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LaBeouf to star in action film 'Death'

Shia LaBeouf has signed to star in upcoming feature The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.

The movie is described as a "romantic actioneer" by studio Lionsgate. The project will mark the film debut of commercial director Dante Ariola.

The movie follows a normal man (LaBeouf) targeted by a crime boss who falls for his girlfriend.

LaBeouf's Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps arrives in US cinemas on September 24.

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Second 'Thor' villain revealed?

Rumours that a second villain is to appear in Kenneth Branagh's Thor have emerged.

According to Latino Review, The Destroyer will feature as one of the film's antagonists alongside Tom Hiddleston's Loki.

The website ran a photograph of the character against a desert backdrop, which it claims was leaked from the set of the movie. It is unknown whether the image is genuine.

The Destroyer is an enchanted suit of armour, created by Odin to battle against a powerful cosmic race known as the Celestials. The suit has also been inhabited by various characters from the Marvel Universe, including Doctor Doom and Odin himself.

Thor is slated for released on May 20, 2011.

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Warner Bros to adapt DC's 'Starman'?

Warner Bros is rumoured to be preparing a film adaptation of DC Comics' Starman.

According to Pajiba, Sherlock Holmes producer Dan Lin is developing the project for the studio.

Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley, the intergalactic hero first appeared on the pages of Adventure Comics in 1941. The character possesses energy powers, wields a cosmic rod and is able to fly.

The move follows reports that Marvel is planning a series of low budget movies based on its lesser-known properties.

Warner Bros and DC are yet to confirm the Starman film.

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X-Men Exclusive: Fox Offers Matthew Vaughn X-Men First Class

In a move that may tilt the axis of fanboys worldwide, Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn is in talks to direct X-Men: First Class for Twentieth Century Fox. Why is this so bizarre? Because Vaughn is the very director who turned down directing X-Men: The Last Stand back in 2005 after he had already negotiated his deal with the studio. (Fox later hired Brett Ratner to helm the most successful of all X-Men films.) Vaughn went on to direct the disappointing Stardust for Paramount and, just two weeks ago, released the well-reviewed R-rated Kick-Ass.

Of course, considering Vaughn’s history with the X-Men franchise, he could very well turn down the First Class offer, as well (sources say the studio is also speaking with other possible directors). Should a deal come together, however, Vaughn would be helming an origin story of the X-Men crew, one that tells the story of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and the other X-Men in their younger years, played by younger actors. (No word yet on whether Hugh Jackman would reprise his role as Wolverine since his character doesn’t age as the others do.)  The script comes from Jamie Moss based on Bryan Singer’s treatment. Though the studio had wanted Singer to direct once again, the director is only signed on to produce, since he’s preoccupied with directing Jack the Giant Killer for Warner Bros.

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New Batman Sequel Scheduled For July 2012

The Dark Knight sequel finally has a release date. Almost two years after the killer clown crime epic dominated the box office and spawned a million Halloween costumes, Warner Bros. has announced that the still-untitled Batman 3 will be released on July 20, 2012, according to The Hollywood Reporter. (In other news, I’m going off the grid from July 19, 2012 through August 1, 2012.)

There’s not a whole lot of information about the movie, which is still in the very early planning stages. Director Christopher Nolan and writer David Goyer have always been focused on presenting a more realistic take on the Batman mythos, so we’re probably not going to see Killer Croc, Mr. Freeze, or Clayface. Even though he’s a bit more outlandish, I wouldn’t mind seeing the Riddler, if only because his presence could pump up Batman’s mystery-solving detective side. But what do I know? None of my films have ever grossed over a billion dollars.

PopWatchers, what would you want to see in Batman 3? And what should they call the thing? I’d go with something vintage, like Shadow of the Bat, but I remember reading a rumor that it might be called Gotham City, which would be nifty.

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Krasinski and Barrymore team for 'Whales'

John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore have singed to star in family adventure film Whales.

Ken Kwapis is directing the Universal project, previously titled Everybody Loves Whales, reports Deadline.

The plot centres on the release of three California grey whales which were found trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle in 1988.

The attempt to rescue the whales became a huge global event with journalists and environmentalists converging on the town of Barrow, Alaska.

The movie will also feature a love story between a Greenpeace activist (Barrymore) and a journalist (Krasinski).

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Johansson to play Love in Cobain film?

Scarlett Johansson has expressed interest in playing Courtney Love in the forthcoming Kurt Cobain biopic.

The Iron Man 2 actress said that she would be eager to play the late Nirvana frontman's wife, after hearing that Love had suggested her for the role.

Johansson told MTV News: "I know that there is a script. That's as much as I know about it. I'm a big fan of Courtney's and I think she's very, very talented. But I don't know anything about the project.

"It would be a challenge, definitely would be a challenge. I think the idea is interesting and intriguing, but I would have to really wrap my head around it."

Love yesterday revealed that she would like to see James McAvoy or Ryan Gosling cast as her late husband in the film, which apparently has the working title All Apologies.

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Johnny Depp for Ozzy Osbourne biopic?

Johnny Depp is reportedly lined up to play Ozzy Osbourne in a forthcoming biopic.

The former Black Sabbath frontman is said to be keen for the Public Enemies star to take his life story to the big screen.

"Ozzy loves Johnny’s films and would ideally have him play the lead role in the Ozzy movie," a source close to the 61-year-old told Hollyscoop.

"He's been told that Johnny may be aiming a little too high but Ozzy is sure he would want the role."

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Crowe: 'Past Robin Hoods unrealistic'

Robin Hood actor Russell Crowe has criticised previous movie versions of the story as being impractical and unrealistic.

The star dismissed a number of adaptations as speculating too much about the Nottingham outlaw, without basing the story in history, in an interview with Canal Plus Le Grand Journal, quoted in NME.

Crowe particularly disliked Kevin Costner's 1991 Prince Of Thieves, describing the film as being "like a Jon Bon Jovi video". Gladiator director Ridley Scott, he said, will "take a fresh look" at the story.

Moving onto Errol Flynn's 1938 classic, he said: "The practicality of going through an English forest, with all its coarse bushes and bramble and all that, in green tights? Not very practical now, is it?"

He then described Mel Brooks's 1993 parody Robin Hood: Men In Tights as "the most entertaining" version, but added: "Again, it examines the same exact clichés as all the other films that wrap the legend up and throw it away. And once Mel Brooks has had a go at it, it's time to wipe the slate clean."

Speaking more generally, Crowe said that: "Past filmmakers and studios have 'supposed' things about Robin Hood."

His version, however, "depicts the origins, where he might actually have come from".

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Alex O'Loughlin: 'I'd love to play Bond'

Alex O'Loughlin has revealed that he would be "honoured" to be the next James Bond.

The actor, who stars alongside Jennifer Lopez in upcoming romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan, said that it would be the "biggest audition" of his life.

He told PA: "It's really nice because everybody who asks me about that is essentially asking me about the biggest audition of my life that I never got. It would be an honour to play James Bond."

O'Loughlin also said that The Back-Up Plan features "the funniest scene [he has] ever been involved in".

The Back-Up Plan is released in cinemas on May 7.

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Ridley Scott teases 'Hood', 'Alien' plans

Ridley Scott has revealed fresh new plans for Robin Hood and Alien.

The 72-year-old director announced the potential storyline for his proposed Robin Hood sequel, which he announced last month.

He told The Daily Telegraph: "In it we'll take King John up to being forced to sign the Magna Carta by his people, who will probably be led by a guy called Robin Hood, and all the historians will go nuts!"

Meanwhile, on his planned prequel for 1979 movie Aliens, Scott explained: "I got fed up with all the sequels, so I'm going to do a prequel, which will be set before the days of Sigourney Weaver's character.

"It will take place in about 2085 when they first come across this thing. And it will ask the question, 'Who is the guy lying in a chair with his chest blown outwards?'"

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Haley: 'Portraying Freddy was challenge'

Jackie Earle Haley has said that his reimagined version of the iconic horror villain Freddy Kruger is more "serious" and "angry".

The Oscar-nominated actor has admitted that it was a challenge creating his own portrayal of the character that Robert Englund made famous.

Haley told Teen Hollywood: "The real challenge was just to get in there and somehow create a Freddy that was somewhat recognisable but that I could still own. So, I really just tried to own it and make the guy my own. It's probably a bit more serious, a bit more angry."

Haley also admitted that he rewatched the 1984 Wes Craven original for inspiration and insight.

He added: "Yeah. I looked at the first one because I remember seeing that one in the theater and I really dug it and the tone of it was darker than where it had gone [in sequels].

"I think it had gotten more campy and more of a comedy, which was great. I think people loved that, but I think [the filmmakers's] call on going back to re-envision this thing as a really dark, kind of serious piece was kind of a cool idea."

A Nightmare On Elm Street is currently playing in US cinemas and is released in the UK on May 7.

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Rourke had 'Iron Man' language struggles'

Mickey Rourke has revealed that it took him three weeks to learn two lines in Russian for his role in Iron Man 2.

The Wrestler star said getting to grips with the language for his part as technology expert Ivan Vanko was extremely challenging.

Rourke, who stars alongside Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow in the action hero thriller, said: "The language is very hard to wrap an English tongue around.

"I had a Russian teacher for three months, five days a week for around three hours a day. To learn two lines would take three weeks."

Rourke met his Russian model girlfriend Elena Kuletskaya while working on the film and said it didn't help that she endlessly mocked his accent.

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Lee Jones in 'Captain America' talks?

Rumours that Tommy Lee Jones is in talks for a role in Captain America: The First Avenger have emerged.

According to a source close to UGO, the actor is in line to play an unnamed character in the Marvel Comics adaptation.

No details were revealed of the role, but it is has been speculated that Lee Jones could portray the leader of the story's 'Super Soldier' programme.

It was previously reported that Chris Evans has been handed the title role, while Hayley Atwell will play love interest Peggy Carter. Hugo Weaving is thought to be on board as antagonist Red Skull.

Directed by Joe Johnston, Captain America: The First Avenger is slated for release on July 22, 2011.

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Stiller's 'Zoolander 2' axed by Paramount

Ben Stiller has hinted that Paramount isn't going to finance a Zoolander sequel.

Writing on his Twitter page, Stiller said that the studio won't back another outing for his dimwitted male model character Derek Zoolander.

"Ron Burgundy and Derek Zoolander looking to appear in sequels," he said, referring to the recently shelved Anchorman 2. "Both men destitute, without means or intellect to fund their own comebacks."

Stiller confirmed earlier in the year that Tropic Thunder writer Justin Theroux would write and direct a follow-up to the 2001 comedy hit.

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Cheadle 'felt ridiculous in Iron Man'

Don Cheadle has admitted that his outfit for Iron Man 2 was "ridiculous".

The actor, who plays Lt. Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, explained that the costume was extremely uncomfortable.

According to The Mirror, he said: "I was excited until I got it, then I was de-excited.

"Really, it's wearing a 50 pound piece of metal on your back and chest, and you can't touch your face, you can't go to the bathroom or sit down."

He continued: "[You feel] completely ridiculous. I don't know why my war machine suit was made of metal and Robert [Downey Jr.]'s was made of light fibreglass. Maybe it was an initiation."

However, Cheadle added that he loved working on the film, explaining: "It was cool. The thing about the film is that you get to play with the best toys and the best technology. It's just doing the things you like to do as a kid but fleshed out."

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Stallone not making more 'Rambo'

Sylvester Stallone has revealed that he has abandoned plans to continue his Rambo action movie franchise.

Speaking to Empire Online, the actor said that he has scrapped plans for a fifth Rambo movie.

"I think Rambo’s pretty well done. I don’t think there'll be any more. I’m about 99% sure," the Expendables star said.

"I was going to do it... But for Rambo to go on another adventure might be, I think, misinterpreted as a mercenary gesture and not necessary. I don’t want that to happen."

The 63-year-old starred in and directed 2008's Rambo movie set in war-torn Burma.

"I'm very happy with the last Burmese episode, because I didn’t pull any punches on it. I wanted it to be what civil war really is - rough. You can’t candy-coat it, and where do you go from there?"

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'Lost' actor Durand joins 'Number Four'

Lost actor Kevin Durand and Callan McAuliffe have signed for roles in upcoming sci-fi thriller I Am Number Four.

According to FilmDrunk, the actors will join Teresa Palmer, Alex Pettyfer and Sharlto Copley in the project directed by DJ Caruso.

Glee's Dianna Agron also recently joined the cast.

Durand played Martin Keamy on Lost.

I Am Number Four, scripted by Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, is scheduled to arrive in US cinemas on February 18, 2011.

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'GI Joe 2' set for summer 2012 release?

The sequel to the 2008 hit GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra is reportedly scheduled for a summer 2012 release.

Speaking to MTV, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed that shooting for the sequel is planned to begin in the spring of 2011.

"Paramount is very excited about us getting it going. No dates have been set. In our heads we think 2012 - that summer," he said.

Di Bonaventura did not confirm if stars Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Joseph Gordon-Levitt would return for the follow up.

"We haven't defined it yet. We're gonna keep that under wraps for the moment."

Zombieland scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are penning the movie's script.

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Jones, Parsons, Huston join 'Big Year'

Rashida Jones, Jim Parsons and Angelica Huston have joined upcoming feature The Big Year.

Marley & Me director David Frankel is directing the movie, scripted by Howard Franklin, reports Variety.

The film is based on a book by Mark Obmascik, about three men in a birding competition. The three lead characters will be played by Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson.

Huston will play a competitive bird-watcher and Jones will play Black's love interest, while Parsons has signed to portray a bird-watching blogger.

Rosamund Pike, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Dianne Wiest and Anthony Anderson have also joined the cast.

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