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Marvel plan bigger role for Bucky

Bucky Barnes has been rumoured to have a greater movie role in Captain America than expected.

CHUD reports inside sources as saying that Captain America's sidekick may feature as the Winter Soldier, and possibly star in a sequel.

"The Captain America movie continuity is being developed to leave the door open for the Winter Soldier to appear, should there be a sequel," said CHUD.

"Bucky will be seemingly killed when Cap is frozen in ice, as he was in the original post-WWII Captain America stories, but he'll take on some serious injuries along the way, allowing him to show up again in the future with a cyborg arm.

"Previous thinking at Marvel Studios had Bucky surviving the war and meeting Cap in the modern day as an old man, which is how it happened in the Ultimate universe."

Sebastian Stan will appear as Bucky in The First Avenger: Captain America. It was reported that he had signed on to a multi-picture deal with Marvel.

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Johansson hopes for 'Avengers' role

Scarlett Johansson has revealed that she hopes to appear in the forthcoming Avengers movie.

The actress appeared as Black Widow in the newly released Iron Man 2 film, and told MTV News that she would like to reprise the role.

"I don't know anything about future projects," she said. "I know Marvel is really dedicated to this character, so I'm hoping there will be some sort of call for it.

"Historically, Black Widow is a part of the Avengers, and I know Marvel is totally behind the Black Widow, but I'm hoping."

Joss Whedon is reportedly attached to the Avengers movie, which is due out in 2012.

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'Twilight' spoof 'Fully Mooned' in works

A spoof of The Twilight Saga: New Moon is alleged to be in the works.

According to Production Weekly, director Craig Moss is in pre-production on a film that parodies Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's popular vampire romance series.

Few details have been revealed about the project, other than that it will be produced on a low-budget and is titled Fully Mooned.

Moss has previously spoofed Saving Private Ryan in an 8-minute short called Saving Ryan's Privates and the Judd Apatow stable in The 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall And Felt Superbad About It.

The latest Twilight picture, Eclipse, opens in cinemas this summer.

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Kennedy, Dempsey for 'Transformers 3'?

Jamie Kennedy and Patrick Dempsey have reportedly been cast in Transformers 3.

According to fan site TFW 2005, Dempsey told BOL that he will be playing a dark character in the upcoming sequel.

Meanwhile, Kennedy apparently revealed to an Arizona radio station that he "may have a role in the movie".

Details on the actors' possible roles in the Michael Bay directed film have not been announced.

Neither Paramount Pictures or DreamWorks have commented on the actors' involvement with the project.

Transformers 3 is expected to arrive in cinemas in 2011.

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Don Cheadle's War Machine in 'Avengers'?

Don Cheadle has confirmed that he is signed up to play Iron Man character Colonel James Rhodes, aka War Machine, in multiple sequels.

With Iron Man 2 currently in cinemas, Robert Downey Jr has said that a third Iron Man movie is likely to come after The Avengers, which is currently expected to arrive in May, 2012. This has led to speculation that Cheadle's character may join the cast of the team-up, already known to include Captain America, the Hulk, Thor and Iron Man.

When asked if he had been signed for multiple films, Cheadle told Newsarama: "Yeah, there are more. I don’t want to say the exact number but there are multiple ones.

“Quite honestly we wrapped the movie so long ago and if the next one were to happen, it’s going to happen after Thor, Captain America, and Robert is going to do another Sherlock Holmes so it’s going to be a minute.

He added: "It’s its own train on its own track so you just let that happen and go about your life until they come back and say let’s do another one."

Cheadle has previously said that there are no plans for a War Machine solo movie, though the character's co-creator Bob Layton said that Jim Rhodes has the potential to replace Tony Stark in the the Avengers line-up.

Currently in the pipeline for The Avengers franchise are The First Avenger: Captain America, Thor and The Avengers movie itself. Actor Samuel L Jackson signed to appear as the character Nick Fury in nine Marvel Entertainment films, though it is still unknown what several of these titles might be.

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Dempsey confirmed for 'Transformers 3'

Paramount Pictures has officially confirmed earlier reports that Patrick Dempsey has joined the cast of Transformers 3.

The Grey's Anatomy star will play Megan Fox's boss in a role said to be "significant to the plot".

The movie begins filming this month in Moscow, China, Africa and the U.S.

It is scheduled to be released next summer.

No further comment has been made on Jamie Kennedy's rumored involvement.

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Fox sets 'X-Men' date, director

Fox has set the opening date for X-Men: First Class and confirmed Matthew Vaughn as the movie's director.

After rumours that he had turned down the role, Variety reports that the Kick-Ass director will work on the film alongside producer Bryan Singer.

Fox has set June 3, 2011 as the opening date for the movie.

"I've been a fan of Matthew's since Layer Cake," said Singer, who directed the first two X-Men films.

"He has a deft hand with multiple characters and storylines, and a great love of the X-Men universe. I feel the combination of this story and his vision will make for an exciting and original X-Men film."

Vaughn was originally lined up to direct the third movie in the franchise before it went to Brett Ratner.

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Sutherland: '24' movie is a fresh start'

Kiefer Sutherland has revealed that he is excited about working on a series of 24 movies.

Sutherland, who plays Jack Bauer in the television show, explained that the prospect of a film version made it easier for him to deal with the programme's cancellation.

"One thing that is stopping this [finale party] from being a very sad night for me is we're all going to be working together on the films," he told E! Online. "I don't have to say goodbye to Jack Bauer just yet."

Sutherland added: "[The movie is] going to be a real fresh start for us. It'll be the first time we're not doing it in real time. The film will be a two-hour representation of a 24-hour day, which alleviates the writers of the responsibility of writing in real time, which is unbelievably difficult."

The actor also revealed that preparations for the first 24 movie are going well.

"We just got a screenplay, we're working on that," he said. "It's in the proper stages and we can start to hopefully put together a production schedule... We've got our fingers crossed."

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt for action films?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in final negotiations to star in two upcoming action movies.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gordon-Levitt is in final negotiations for leading roles in Premium Rush and Looper.

Premium Rush is a chase thriller being helmed by director David Koepp for Columbia.

Looper is a futuristic sci-fi adventure directed by Brick and The Brothers Bloom helmer Rian Johnson.

Gordon-Levitt will next be seen in Christopher Nolan's Inception, opening July 16 in US cinemas.

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'Kick-Ass 2' to start filming in 2011

Production on a sequel to Kick-Ass will reportedly begin in 2011.

According to an official statement from comic book creator Mark Millar, the sequel, titled Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall, is being eyed for a 2012 release date.

Millar is currently penning a sequel to his Kick-Ass comic.

Millar made the announcement in a statement about his plans to launch a new magazine called CLiNT which will feature original comics and commentary.

It has not been announced if stars Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz would return for the follow-up.

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Sony to adapt 'Uncharted' game for film

Sony is reportedly producing a film based on popular action-adventure video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Director David O. Russell is on the short list of directors being considered to helm the adaptation.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Cowboys & Aliens screenwriters Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer are penning the film's script for Sony Pictures.

The game charts the journey of a descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado.

Russell's previous films include I Heart Huckabees, Spanking the Monkey and Three Kings.

It is said that studio Sony was eying a summer 2011 release date for the project, but has possibly pushed it back to the later months or 2012.

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Writer in talks to pen 'Die Hard 5'?

Hitman screenwriter Skip Woods is reportedly in talks to pen a fifth Die Hard movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, former Fox executive Alex Young is producing the new picture.

Bruce Willis is expected to return as New York cop John McClane.

Willis previously revealed that a fifth Die Hard was in the works. He claimed that production could begin as soon as 2011.

Woods also co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the upcoming A-Team movie.

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'Ice Age: Continental Drift' dated for 2012

20th Century Fox has confirmed that the third Ice Age sequel will open in cinemas in 2012.

Ice Age: Continental Drift will bow in theatres worldwide on July 13, 2012 and will be the second film in the prehistoric cartoon franchise to be released in 3D.

Last summer's Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs was the most successful in the series, taking in more than $800 million at the worldwide box office.

The Ice Age movies feature the voice talents of Ray Romano and Queen Latifah, who play woolly mammoths heading up a family that includes Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo), Diego the Smilodon (Denis Leary) and opossums Crash (Seann William Scott) and Eddie (Josh Peck).

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Abrams's 'Super 8' is Spielberg collaboration

J.J. Abrams's secret project Super 8 is a collaboration with Steven Spielberg, reports Slash Film.

The Paramount movie, which Abrams has written and directed, will be unveiled in a teaser trailer to be screened before Iron Man 2 in the US from Friday.

Super 8 is said to be an homage to Spielberg's early work such as Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Duel.

Plot details have not been revealed, but the teaser is allegedly set in the '70s and features a train colliding with a truck as it carries cargo to Area 51.

Abrams told Vulture that his mystery project "has nothing whatsoever to do with Cloverfield" and the teaser trailer was sent to cinemas in containers needing special codes to open.

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Jackson 'kept clothes on for sex scene'

Samuel L. Jackson has joked that he is not ready to strip off on camera.

The actor told Parade that he and co-star Naomi Watts kept most of their clothes on for their sex scene in Mother and Child.

Jackson said: "My manager and publicist have always told me, 'You have to find a film where you get the girl. We want women that look at you and go, Oooh'.

"I was like, 'Yeah, right, never gonna happen'."

He added: "There I was in bed with Naomi Watts. Maybe this will spark some whole new career arc for me.

"But I'm not ready for nudity. Believe me, you don't want to see all of me on a big screen. Naomi and I were going for it, but we kept most of our clothes on."

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Theroux denies 'Zoolander 2' axe

Screenwriter Justin Theroux has denied that Zoolander 2 has been axed by Paramount.

Star Ben Stiller recently wrote on his Twitter page that his dimwitted male model character Derek Zoolander had not the "means or intellect to fund [his] own comeback".

Theroux, who is writing and is slated to direct the film, told Movieline that work is continuing on the comedy sequel.

He said: "Today and yesterday I was with Ben, and today, we continued to break story. I have not gotten word from anyone to put pencils down, so I am continuing as though we are proceeding with that film."

When asked about the meaning behind Stiller's tweet, Theroux added: "I wish I could answer that! Honestly, I don't know. You'd have to ask Ben. I have no clue what those things mean. I've heard them, too. We're operating as though it’s absolutely going."

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Brendan Fraser 'has no boundaries'

Matt Prokop has praised his Furry Vengeance co-star Brendan Fraser for being willing to make a fool of himself in order to get a laugh.

Prokop, who plays the son of Fraser's property developer Dan Sanders, told Digital Spy that his fellow cast member was not afraid to risk embarrassment when making the family comedy.

He said: "Brendan has no boundaries. He's always willing to get a laugh. He has to wear a pink 'Yum Yum' jumpsuit that does not fit him at all. He spent the whole day wearing it - showing off and doing little dance moves. Brendan's always down for a laugh."

Prokop also admitted that he was nervous before going in to meet Fraser and Brooke Shields, who portrays his mother Tammy.

"Growing up I was huge fans of both of them," he said. "[It was] very nerve-wracking, I was very scarred going into it, but after the first meeting me and Brooke went for a four-hour walk. We just hung out, went to lunch, she made it very personal like she was my mum so that way the on-screen chemistry was there with the family."

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Rachel Weisz for gender-bending role

Rachel Weisz has signed to portray a "man who turns into a woman" in an upcoming film.

Jennifer's Body helmer Karyn Kusama is directing the project, titled Invisible X, reports MTV.

The 40-year-old will play "two halves" of the same character in the film.

The movie is billed as a David Cronenberg-style horror that addresses gender and body issues.

There is no production schedule set for the movie.

'It's something we've talked about doing, but there are no immediate plans for it," Weisz said.

She added: "Sometimes it takes a while for these things to get off the ground."

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Men In Black III In 3D To Be Released 2012

Okay, hold on a second while I put on my sunglasses. [Pause] Okay, here we go. Now, I’m just going to hold this little device up to your eyes, and you’re going to see a tiny flash. And then you know what’s going to happen? You’re going to forget that Men In Black II ever happened.

And if that doesn’t wash your memory of MIB2, hopefully this will: Columbia Pictures announced today that Men In Black III will be released in 3-D on May 25, 2012. The whole crew is set to return as well — according to Columbia’s press release, deals have been made with Will Smith and director Barry Sonnenfeld, and advanced negotiations are in place with Tommy Lee Jones. (Also close to being on board: Josh Brolin, who is in talks to star as the young version of Jones’ Agent Kay.)

So now that we know they’re all back together, the question is: Are we pumped for the sequel? It’s been eight years since MIB2, so here’s hoping the crew has had time to digest what went wrong the second time around. All I can say is I’m kind of glad Vincent D’Onofrio isn’t on board this time — a 3-D version of his sugar-water loving Edgar/cockroach would be petrifying. What say you, PopWatchers?

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Paltrow surprised by 'Iron Man' success

Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she is surprised by the success of the Iron Man movies.

Speaking to MTV, the 37-year-old said that she and her fellow cast members were shocked by the news that Iron Man 2 has made more than $100m (£66m) at the international box office.

"It's funny. It's great. It's been a great experience to be in a movie that is so monstrously huge," Paltrow said.

She added: "This movie made $100m in its first weekend and I think my biggest movie had been Shakespeare in Love, which made $100m in its whole [theatrical run] - it was kind of amazing to see.

"How does a movie make $100m in one weekend? So, it was fun to be a part of that."

Iron Man 2 opens in the US on Friday.

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