Tobey Maguire has booked a part in Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestselling novel Life of Pi . The story centers on a 16-year-old Indian boy, played by Suraj Sharma, whose passage to a new life in America aboard...
Josh Pence, who played opposite Armie Hammer as Tyler Winklevoss in The Social Network (where Hammer's face was superimposed on his), has been cast as a young Ra's Al Ghul in Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan's new...
Willem Dafoe is in talks to join the cast of Odd Thomas , the supernatural thriller being directed by Stephen Sommers. Based on a Dean Koontz novel and adapted by Sommers, the story centers on a short-order cook named...
Michael Shannon has joined Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures' "Man of Steel" as Superman's adversary General Zod. Shannon joins Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel along with Amy Adams, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane.
VFX artist Tim Miller will make his feature directing debut with "X-Men Origins: Deadpool " for 20th Century Fox. Lauren Shuler Donner will produce from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Ryan Reynolds, who played...
Kid thesp Bailee Madison ("Just Go With It") has landed a lead opposite James Cromwell in rodeo-themed pic " Sweethearts n' Angels ," which begins filming next month in Oklahoma. The 11-year-old Madison, who played...
Thandie Newton is set to star opposite Tyler Perry in Lionsgate's Good Deeds , which will find her reteaming with Perry, with whom she worked in last year's For Colored Girls. In the romantic drama, Perry plays the title...
A man who says he was a special effects worker on the upcoming film Green Lantern has sued Warner Bros. claiming he was severely injured by effects work gone wrong. John Franco filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles...
William Fichtner is in final negotiations to re-team with his "Contact" co-star Jodie Foster in Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi epic " Elysium ." Plot details remain scarce, though the futuristic story is said to be in the same...
Yaya DaCosta and Colm Meaney have been added to the cast of Terry George's Irish laffer " Whole Lotta Sole ." Pic, which helmer George ("Reservation Road," "Hotel Rwanda") co-wrote with Thomas Gallagher, sees a young...
Meg Ryan is making her feature directing debut on " Into the Beautiful ," a comedy-drama that Wendy Finerman and BCDF Prods. boarded as producers. Project, based on Anne Meredith's script, is being developed as a...
Stan Lee hasn't even filmed his next Marvel cameo, and he already has an idea for another superhero movie he can appear in. Speaking to the LA Times at the Kids' Choice Awards, the beloved Marvel Comics writer and editor...
Rising star Addison Timlin is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Anton Yelchin in Stephen Sommers' adaptation of " Odd Thomas ." Sommers' script, based on the bestseller by Dean Koontz, follows a...
Ben Drew, better known as rap act Plan B, has been cast opposite Ray Winstone in writer-director Nick Love’s long-gestating big-screen adaptation of hard-hitting cult 1970s cop show The Sweeney . Drew will play George...
M. Night Shyamalan is drawing upon blue-chip talent for the first time since 2002's Mel Gibson starrer "Signs," with Will Smith and son Jaden attached to star in Columbia Pictures' untitled sci-fier that the helmer...
"Flight of the Conchords" star Bret McKenzie has joined the cast of " The Hobbit ," which began shooting March 21. New Zealand-based McKenzie made brief appearances as an extra in the first and third "Lord of the Rings"...
The prolific Tyler Perry is about to begin filming Good Deeds , a new production for Lionsgate in which he'll once again work both in front of and behind the cameras. Tyler Perry to Play Alex Cross in Rob Cohen-Directed...
Sean Hayes, best known for his work on TV’s Will & Grace, has been cast as Larry in 20th Century Fox’s Three Stooges movie. Hayes joins Will Sasso in the comedy being directed by the Farrelly brothers. Still up for grabs...
Lionsgate announced that Josh Hutcherson has been cast in the role of Peeta Mellark, with Liam Hemsworth joining the film in the role of Gale Hawthorne in the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ worldwide smash hit...
Ryan Reynolds is in final negotiations to voice the lead role in DreamWorks Animation's " Turbo ." David Soren ("Merry Madagascar") is directing from a script he co-wrote with Darren Lemke ("Shrek Forever After"). Story...
With Steve Carell winding down his starring gig on NBC’s The Office, the actor is zeroing in on his next role: Mandate’s romantic comedy Seeking a Friend at the End of the World . Carell is in negotiations to star in the...
Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia, Fairly Legal star Sarah Shahi and Sara Paxton (The Last House on the Left) are toplining Static , a 3D supernatural thriller from New Artists Alliance and Caliber Media. Ventimiglia and Shahi...
Buzz Entertainment has cast Lacey Chabert in its indie drama " Telling of the Shoes ," written and to be directed by Amanda Goodwin. " Telling of the Shoes " chronicles a Manhattan dinner party that starts out...
Warner Bros. is rounding out the cast of " Dark Shadows " and is in talks with Chloe Moretz to join the cast of the supernatural drama directed by Tim Burton. Johnny Depp has long been attached to play the vampire...
Geoffrey Rush has been tapped to voice the role of Tomar-Re, a key member of the Green Lantern Corps in Warner Bros.'s Green Lantern . Tomar-Re, in comics lore, was a scientist before joining the intergalactic police...
It's official: John Travolta will portray John Gotti Jr., known as the "Teflon Don," in Fiore Films biopic " Gotti: Three Generations ." Travolta had been rumored to be the leading candidate for the part of one of the...
Bryan Cranston is negotiations to play the villain in Columbia's remake of Total Recall . The original 1990 movie was based on a Philip K. Dick story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale." The film followed a man...
Universal has brought screenwriter Richard LaGravenese aboard to write the adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller Unbroken : A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Unbroken details the...
Amy Adams has landed the iconic role of journalist Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman reboot from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. “Second only to Superman himself, the question of who will play Lois Lane is arguably...
Amanda Crew and Glen Gould have joined the Canadian urban thriller Charlie Zone from director Michael Melski, now shooting in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Crew plays a drug-addicted runaway who is abducted by a disgraced former...
First came the “ Star Whackers ” song. Now Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi Quaid, are making a movie on how they evaded Hollywood assassins to get to Canada. And they'll preview the unfinished docu-drama in Vancouver on...
Tobe Hooper’s supernatural horror Djinn has scared up cast including Khaled Laith (The Devil’s Double) and rising Arab actress Razane Jammai (Carlos) to play the leads in the movie currently filming in the United Arab...
Lionsgate U.K. has acquired the rights to produce a feature film version of iconic Brit TV series " The Professionals ," which is expected to begin lensing in Blighty later this year. The reboot of the 1970s crime series...
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is in negotiations to star in Snitch , an action thriller which Ric Roman Waugh is writing and directing for Exclusive Media. The script centers on a suburban father who is hit hard when his...
Ray Liotta is set to star in the action-thriller " Bad Karma " for Zero Gravity Prods. Liotta will play a con man who turns his life around after a near-death experience only to be forced to come to terms with his shady...
John Stalberg Jr. is set to direct Paramount Pictures' " Spanking Shakespeare ." Pic follows the unfortunately named Shakespeare Shapiro, who turns his high school upside-down when he unwittingly becomes an Internet...
Brit thesps Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy and Toby Kebbell have been confirmed to join the cast of Warner Bros.' "Clash of the Titans" sequel. Pike is playing Queen Andromeda, replacing Alexa Davalos, who played the Greek...
Ian McShane, who plays Blackbeard in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, is going regal for his next role. The actor has been cast to play a king in New Line's Jack the Giant Killer , the Bryan Singer-directed...
Adding to its roster of bigscreen rights to young adult novels, Twentieth Century Fox has acquired rights to " Shatter Me " by Tahereh Mafi. Set in a dystopian world, " Shatter Me " is the story of a 17-year-old girl...
Universal Pictures has acquired rights to the romantic comedy " Unreasonable Doubt " from a Marc Klein script with Jon Turteltaub directing. Pic revolves around two jurors who fall in love during a court case.
Universal’s hot streak of picking up pitches continues. The studio has acquired Unreasonable Doubt , a romantic comedy project from Marc Klein. Jon Turteltaub, the director of Disney’s National Treasure movies, is in...
Kevin Costner has closed a deal to join the cast of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' new Superman movie being directed by Zack Snyder. In comics lore, the Kents are portrayed as the two people who most influence...
Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby and Ruth Negga are set to star in neo-noir thriller " The Samaritan ," which is gearing up to start production next week in Toronto and Rio de Janeiro. Jackson stars as Foley, a former...
Darren Aronofsky is bowing out of directing 20th Century Fox’s sequel The Wolverine, saying the project would keep him out of the country for too long. Fox and Hugh Jackman - who is set to return in the title role - said...
Aaron Johnson and Jude Law are in talks to join Keira Knightley in Working Title's " Anna Karenina ," which Joe Wright will direct. In the title role of the Leo Tolstoy classic, Knightley will play a woman stuck in a...
The studio has completed deals with Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott (who entered treatment this week) and Eugene Levy to reunite for what is being called American Reunion . The studio is currently working to bring in...
Shia LaBeouf is attached to star in Mandalay Pictures' bigscreen adaptation of Joe Hill's bestselling novel " Horns ," and will be closely involved in the project's development. LaBeouf will play Ig Perrish, a...
City Slickers director Ron Underwood has a new project lined up, a ski team comedy called Woodchucks . The dramatic comedy follows a Vermont ski team as it tries to prevent a corporate resort developer from wrecking...
Michelle Ryan (4.3.2.1.), Harry Treadaway (Control), Honor Blackman (Bridget Jones’s Diary) and Jack Doolan (Cemetery Junction) have signed to star in Matthias Hoene’s feature Cockneys vs. Zombies . Set to shoot across...
Chinese helmer Lu Chuan has discreetly started production of the $15 million epic " The Last Supper ," his follow-up to "City of Life and Death," a costume drama about two warring generals. Pic stars star Liu Ye, who...