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Abrams making mystery project '500 Rads'

JJ Abrams is developing a secret movie project titled 500 Rads.

According to Pajiba, the film will begin production in Europe next year with a budget of $25 million (£15 million).

No details are known about the film's plot, but the title refers to a dose of radiation that is strong enough to kill a man or make him sterile.

Abrams reportedly hatched the idea for the movie several months ago and hired his Lost and Fringe producer Jeff Pinkner to pen the script. Pinkner has now left the project to continue work on Fringe and Abrams is searching for new writers to finish the screenplay.

500 Rads will be the third movie produced by Abrams's Bad Robot company with Paramount. The firms previously released Cloverfield and Star Trek, which Abrams directed.

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Zemeckis: 'Carrey is great dramatic actor'

Robert Zemeckis has praised his A Christmas Carol star Jim Carrey.

The Forrest Gump director, whose adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic is in cinemas now, said that he felt Carrey had all the skills required to play Ebenezer Scrooge in his 3D animated movie.

"I've always been a fan of Jim and I know that he's a wonderful actor, a great dramatic actor, a great character actor and very physical actor," Zemeckis told DS. "When he performs and uses every single muscle in his body to perform. I thought, 'That's what we need for motion capture cinema'."

Carrey takes on several roles in the festive film, including the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

"When you have an actor who's as versatile as Jim you've got to put him to work," Zemeckis added. "You've got to use him anyway you can."

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Boyle helming survival story '127 Hours'

Danny Boyle's next movie will centre on Aron Ralston's fight for survival in the mountains of Utah.

According to Variety, Boyle and his Slumdog Millionaire writer Simon Beaufoy will reunite for 127 Hours, a fact-based drama that tells how Ralston became trapped under a boulder while hiking in 2003 and was forced to cut off his right arm to free himself and save his life.

Studio Fox Searchlight is backing the film, which is being targeted for release in 2010. Speaking to DS last month, Boyle said that he hopes to film the project next March.

No actor is signed up for the lead role, but Ryan Gosling has been mentioned a potential candidate to play Ralston.

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Depp in talks for Jolie's 'Tourist'

Johnny Depp is in talks to play the male lead in spy movie The Tourist, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The thriller, which is to star Angelina Jolie, centres on an Interpol agent who manipulates an American tourist to out a known criminal. Tom Cruise, Charlize Theron and Sam Worthington have previously been attached to the movie, which is based on 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer.

Harry Potter helmer Alfonso Cuaron is in discussions to direct the project, taking over from Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day's Bharat Nalluri.

Depp can next be seen in Alice In Wonderland and The Rum Diary. He is also expected to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow in the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie next year.

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Galifianakis lands 'Puss In Boots' role

The Hangover star Zach Galifianakis has been lined up for Shrek spinoff Puss In Boots.

Galifianakis is expected to voice Humpty Dumpty in the DreamWorks movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek have previously been confirmed for the project, which will act as a prequel to the Shrek franchise.

Chris Miller, who helmed Shrek The Third, will direct from a Tom Wheeler script. The film is scheduled for release in November 2011.

Galifianakis's other upcoming films include roles in Dinner For Schmucks and Robert Downey Jr's Due Date.

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George Clooney: 'Ewan is so normal'

George Clooney has claimed that Ewan McGregor is a fun actor to work with.

The pair co-star in upcoming comedy The Men Who Stare At Goats, based on the non-fiction book by journalist Jon Ronson.

After joking that he "had to get a restraining order out on him", Clooney told London Lite of McGregor: "It's shocking how normal he is. He fits into this group of actors that are fun to work with.

"They're professional and they do all their work before they show up so by the time you're on set there isn't a whole lot of misery."

Clooney also quipped of his Fantastic Mr Fox co-star: "I didn't enjoy working with Bill Murray at all. We fought a lot."

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Steve Martin: 'Failure inspires me'

Steve Martin has admitted that his own personal movie highlights happened much earlier in his career.

However, the actor told Metro that he had no regrets about making his less-admired films.

Martin said: "'I love Bowfinger, The Jerk, Roxanne, LA Story, Planes, Trains And Automobiles. But they were all so long ago…

"You have to take the good with the bad. If I do something that fails, it inspires me to do something that's successful. Not only commercially but artistically."

Of the difference between his day job and his move into the music industry, he added: "Comedy is much more nerve-wracking! With this I'm working with a band so there are others to turn to.

"You can get into a song and you're there for three minutes and pretty much know it. With comedy you're on the hook every six seconds."

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John Cusack: '2012 risks my street cred'

John Cusack has admitted that his "street cred" could be at risk as he stars in new Roland Emmerich disaster movie 2012.

However, the Grosse Point Blank actor also told ShortList that he enjoyed the lack of personal pressure with the role.

Cusack said: "I've done a couple of big movies like this here and there, so if you get a good one it's always good to do.

"Doing films like this helps you stay in the movie business, it helps you make the smaller ones."

He added: "I suppose there's a risk to my street cred, being in a movie of this size, sure. But other than that the pressure's off me and on the studio. That's kind of a nice feeling.

"The script is very deftly written. It avoids some of the clichés that you find in those sorts of movies. It's cleverer. It's still melodrama, sure, but it's done well."

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'Twilight's Greene eyeing 'Apparition'

Twilight star Ashley Greene is in negotiations to appear in horror film Apparition.

The 22-year-old actress, who portrays vampire Alice Cullen in the Twilight movies, would play the female lead in the tale of a young couple haunted by a supernatural presence unleashed after a college experiment.

Director Todd Lincoln said that the picture is inspired by true events. Dark Castle's Joel Silver, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman are producing, Variety reports.

Apparition begins production on February 1.

Greene will next be seen in New Moon, slated to arrive in cinemas on November 20.

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Cooper wants 'A Team' role to punch people

Bradley Cooper has revealed that he only wanted to be in the upcoming A-Team film so that he could beat people up.

The actor, who stars as Face in the action movie, said that he wanted to play a character who gives out beatings as opposed to receiving them, like his Alias character Will Tippin.

Cooper is quoted by New York Magazine as saying: "In Alias, I wasn't the action guy. I got the s**t beat out of me, got tortured a lot, lost teeth, became a heroin addict, and left after the second season. I was never on the giving end of it. But in The A-Team, I get that chance."

Talking about how he got the job in the movie, he continued: "I heard they were doing it and decided that I had to be involved. I heard Liam Neeson was going to play Hannibal, and I was also huge fan of the old TV series."

Cooper added: "I got a meeting with director Joe Carnahan about me playing Face. I got the script to read, called next morning and unabashedly w****d myself out as to how I have to play this role. I was lucky enough that he said 'Let's try it'."

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Isla Fisher to star in 'Desperados'

Wedding Crashers star Isla Fisher has been tapped to appear in Universal's comedy vehicle Desperados.

The film centres on a woman who sends an angry email to her new lover after he stops contacting her after they have sex. However, when she discovers that he has gone into a coma in Mexico, she sets off on a trip with her female friends to intercept the message before he recovers.

The movie has been dubbed the female Hangover.

Mark Gordon (2012) and Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) will produce the project, which was scripted by Ellen Rapoport.

Fisher currently has two other rom-coms lined up with Universal, an untitled project based on the French script One Day My Princes Will Come and the Will Ferrell-produced Life Coach.

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Timberlake, Aykroyd to voice 'Yogi Bear'

Justin Timberlake, Dan Aykroyd and Anna Faris are in talks to star in Warner Bros's live-action/CGI Yogi Bear movie.

Ghostbusters actor Aykroyd will voice the titular bear, while Timberlake is circling the part of Yogi's best friend Boo Boo. Faris's role is that of a nature documentary-maker who tracks the animals in Jellystone Park, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Eric Brevig (Journey To The Centre Of The Earth) will direct the movie in New Zealand next year from a script by Brad Copeland, Joshua Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia.

Yogi Bear first appeared in The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958 and was given his own series three years later. Daws Butler and Greg Burson voiced the character in its cartoon incarnation.

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Jovovich 'scared of hypothermia on set'

Milla Jovovich has revealed that she is worried she will catch hypothermia during filming of Resident Evil: Afterlife.

The model-turned-actress, who co-stars with Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter in the movie, described the film's set in Canada as "bitter" and "cold".

Jovovich wrote on her Twitter page: "Wow, just finished a scene with Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller on a skiff approaching the huge ship. To say it's cold is a joke. A bitter joke.

"Of course Ali and I aren't wearing much and to make matters worse Wenty is driving the boat himself and crashing it repeatedly!"

Jovovich added: "OK, it just started hailing and Wentworth is reading his lines really fast so he can go home! Ali is so cold now, she's saying she's feeling warm."

The movie is due for release in October next year.

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Thurman keen for 'Kill Bill 3' training

Uma Thurman has revealed that she is keen to begin training for the upcoming third  Kill Bill  instalment.

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino recently confirmed that the follow-up will be out in cinemas in 2014.

The actress, who starred as martial-arts trained The Bride in the first two films of the franchise, equated her previous regimen to "basic training in Vietnam". However, she admitted that she has grown lazy since the last movie completed filming in 2004.

She told Empire: "They train you so hard that when you come to shooting, it's actually quite comfortable. It's not the same as real kung fu and I could not defend myself now if someone picked a fight!"

She added: "It was a transforming experience; I was part of a fight team for almost nine months and that changed my life. They taught me to work harder than I had ever done before, physically, and it's an incredible thing to discover that your breaking point is actually much higher than you think. It's a great gift.

"It did change my life back then. Not that I'm changed still; I'm back to being the bum that I was! But I do miss it, and hopefully I'll get back on the stick one day."

The 39-year-old previously revealed that she has discussed possible storyline ideas with her Kill Bill director.

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Cooper takes LaBeouf's 'Dark Fields' role

Bradley Cooper has signed up to replace Shia LaBeouf in Universal's thriller Dark Fields, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Neil Burger-directed film will centre on an unsuccessful writer who finds a pill that boosts his intelligence but with dangerous side effects.

Leslie Dixon penned the Fields script based on Alan Glynn's 2002 novel.

Cooper is the star of last summer's comedy hit The Hangover and can soon be seen playing Templeton 'Faceman' Peck in the big screen A-Team movie.

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50 Cent: 'Danny Dyer as good as De Niro'

50 Cent has compared his Dead Man Running co-star Danny Dyer to some of Hollywood's top actors.

Speaking to Sport, the rapper and actor said that Dyer is in the same league as Hollywood stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone.

"He's one of the best actors I've ever worked with, and I've worked with a lot of great actors - like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone," he commented. "He just has charisma and bounces off the screen."

Dead Man Running, about an ex-con who is given 24 hours to repay a loan shark, is in cinemas now.

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Eminem 'to star in 3D horror film'

Eminem will reportedly produce and star in an upcoming 3D hip-hop horror anthology entitled Shady Talez.

Producers John Davis and Dallas Jackson, who worked on I, Robot, will helm the movie alongside the rapper, according to Screendaily.com.

The project will also be adapted as a series of four comic books on the Marvel Icons imprint next year.

The film is due to be Eminem's first return to the big screen since 2002's 8 Mile.

A release date for Shady Talez is still to be confirmed.

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Jackson film 'This Is It' surpasses $100m

Michael Jackson concert film This Is It has grossed more than $100m (£60.2m) internationally as it enters its second week in cinemas.

The movie has earned $144m (£86.7m) since its worldwide release, including $44m (£26.5m) from the US and Canada, reports Reuters. It has taken $11.1m (£6.6m) in the UK.

This Is It, directed by Kenny Ortega, is currently playing in a total of 97 countries.

The picture documents Jackson's rehearsals for the concert series of the same name. It features the late star working on stage and behind the scenes mentoring his team of musicians and dancers.

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Daniel Craig to star in 'Dream House'

Daniel Craig has signed to star in forthcoming psychological thriller Dream House, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The 41-year-old will play a father who moves his family to a small town where they live in a house haunted by its former inhabitants.

Dream House will be helmed by Oscar-nominated In America director Jim Sheridan.

Craig's next project The Adventures of Tintin is due out in 2011.

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Bullock: 'Nudity made Proposal a hit'

Sandra Bullock has claimed that baring her backside in her last film was behind its success.

The Hollywood star insisted that her nude scenes in romantic comedy The Proposal made the movie a box office hit, reports STV.

The 45-year-old stated: "We had all the right people, the right elements in the right place. But to be honest, I think nudity had a great deal to do with it. People liked it."

Co-star Ryan Reynolds has said that he enjoyed filming the sex scenes with Bullock.

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