Penélope Cruz Circling Ridley Scott’s The Counselor

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Penélope Cruz (Volver) is circling a role in The Counselor, a dramatic thriller penned by author-turned-screenwriter Cormac McCarthy. Cruz, who won an Academy Award for her role in Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, will star opposite Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem and Angelina Jolie in what’s being described as “dialogue-heavy, violent and racy”. The Counselor centers on [...]

Toni Collette Joins Miss You Already

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Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense) is in talks to star in Embargo Films and The Salt Company International’s Miss You Already. Ascertaining talks lead to an official deal, Collette will star opposite Jennifer Aniston (Wanderlust) in the comedy-drama about two friends, one with breast cancer and other with a baby on the way, who struggle [...]

Toni Collette & Steve Carell Join The Way, Way Back

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Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine) and Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life) will star in The Way, Way Back, Variety are reporting. Collette and Carell, who previously worked together on the critically acclaimed and award winning Little Miss Sunshine, will star opposite Allison Janney (The Help), Sam Rockwell (Moon) and AnnaSophia Robb (Soul Surfer) in the long-delayed [...]

Great British Cast Announced for Mariah Mundi & the Midas Box – Aneurin Banard in Lead Role

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Yesterday I got to meet ad interview new upcoming talent, Aneurin Banard for his new movie, Elfie Hopkins where he plays a geek opposite non-geek Jamie Winstone (it’ll go live next week). I then get home only to find that the man who I tipped for great things has been cast in this brand new [...]

Gary Ross Will Not Direct The Hunger Games Sequel… One of These Directors Might

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You may have already heard the rumours, or may of even speculated this yourself, but this week sees the confirmation that director of The Hunger Games, Gary Ross, will not direct the film’s sequel. Due to be released in November 2013, Catching Fire is the second in a trilogy of novels written by Suzanne Collins [...]

Aziz Ansari Joins Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s ‘The Apocalypse’

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Continuing his run with the Apatow crowd, Aziz Ansari is the latest to join the cast of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s upcoming epic comedy, The Apocalypse. Written and directed by Rogen and Goldberg with co-writer Jason Stone, The Apocalypse follows two guys who take on the end of the world. Formerly known as Jay [...]

Sir Ben Kingsley in Final Talks to be the Villain in Iron Man 3

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It’s never a dull day in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Joss Whedon’s The Avengers is just on the cusp of its release later this month, and already (as they always have been) Marvel are looking ahead to their next film, Iron Man 3. With Robert Downey, Jr. of course returning as Iron Man in both [...]

Woody Allen has Eyes for Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper for His Next Film

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Four-time Oscar-winning actor-writer-director Woody Allen latest film, To Rome With Love, is debuting in Italy later this month, with Allen coming off an Oscar win for his last film, Midnight In Paris, taking the Best Original Screenplay award earlier this year. Deadline are now reporting that he’s already looking ahead beyond To Rome With Love [...]

Raging Bull 2 on the Way – Production Begins in June

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Since 2006, there have been rumours circulating of a possible sequel to Martin Scorsese’s 1980 Oscar-winning film, Raging Bull. And now it looks like this will be the year that it gets underway. Based on the book, Raging Bull II, co-written by Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee, and Jake LaMotta (upon whose life the first film [...]

Wes Bentley Sighted with Christian Bale in New Photos from Terrence Malick’s Set

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Terrence Malick, notoriously known for the gaps between his films, has recently become just a little bit prolific. Last year saw him take the Palme d’Or at Cannes for The Tree of Life. His next (currently untitled) film is in post-production and stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Jessica Chastain, Javier Bardem Rachel Weisz, Amanda Peet, [...]

Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in Biopic ‘Jobs’

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News broke late last night courtesy of Variety that Ashton Kutcher is all set to play Steve Jobs in a new biopic focusing around the Apple and Pixar founding legend. The movie which will have the title ‘Jobs’ will be directed by Joshua Michael Stern with a script from Matt Whiteley. According to Variety: The [...]

Zooey Deschanel and Domhnall Gleeson in Talks for Richard Curtis’ About Time

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We heard at the start of the year’s that Richard Curtis, director of Love Actually, would be stepping behind the camera for the third time this year (after 2009’s The Boat That Rocked), for a low-budget time-travel dramedy, About Time, directing from his own script. It looks like the project is developing rather nicely, with [...]

Chloe Moretz to lead MGM’s Remake of Carrie

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When it was announced that another adaptation of Steven King’s Carrie was on the cards the key question was who would take on the lead role in the film and today we have the answer. Chloe Moretz has been offered the role of Carrie White, brought to eerie life by Sissy Spacek in Brian DePalma’s [...]

Oscar Isaac Joins Elizabeth Olsen and Tom Felton for Therese Raquin

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Oscar Isaac made a big name for himself last year with his brilliant performance as Standard in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, and this year should see him rise to even greater (and much deserved) recognition. With a slew of upcoming roles in various stages of completion, post-production, and filming, word now comes via Deadline that [...]

First Images, Full Cast, and Soundtrack Announced for Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love

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Woody Allen’s next film, heretofore known as ‘Nero Fiddled’, was officially re-titled yesterday and given a new name that should see it resonate better in its international territories, and so from here on out we’ll know it as ‘To Rome With Love’. We now have the first eleven images to share with you, some images [...]

Nathan Fillion Joins Percy Jackson 2

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Our friends at Den of Geek are reporting that everyone’s favourite browncoat Nathan Fillion has signed on to star in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, 20th Century Fox’s upcoming sequel to 2010′s Lightning Thief. Fillion will play the Greek God Hermes, who appeared briefly in the original movie, although played by [...]

Jeremy Renner in Talks to Take the Lead on Motor City

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It was only last week when we heard that Jake Gyllenhaal was entering talks to replace Dominic Cooper as the lead in Albert Hughes’ return behind the camera for Motor City. Cooper himself had come on board to replace Chris Evans, but after scheduling conflicts ruled him out, Gyllenhaal entered the scene. Now, however, it [...]

Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, and Brie Larson to Star in Relanxious

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Making a terrific first casting announcement, Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, Brie Larson, and Fred Armisen have been announced as the leading cast of the comedy, Relanxious. Christopher Storer (the upcoming comedy Sin Bin) will make his directorial debut, and Daniel Dubiecki (Up in the Air) and Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend for the End of [...]

Jeremy Piven in Talks to Lead ITV’s Mr. Selfridge

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With his brilliant leading role in HBO’s Entourage now behind him after the show ended with its eighth and final season last year, it looks like Jeremy Piven might be crossing the Atlantic to come to the UK for his next part. ITV are in negotiations with Piven to take the lead in Mr. Selfridge, [...]

Jake Gyllenhaal in Talks to Replace Dominic Cooper as Lead in Motor City

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Action film Motor City has been in development for some time now, with Chris Evans (Captain America) first offered the lead last summer and Albert Hughes (From Hell) signing on to direct. Dominic Cooper then came on board to replace lead, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. And with the role vacated, [...]