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Will Smith for 'Independence Day' sequels?

Will Smith has reportedly signed to star in two sequels to Independence Day.

According to IESB, Smith will shoot both films back-to-back, possibly as early as 2011.

Director Roland Emmerich is expected to return to helm both pictures after wrapping his William Shakespeare thriller Anonymous.

The original Independence Day was released in 1996 and earned more than $817 million (£543 million) at cinemas worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.

Emmerich previously revealed that he was eager to return to the alien invasion franchise, and wanted to do a "bigger arc" with the sequels.

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Samberg, Quinto for Anna Faris comedy?

Comedian Andy Samberg and Star Trek's Zachary Quinto are reportedly in talks to join feature film What's Your Number?.

Saturday Night Live cast member Samberg is already attached to the Anna Faris comedy, reports Entertainment Weekly. Quinto is still in negotiations to appear in the film.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie centres on a young woman (Faris) searching for the right man.

Samberg and Quinto will play two old flames Faris revisits while looking for true love in the Mark Mylod-directed project.

Chris Evans is already cast in the film, based on Karyn Bosnak's book 20 Times a Lady.

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Willis 'gives away $10K a week on set'

Bruce Willis is reportedly giving away $10,000 (£6,635) a week to crew on the set of his latest film.

The actor is said to be keeping up the "Dollar Day Fridays" tradition he started when he first became famous, staging a draw every week among the staff of new movie Red.

"Everyone gets a free numbered ticket, and on Fridays, Bruce draws the lucky number and hands $10,000 to a hyperventilating winner," a source told National Enquirer.

"But there's one restriction - Winners can only win once."

Willis is thought to be earning around $10m (£6.6m) for his role in the CIA thriller.

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'Baywatch' movie hires two new writers

Paramount's highly-anticipated Baywatch movie has hired two new writers.

Last July, The Break Up co-writer Jeff Garelick was signed up to script and direct the adaptation, switching it from an action-centric project to a comedy in the style of Stripes and Police Academy.

Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, who penned upcoming Jonah Hill comedy The Sitter, have also joined the film's writing team, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie will apparently be centered around the female members of the lifeguard squad, with insiders comparing it to the Charlie's Angels adaptations. Paramount is hoping to release the film in summer 2011.

The original Baywatch series, which starred David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, ran from 1989 to 1999 and spawned spinoff series Baywatch Nights and 2003 reunion film Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. Michael Berk, Doug Schwartz, Greg Bonann and Michele Berk, who created the original TV series, are producers on the movie project.

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Report: Smith's rep denies 'ID4' sequel rumour

A representative for Will Smith's has denied that the star has signed for two Independence Day sequels.

Speaking to Gossip Cop, Smith's rep said that a report about the Oscar nominee returning for back-to back-follow-ups to the 1996 hit is "not true at this time".

Yesterday, IESB reported that Smith had agreed to appear in both sequels, scheduled to shoot possibly as early as 2011.

Director Roland Emmerich was expected to return to helm both pictures.

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'Big Bang Theory' star Cuoco for 'I Hop'

Kaley Cuoco has signed to co-star in upcoming feature I Hop.

The Big Bang Theory star joins James Marsden and Russell Brand in the live-action/CG-animated hybrid film, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie centres on a slacker (Marsden) who must care for the Easter Bunny's son (voiced by Brand) after he is accidentally injured.

Cuoco will portray Marsden's younger sister and roommate in the project, directed by Alvin and the Chipmunks helmer Tim Hill.

The 24-year-old has also boarded director Harry Thomason's indie feature The Last Ride, about country music legend Hank Williams.

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DiCaprio in talks for J. Edgar Hoover role?

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly in talks to portray former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in a feature film.

According to Deadline, Clint Eastwood has signed to direct the epic drama with Brian Grazer and Rob Lorenz producing.

Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black penned the screenplay for the Imagine Entertainment production, tentatively titled Hoover.

The movie will focus on Hoover's career as founder and director of the FBI.

Shooting is expected to begin later this year.

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Kal Penn boards third 'Harold & Kumar'

Kal Penn has apparently agreed to feature in a third Harold & Kumar movie.

Penn is expected to leave his position as associate director of the White House Office Of Public Engagement to work on the film.

He will reprise the role of Kumar in the upcoming comedy, says Deadline.

The Christmas-themed follow-up is scheduled to begin production this summer. Studio Warner Bros is considering releasing the movie in 3D during the holidays for 2011 or 2012.

Earlier this month, actor Jon Cho confirmed reports that he will return as Harold for the sequel.

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DiCaprio, Stone for 'Deep Blue Good-By'?

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly slated to star in a film adaptation of mystery novel The Deep Blue Good-By.

According to Deadline, the actor's Appian Way Productions is behind the picture and DiCaprio is to play the lead role.

He is said to be in talks with Oscar winner Oliver Stone to direct the project.

The book by John D. MacDonald centres on Travis McGee, a beach bum who gets into misadventures during his "salvage consultant" jobs.

MacDonald's novel was first published in 1964 as the first of a 21-volume series.

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Montag 'wants to be blonde Tomb Raider'

Heidi Montag has revealed that she would love to star in the next Tomb Raider film.

The reality TV star, who recently got her first cameo in Jennifer Aniston movie Just Go With It, has said that she would make a better Lara Croft than Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox, who has reportedly "reluctantly turned down" an offer to replace Jolie in the films.

Montag wrote on her Twitter page: "I want to be the blonde tomb raider. I'm better with guns then both Angelina and Megan Fox put together!"

Montag recently denied that she is having relationship problems with husband Spencer Pratt.

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Shia LaBeouf hoping for "grittier" roles

Shia LaBeouf has revealed that he wants to take on more difficult roles.

The Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps star explained that his dream role would be Holden Caulfield in an adaptation of J.D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye.

"I really like all that beatnik culture," he told FHM. "I think it would be fun, just for my family, and the way that I was raised."

LaBeouf, who previously appeared in Transformers, also suggested that he wants to star in smaller films.

"I don't know if I'm interested in the blockbuster whimsical stuff anymore," he added. "I want to be a little ballsier - balls, blood and death kind of thing... Not outrageously so, just something a little grittier, with a little more meat to chew on."

Fox recently delayed the release of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps until September 24.

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Brosnan 'knew Damon was better spy'

Pierce Brosnan has admitted that he knew he would be fired as James Bond when The Bourne Identity topped the US box office.

According to WENN, the actor also spent a night drinking with Quentin Tarantino to discuss how to bring Casino Royale to the big screen.

"That wasn't meant to be. But we (Brosnan and Tarantino) had a great night. I could hardly walk. I had to call a driver up because I could just about put one foot in front of the other. He walked out of the door and then got into his pussymobile and drove away. He's a champion lad, Quentin... Yeah, it wasn't meant to be for him, or for me," he said.

"Once Paul Greengrass let Matt Damon out of the door in such an epic way, the spy genre turned on its head and my time was done. Because then you have a younger man there, and how are you going to move forward?"

Brosnan added: "And they (Bond bosses) couldn't. If they were to do Casino Royale, they couldn't do it with me. Choices were made. The decisions were drawn in the sand - albeit a little late in the day."

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Stiller, Baumbach for 'Penguin' movie?

Ben Stiller and director Noah Baumbach are both in discussions for an adaptation of children's novel Mr. Popper's Penguins.

According to Variety, Baumbach is in early talks to direct the film with Stiller eyeing to star.

The pair worked together on the recently released drama Greenberg.

The book centeres on a man who receives a penguin as a gift. Another penguin from the zoo arrives and they mate. Popper soon finds himself caring for 12 penguins and using them for a calamitous travelling stage act.

Sex Drive screenwriters Sean Anders and John Morris were tapped to write the adaptation.

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Sebastian Stan cast in 'Captain America'

Sebastian Stan has been cast in the role as sidekick Bucky Barnes in the Captain America movie, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Gossip Girl actor originally tested for the starring role in the comic book adaptation, which went to Chris Evans.

The Joe Simon and Jack Kirby creation was Captain America's sidekick during World War II.

He was confirmed dead in 1968 but revealed to have survived as assassin Winter Soldier in Ed Brubaker's Captain America run.

It it yet to be confirmed which role Bucky will fill in the film.

Insiders also claim that Stan has signed for five or six films.

Filming on The First Avenger: Captain America is due to begin in the summer.

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Ryan Reynolds joins 'R.I.P.D.' cast

Ryan Reynolds has joined the cast of the movie adaptation of Dark Horse Comics' R.I.P.D..

Speaking to Collider, producer Neal Moritz revealed that the X-Men Origins: Wolverine star will take on the lead role in the forthcoming film.

Reynolds will appear as a recently-deceased police officer who investigates his own death with the help of the Rest in Peace Department.

The film is based on a four-issue miniseries written by screenwriter Peter Lenkov (Demolition Man, 24).

Production is due to begin on the film next year following the completion of Reynolds's work on the Green Lantern movie.

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Vin Diesel for third 'XXX' movie in 3D

Vin Diesel has reportedly singed to lead a new 3D XXX movie.

According to Deadline, the star will reprise his role of Xander Cage for a third instalment of the action film franchise.

Original XXX director Rob Cohen will also return to helm the project for Paramount Pictures.

The film will centere on special agent Xander Cage taking on a new dangerous assignment in Europe. Samuel L. Jackson is expected to return as Xander’s handler.

The picture will be shot in 3D cameras and is expected to arrive in US cinemas in later 2011 or early 2012.

"I feel what we did in the beginning of the decade was bring a different attitude to the action movie and a different kind of hero," Cohen said.

He added: "With the new 3D instrument and the techniques I can apply, we can create a different kind of cutting-edge experience in 3D by shooting it that way from the beginning the way James Cameron did Avatar."

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'Kumar' creators for 'American Pie 4'

Harold & Kumar creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have signed to direct American Pie 4.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo are also writing the script for the fourth instalment for Universal.

The studio hopes to reunite the cast of the original comedy trilogy, including Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan, and Shannon Elizabeth.

Universal is eying a summer production star date for the movie.

Director Todd Strauss Schulson will reportedly take over the Harold & Kumar franchise with the upcoming third instalment starring John Cho and Kal Penn.

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Blunt passes on 'Captain America' role

Emily Blunt has turned down a part in The First Avenger: Captain America.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Marvel Studios offered Blunt the role of Peggy Carter, the Captain's girlfriend.

However, the Young Victoria star passed on the offer in favour of other projects.

Other actresses on the studio's shortlist for the part include Keira Knightley and Alice Eve.

Gossip Girl's Sebastian Stan has been cast in the role of sidekick Bucky Barnes in the superhero film.

Filming is due to begin in the summer.

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Penn, Washington circling Bigelow film?

Sean Penn, Denzel Washington and Javier Bardem are reportedly up for roles in director Kathryn Bigelow's next project.

According to The Playlist, the stars are rumoured to be circling the Oscar-winning filmmaker's new drug drama Triple Frontier.

The film would take place in the border region between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

Hurt Locker screenwriter Mark Boal is penning the script for the movie, said to be in the same vein of 2000 'Best Picture' Oscar winner Traffic.

Bigelow has also signed to direct the pilot episode for HBO's The Miraculous Year.

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'Red Faction' movie in the pipeline

THQ has revealed that it plans to release a Red Faction movie to coincide with the next title in the series.

Speaking to CVG, THQ's Danny Bilson said that the company has a new "trans-media" policy which will see more games paired with other forms of media.

"What you're going to see from us in how we're going to see original IP is going to be different. We're going to be doing the most robust trans-media plays anybody's ever seen in the games business," he said.

Bilson promised that a number of announcements will be made soon, but admitted that the game they relate to is Red Faction.

"My game is going to get made either way but what I do is I'm giving these movie guys the opportunity to meet me two or three years at the end with a triple-A awesome game and a triple-A awesome movie that compliment each other - and certainly don't repeat each other - and start to build a world and a fiction and all of that," he added.

THQ released Red Faction: Guerrilla last year.

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