Patty Jenkins is in early talks to helm Marvel Studios and Disney's " Thor 2 ." The director has drawn attention this year for directing the pilot for AMC's "The Killing," which landed her an Emmy nom. The "Thor" sequel...
After playing sinister characters in "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford" and "The Killer Inside Me," Casey Affleck is joining the fight for good, as he's in negotiations to play the angel Gabriel...
Mira Sorvino has joined the cast of the true crime tale " The Class Project ," which just wrapped production under the direction of Stan Brooks. Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley ("The Chronicles of Narnia") star as...
" Sparkle " director Salim Akil has already cast Whitney Houston in Sony's music-themed drama, and now another Grammy winner has enlisted in the ensemble, as Cee-Lo Green has joined the cast along with Carmen Ejogo, Tika...
Hot off her eye-popping turn as Ryan Reynolds' pregnant would-be conquest in "The Change-Up," Mircea Monroe has joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh's male stripper pic " Magic Mike ." Alex Pettyfer stars as a young...
Alexia Fast has joined the cast of One Shot , the Paramount-Skydance Productions crime thriller that stars Tom Cruise. The project, an adaptation of a 2005 Lee Child novel, centers on Jack Reacher (Cruise), an ex-Army...
Isla Fisher, currently in Australia filming Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," is in negotiations to join the cast of Summit Entertainment's magician heist pic " Now You See Me ." Mark Ruffalo is set to star as the...
"True Blood" star Stephen Moyer is sticking with the genre that made him famous, having signed on to topline Darren Lynn Bousman's "The Barrens," which concerns the legend of the Jersey Devil . Described in the vein of...
Super Crispy Entertainment is lining up an impressive cast for its latest project " Smashed ": "The Thing" heroine Mary Elizabeth Winstead and "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul are in negotiations to topline the indie...
Jon Turteltaub is heading to Vegas. The director is in final negotiations to direct Last Vegas , a comedy Laurence Mark is producing for CBS Films and Mandate. Written by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love), the story...
Magnolia Pictures has tracked down '' The Hunter ,'' acquiring US rights to the wilderness drama after its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. '' The Hunter ,'' based on the novel by author/filmmaker Julia...
" The Expendables 2 " is getting a youth infusion that could pay significant dividends at the box office. The Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth has just been cast alongside Sylvester Stallone in Millennium Films' action...
Lindsay Pulsipher will replace Hilary Duff in The Story of Bonnie and Clyde , Cypress Moon Studios announced Monday. Pulsipher is currently filming the History Channel miniseries The Hatfields and McCoys opposite Kevin...
Fresh off a Tony nomination for his performance in the hit Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon," Josh Gad is set to join the ensemble cast of Stuart Blumberg's sex addiction pic " Thanks for Sharing ." Mark Ruffalo,...
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have acquired U.S. rights to Jennifer Westfeldt's ensemble comedy " Friends With Kids ," a week after its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Written and directed by Westfeldt...
Chris Tucker's latest hiatus appears to be coming to an end. The motor-mouthed comic, who last appeared on the big screen in 2007's "Rush Hour 3," is in talks to join David O. Russell's " The Silver Linings Playbook " at...
Arnold Schwarzenegger is about to get his first co-star (outside of "The Expendables") since running for Governor of California, as Swedish thesp Peter Stormare is in negotiations to join him in Lionsgate's actioner "...
Christa Campbell has joined the cast of indie comedy " Straight A's " for Nu Image/Millenium Films opposite Anna Paquin, Ryan Phillippe and Luke Wilson. Campbell will portray a colleague of Wilson's character who...
Abigail Breslin is growing up on screen, commiting to topline Beth Schacter's indie comedy " A Virgin Mary " just weeks after signing on to the adult-themed true crime pic "The Class Project." Schacter ("Normal...
True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard is in talks to join Brit Marling in The East , a thriller Marling co-wrote with her The Sound of My Voice collaborator Zat Batmanglij, who is directing. While plot details are hazy,...
German thesp Alexandra Maria Lara ("Downfall") has landed the female lead in Ron Howard's Formula One pic " Rush ." Peter Morgan-scripted drama follows Lauda and Hunt's 1970s rivalry on the Formula One circuit. Lauda...
Frank Wood ("Changeling," "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3") will play songwriter and Jeff Buckley collaborator Gary Lucas in the indie biopic " Greetings From Tim Buckley ," which begins shooting today in New York. Penn...
Longtime rock and roll photographer, red carpet fixture and WireImage co-founder Kevin Mazur is turning the lens on his own industry, chronicling the rise of the modern-day paparazzi in his first documentary, $ellebrity....
Warner Bros. is moving ahead with its remake of " Akira " in a fiscally sensible way, tapping reliable Spanish helmer Jaume Collet-Serra ("Orphan," "Unknown") to direct a live-action version of the anime cult hit at a...
Christina Hendricks, who just scored her second Emmy nomination for Mad Men, is joining the cast of the coming-of-age comedy Struck By Lightning, written by her fellow Emmy nominee Chris Colfer. The project, which Brian...
Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller will play the leads in For a Good Time, Call..., a raunchy indie comedy Miller wrote with Katie Naylon. Short-film and commercials director Jamie Travis will make his feature debut on the...
Wolfe Video has nabbed U.S. rights to writer-director Alan Brown's " Private Romeo ," with plans to release the film theatrically this fall, followed by a DVD and video-on-demand rollout in 2012. " Private Romeo ," which...
Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are going back to their roots, tapping Fede Alvarez to write and direct Ghost House Pictures' remake of their 1981 cult horror film "The Evil Dead." The original pic followed five friends who...
Warner Bros. is in talks to cast Holt McCallany (''Lights Out'') in period drama '' The Gangster Squad .'' He'll portray a bodyguard for Mickey Cohen, who's being played by Sean Penn. Production starts Sept. 7.
David Heyman, producer on all eight Harry Potter films, is in negotiations to produce an adaptation of Erin Morgenstern's yet-to-published debut novel " The Night Circus ." "Night Circus" is centered on two young...
Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney and Sarah Hyland have joined the cast of coming-of-age comedy '' Struck by Lightning '' opposite Chris Colfer and Allison Janney. Story opens with Colfer's character being struck and...
The Group Entertainment has tapped scribe Larry Gross to pen the screenplay for " Turbulent Souls ," the film adaptation of Stephen J. Dubner's memoir. In the memoir, Dubner, a co-writer of "Freakonomics," recounts his...
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to resume his acting career -- which had been on hold for the past two months -- with the action project " The Last Stand " for Lionsgate with Lorenzo di Bonaventura...
James Marsden has joined the cast of "Robot & Frank" starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon. Langella plays a curmudgeonly lover of books whose only friend is a librarian (Sarandon). He leads a lonely life until his...
Ed Norton is in negotiations to play the villain in the new Bourne movie. The actor will star opposite Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy , which is the rebooting the franchise without Matt Damon in the role of superspy...
Maven Pictures and Anonymous Content announced Tuesday that Bridesmaids star Kristen Wiig will star in Imogene as the title character. Imogene , Wiig's passion project, centers on a moderately successful New York...
Deborah Ann Woll, best known for her work on HBO's True Blood, has joined the cast of the indie dramedy He Loves Me . Steve Coogan, Elliot GOuld and Chris Messina are also joining the cast. The Fox Searchlight production...
Half zombie, half demon, Christopher Lloyd has joined Dead Before Dawn , the Canadian indie 3D horror film from Wango Films, now shooting in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Dead Before Dawn , directed by April Mullen, follows...
Spike Lee is heading back to the world of feature filmmaking, coming on board to direct Old Boy , Mandate’s remake of the South Korean film. The original movie, an adaptation of a manga, won the Grand Prize Jury Award at...
Harry Lennix is joining the cast of Man of Steel, Warner Bros. new Superman movie being directed by Zack Snyder. Like much of the plot detail of the new movie, Lennix’s character description is being kept shrouded in...
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired U.S. rights to David Cronenberg's " A Dangerous Method " from Hanway Films. Christopher Hampton adapted his own 2002 stage play "The Talking Cure," based on John Kerr's 1993 book "A...
"Gossip Girl" thesp Katie Cassidy is in negotiations to play the female lead in Charlie Matthau's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's crime novel " Freaky Deaky ." Matt Dillon stars as an LAPD bomb squad officer who stumbles...
"Black Swan" thesp Toby Hemingway is set to star in the indie pic " The Silent Thief " alongside Scout Taylor Compton and Cody Longo. Hemingway stars as a drifter who descends upon a family in crisis and suggests an odd...
Idris Elba is on board for the lead of '' Pacific Rim '' with Guillermo del Toro directing the Legendary/Warner Bros.' sci-fier. The pic, which already stars Charlie Day and ''Sons of Anarchy'' star Charlie Hunnan,...
Tom Wilkinson is in early talks to join the cast of Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's "Lone Ranger." The thesp would portray a railroad tycoon in the Old West who plays a prominent role in the Mouse House's bigscreen...
Robin Williams is ready to return to the priesthood, as the "License to Wed" star is set to play Father Monaghan in Justin Zackham's star-studded comedy " The Big Wedding ." De Niro and Keaton will play a long-divorced...
Christopher Walken will play Zeus, the king of the gods, while John Turturro will lord it over the underworld as Hades in the modern-day comedy Gods Behaving Badly , which will mark Marc Turtletaub’s feature directorial...
Rodrigo Santoro will play Jennifer Lopez’s husband in What do Expect When You’re Expecting, Lionsgate’s adaptation of the best-selling pregnancy guidebook. Cameron Diaz to Star in ' What to Expect When You're Expecting '...
John Goodman is negotiations to join the political thriller " Argo ," which Ben Affleck is directing for Warner Bros. Alan Arkin has already joined the cast with Chris Terrio adapting Joshuah Bearman's April 2007 Wired...
Keri Russell, JJ Feild and Bret McKenzie will star in Austenland , an indie romantic comedy that is serving as the directorial debut of Jerusha Hess, who co-wrote Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre with her husband,...