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'District 9' follow-up 'two years away'

Sharlto Copley has revealed that a District 9 follow-up is two years away.

Copley, who played Wikus van der Merwe in the sci-fi film, told Empire that both he and director Neill Blomkamp are keen to revisit the property.

"Neill wants it and I want it. Neill's doing another film first. Then I think if everything goes according to plan we'll do the second film in about two years time," Copley commented.

The actor added that Blomkamp has not yet decided whether to make the next District film a sequel or prequel.

"That story can go in so many different ways. There's a whole universe," he noted. "I'm sure a lot of writers say that, but we actually have an entire universe. There's a million ways you can go. Neill's actually very interested in prequels as well; he's said that a few times. We wouldn't do the traditional Hollywood version of the sequel which would just be 100 aliens fighting humans."

Copley can next be seen as 'Howling Mad' Murdock in The A-Team, opening in the UK in July.

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Brad Pitt for 'Hatfields and the McCoys'?

Brad Pitt has reportedly landed the lead role in upcoming feature The Hatfields and the McCoys.

According to Slashfilm, actor Robert Duvall revealed that Pitt's Plan B Productions would back the film with Pitt to star.

Duvall has also signed for a co-starring role.

Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper is attached to direct. Eric Roth has written the script.

The film centres on the 1880s rivalry between Tug Valley settler families the Hatfields and the McCoys, which ended in a tragic massacre.

No shooting schedule was announced.

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Warner Bros makes 20-film IMAX deal

Warner Bros. has signed a deal with IMAX to release up to 20 films on the giant screen format between now and 2013.

The first movie to arrive under the new agreement is Zack Snyder animation Legends Of The Guardian on September 24, followed by Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 on November 19. Both films are to also screen in 3D, as will Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Happy Feet 2 in 2011.

Other films expected to be part of the IMAX deal are The Hobbit, Gravity, Dark Shadows, Fury Road and the next Batman and Superman blockbusters.

Warner Bros Pictures president of international distribution Veronika Kwan-Rubinek said of the deal: "We're thrilled to join with IMAX in bringing global audiences new and exciting experiences through the 3D IMAX format.



"We have a tremendously powerful slate of quality tentpole films, and as IMAX theatres continue to expand internationally, more and more audiences will have the opportunity to experience our films using this exciting format."

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Ice Cube joins crime drama 'Rampart'

Ice Cube has signed to star in upcoming crime drama Rampart.

The rapper/actor joins Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in the film directed by Oren Moverman.

Rampart is based on a real-life scandal involving Los Angeles police officers in the 1990s.

Cube will play a homicide detective sent to investigate a corrupt cop (Harrelson).

The movie is scripted by Street Kings screenwriter James Ellroy.

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Serkis: 'Hobbit' filming begins in May'

Andy Serkis has said that filming for The Hobbit could begin in May.

While the actor had previouslysaid production was looking to kick off at the end of the year, he has now revealed that shooting could start as soon as next month.

He said: "It's going to happen. I think it's due to start shooting in May. It's going to be exciting, especially working with new director Guillermo del Toro, who's fantastic."

However, Gandalf actor Sir Ian McKellen recently claimed that filming would start in July.

"The Hobbit's two films start shooting in New Zealand in July. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth," he said.

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Oliver, Thompson, Armisen for 'Smurfs'

The Daily Show’s John Oliver and Saturday Night Live stars Kenan Thompson and Fred Armisen have joined the voice cast of the Smurfs movie.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Oliver will voice Vanity Smurf. Thompson will play Greedy Smurf and Armisen will portray Brainy Smurf.

Also joining the film are The Office's BJ Novak as Baker Smurf and Jeff Foxworthy as Handy Smurf.

Paul Reubens also boarded the ensemble voice cast earlier today.

Other celebs involved in the project include Katy Perry, Hank Azaria, George Lopez, and Alan Cumming.

Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays are playing the movie's live action characters.

Production is currently underway in New York City.

Smurfs is scheduled for a July 2011 release.

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Murray: 'Ghostbusters 3' is just talk'

Bill Murray has said that Ghostbusters 3 is not yet in the works.

The actor, who starred in the original films alongside Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson, had previously revealed details of his upcoming role.

However, he told the Daily Star: "It's just really the movie studio. They love the franchise, they'd just like to re-create it again.

"All this talk is just talk. It drives me nuts, it's just people talking. Until someone actually creates a great script it's just hogwash, it doesn't mean anything."

The star continued: "It's interesting that people are interested in it, they'd like to see it. It was a great thing, it really was fun. Maybe it should [happen]. And if it's such a good idea, then someone will write the screenplay.''

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'Anchorman 2' to shoot in 2011

Anchorman 2 is due to start filming in February 2011, according to reports.

Adam McKay, the writer and director of the 2004 original, revealed that Steve Carell, Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd have all signed up for the sequel.

He told MTV: "Graciously, Steve and Paul and everyone agreed to cut their price to come and do the sequel, which you don't see very often in Hollywood - and cut their price substantially. But even with that, it's just a budgetary thing with Paramount in terms of how much they'll give us to make it.

"We had an idea and we contacted Steve and Paul and David Koechner and Christina Applegate and checked in with everyone and they were all game for it. The stage we're at now is talking to Paramount and trying to get the money to do it."

McKay confirmed that the shoot is likely to kick off early next year now that a rough storyline has been drafted.

He explained: "The '80s angle is more the frame of it. We have this other, bigger, crazier idea that's really more what it's about, which I can't say. Our thinking was there's just no way the second one is going to be as good as the first, because the first one is the first one.

"So our idea is if we're going to do a second one, we better go for it and try some insane stuff and we'll be enjoying it and that way it can't be half bad."

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Wes Craven: 'Scream 4 to mock Saw'

Wes Craven has said that Scream 4 will lampoon the state of the horror film genre today and will take shots at the Saw franchise.

The movie's director told Entertainment Weekly that the fourth Scream instalment will continue the tradition of exposing the conventions of the slasher plot started by the first three films.

"It feels like the end of an era of a certain type of film. There are series of films, a lot of sequels, and a lot of remakes, and part of the humour of Scream 4 is when characters comment on that. 'Enough of Saw 25 and all'. A lot of films, directors, and studios are the butts of some of the jokes."

He continued by saying that just like in the trilogy, knowing the horror formula will help them beat the Ghostface murderer.

"In order to figure out what's happening around them, the characters have to figure out where the genre of horror is. So this is a look at horror after ten years of a lot of sequels rather than original films coming up year after year. One film is successful, and then they make 25 of them."

The creator also promised a reinvention of horror itself.

"I think it's time for something new. I've done remakes of my own films too, with, The Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes, but we feel it's time for something new and different, and that’s what this film is going to be."

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Brendan Fraser: "I needed a bigger butt"

Brendan Fraser has revealed that he put on weight for his part in eco-comedy Furry Vengeance.

The actor told Parade that he needed a bigger bottom for the role of real estate developer Dan Sanders to survive the action sequences.

Fraser said: "I needed a bigger butt on account of there was going be a lot of physical comedy. I get thrown around a lot in the movie. But let's just face it, it's funny. Kids love it. Adults love it.

"They're like, 'Ha-ha, look! Brendan Fraser, the guy who was really buff in all those action movies, has gotten fat'."

He added: "I don't know the number of pounds I gained because, in my real life, I don't step on scales. I don't believe them. I'm like, 'You're a liar'."

Fraser's co-star Brooke Shields has admitted that filming the action scenes in the movie "really hurt".

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Fox to remake action movie 'Commando'

Writer and director David Ayer is reportedly writing and directing a remake of action film Commando for 20th Century Fox.

The original 1985 movie starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as a retired elite commando on a mission to rescue his daughter (Alyssa Milano) from an exiled dictator.

Ayer, who wrote Training Day and Street Kings, will put a real-world spin on his version, reports Deadline.

It is said that Ayer's new hero will be more skilled in weaponry and covert tactics than the character played by Schwarzenegger.

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Cyrus looking forward to Demi Moore movie

Miley Cyrus has said that she is looking forward to working with Demi Moore on LOL.

The Last Song star, who is also a best-selling recording artist, told DS that she hopes the movie will help establish her career on the big screen.

"I would like to continue acting, that's what I really love," she said. "Music is a huge part of my life but acting is definitely something that I'm really looking forward to getting more involved in."

Discussing the Moore collaboration, Cyrus said: "It's about this mum who's going through a mid-life crisis of drugs and all this crazy stuff and she thinks that her daughter will never understand and look up to her anymore because of the choices she makes.

"She then finds her daughter's diary and realises that she's doing worse than her and they go through this crisis together at different points of their life but realise how similar they are. I think it's a really cool story. We're shooting it independently so we can do it exactly with the edginess we want. It'll be a little darker than The Last Song."

Cyrus added that she is "good friends" with Moore and believes their relationship will benefit the movie, which is to be directed by Lisa Azuelos based on her French language original.

The Last Song opens in UK cinemas on April 30.

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Downey Jr discusses 'Iron Man 3' plans

Robert Downey Jr has revealed that Iron Man will return in a third movie to be made after The Avengers is complete.

The actor recently reprised his role as Tony Stark in Iron Man 2, starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson.

Despite the sequel only being released this week, Downey Jr confirmed that plans are already afoot for the character to return in a solo outing after The Avengers, which will see Iron Man team up with The Hulk, Thor and Captain America on the big screen.

He told MTV news: "I think it's [Iron Man 3] going to go down. [The Avengers is] supposedly first on [Marvel Entertainment's] docket. I have some pretty strong ideas, but they never seem to be too discordant with what the creative execs at Marvel are thinking anyway.

"It's all there. There's a little bit of a bunch of different storylines from different decades [in the comics]."

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Gere, Grace for spy thriller 'The Double'

Richard Gere and Topher Grace have both signed to co-star in thriller The Double.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is directed by first-time filmmaker Michael Brandt, the co-writer of Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma.

The plot centres on a retired CIA operative (Gere) forced to partner with a young FBI agent (Grace) to track down a senator's murderer.

It is said that Brandt hopes Double will follow in the tradition of classic suspense films like The Conversation and Three Days of the Condor.

Gere was recently seen in Brooklyn's Finest. Grace will appear in the upcoming Predators.

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Rockwell, Long to play Batman and Robin

Sam Rockwell will star as Batman in Peter Farrelly's as yet untitled comedy anthology movie, reports Production Weekly.

Rockwell will spoof the caped crusader in the short segment titled Robin's Big Speed Date for director James Duffy. Joining the Moon star is Justin Long playing Robin, Josh Hamilton as Superman, Leslie Bibb as Wonder Woman and John Hodgeman as villain The Penguin.

A 2007 short from Duffy, Robin's Big Date, also featured Rockwell and Long as the comic book duo. The 7-minute comedy saw Batman unwittingly sabotage sidekick Robin's date.

Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Gerard Butler, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are also lined up to appear, with Farrelly, Elizabeth Banks, Bob Odenkirk and Brett Ratner directing sections of the ensemble film.

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Evans 'intimidated by 'Captain America'

Chris Evans has revealed that he initially stalled for "a couple of weeks" while deciding whether to accept the role of Captain America.

The 28-year-old was confirmed last month to star as Steve Rogers and his titular alter-ego Captain America in the upcoming action movie.

"It was a couple of weeks of weighing up all the options," he told Empire. "There was certainly a period where I was shying away from the movie.

"It's intimidating. It's pretty daunting. There's certainly a life-changing role there and that was part of the process. Did I want to take this on?

"I like supporting roles, I like the way my life is now and I have the best of both worlds. This would potentially change that. But you know what? This could be a good thing."

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Haley: 'Krueger is the ultimate boogey man'

Jackie Earle Haley has said that Freddy Kruger is the ultimate horror villain.

The actor takes on the role made famous by Robert Englund in the upcoming remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street.

Haley told Parade of Krueger: "He is like one of the coolest horror characters, the ultimate boogey man in a campfire story. Back in the mid '80s, there was this bunch of scary guys in hit movies from Michael Myers to Jason Voorhees.

"But I always thought Freddy Krueger was the most interesting because it took an actor to play instead of a stunt guy. I thought Robert Englund was great in the role, and I admit I felt intimidated filling his shoes."

He added of working with the character's famous razor gloves: "They didn't just come on and off. They kinda bolted them down. So a lot of times they would just leave the real sharp metal ones on instead of the plastic ones.

"I was definitely worried about falling on them or cutting somebody. It was kinda scary. I had this scene where I kind of swipe the blades across the chest of one of the young actors and I actually sliced him a little bit. Fortunately, he thought it was funny."

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Bell 'campaigns for Veronica Mars film'

Kristen Bell has revealed that she is still hoping that there will be a Veronica Mars movie.

Bell, who played the lead role in the show, explained that she is trying to convince Warner Bros. to take on the film.

"I wish I had news," she told E! Online. "Still in the process of campaigning to tell Warner Bros. that people would actually see it.

"I think that as long as you guys keep asking those questions and I keep answering them, Warner Bros. will one day get the picture that everybody does want it and that it will make its money back."

She added: "I think, truthfully, they're a company and they want to know that they'll make their return back. We just have to convince them that they will."

The show's creator Rob Thomas said earlier this month that the project is "not dead".

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Jennifer Lopez wants to work with Depp

Jennifer Lopez has said that she wants to work with Johnny Depp.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Lopez revealed that one of her career goals is to co-star with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor.

"I've been seriously lucky with my roles. I've worked with a lot of hot leading men, but I'm desperate to get Johnny. Working with him would be out of this world," she said.

She added: "I'd even be a pirate with no teeth and wear an eyepatch if it meant I could work with him. I want him that badly."

The 40-year-old's latest movie The Back-Up Plan is currently playing in US cinemas.

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Kevin James for 'Here Comes The Boom'

Kevin James has signed to star in upcoming action comedy Here Comes The Boom.

According to Variety, Adam Sandler is producing the project along with partner Todd Garner.

Salma Hayek is said to be circling a lead role in the film.

King of Queens star James wrote the script with sitcom writer Rock Reuben.

Production is expected to begin in March.

James and Sandler co-star in comedy Grown Ups, opening in US cinemas on June 25.

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