are joining the cast of Alexander Payne's " The Descendants ," which begins filming Monday in Hawaii. Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, the film stars...
"Ugly Betty" actor Christopher Gorham is the latest to climb up on " The Ledge ." He joins Charlie Hunnam, Terrence Howard, Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson in writer-director Matthew Chapman's suspense thriller. The film...
Steve Martin's big year is getting even bigger as the Oscar co-host is in negotiations to go bird-watching in " The Big Year " alongside Jack Black and Owen Wilson. Based on a 1998 book " The Big Year : A Tale of Man,...
Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman have signed on to star in Universal's body-switching comedy " The Change-Up ." Story centers on a responsible family man (Bateman) who switches bodies with his best friend, a lazy...
Jason Segel and Ed Helms are starring in " Jeff Who Lives at Home ," a stoner comedy from Mark and Jay Duplass. The film is in the process of being set up at Paramount. Written by the brothers, the pic chronicles a day...
Gary Fleder is attached to direct the thriller " Protection " for 20th Century Fox. Story centers on a college professor who investigates the disappearance of his wife and daughter and who must confront authorities at...
John Krasinski is in negotiations to join Ginnifer Goodwin in Alcon's romantic comedy " Something Borrowed ." The script centers on a Manhattan attorney (Goodwin), the consummate good girl, who falls in love with her...
Walter Salles is in negotiations to direct " Our Wild Life ," an animal drama from New Line being produced by Mandalay Pictures' Peter Guber and Cathy Schulman. Formerly known as "Peaceable Kingdom" and "Elephant...