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Parker 'wants to play teen Carrie'

Sarah Jessica Parker has said that with new film technology, she could play Carrie Bradshaw in a possible Sex And The City prequel.

The actress has insisted that special effects could make it possible to play the journalist as a teenager, as depicted in creator Candace Bushnell's latest book The Carrie Diaries.

The 45-year-old told E! Online: "Who do I want to play teenage Carrie? I don't know. Maybe they should use old footage of me. And in this new age of Avatar, what about a new 17-year-old S.J.?"

Parker, who starred as Patty Greene in the US TV series Square Pegs in the early '80s, has suggested that her character was a believable portrayal of the young Carrie.

She added: "That might have been Carrie in high school."

In 2008, creator Bushnell suggested that Miley Cyrus play the role of a young Bradshaw in a film adaptation of her prequel series.

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Chad St John pens 'Sgt Rock' movie

Chad St John will pen the movie adaptation of DC Comics' Sgt Rock.

The Four Kings of Ruin director is writing the script for Warner Bros, reports Deadline.

Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert's fictional World War II officer first appeared in 1959.

Producer Joel Silver has previously said that the film will be set in the future.

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Huntington-Whiteley for 'Transformers 3'?

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is reportedly in talks to replace Megan Fox in Transformers 3.

According to Geek Week, sources claim that the Victoria's Secret model has been tapped to co-star in the upcoming action sequel.

The possible role would mark Huntington-Whiteley's big screen acting debut.

Reports citing Katie Cassidy and Gemma Arterton as Fox's replacement in the Michael Bay-directed movie have previously surfaced following Fox's exit from the series.

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Orlando Bloom boards 'Three Musketeers'

Orlando Bloom and James Corden have signed to co-star in the upcoming 3D Three Musketeers movie.

Resident Evil helmer Paul WS Anderson will direct the pair in the project, reports Variety.

Bloom will play the Duke of Buckingham. Corden will portray Planchet, the servant.

Summit Entertainment plans to release the film in US cinemas in the summer of 2011.

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Kreuk, Castle-Hughes for 'Vampire'

Kristin Kreuk, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rachael Leigh Cook have signed to star in upcoming horror film Vampire.

According to Screen Daily, Japanese director Shunji Iwai is helming the project. Vampire will mark his first English language film.

The movie centres on a vampire schoolteacher who falls in love with suicidal students and then kills them.

The film is now shooting in Vancouver.

Kreuk is known for playing Lana Lang on The CW's Smallville. Castle-Hughes recently appeared in Legend of the Seeker, while Cook co-stars in USA's Psych

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Cooper for 'Captain America's Howard Stark

Dominic Cooper will play Iron Man's father Howard Stark in Captain America, reports Salon.

The British actor, who can next be seen opposite Gemma Arterton in Tamara Drewe, will play a younger version of the character portrayed by Mad Men's John Slattery in Iron Man 2.

Cooper joins Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Samuel L. Jackson and Sebastian Stan in the cast of the Marvel Comics blockbuster.

Captain America: The First Avenger will film in the UK this summer under the direction of Joe Johnston. A July 22, 2011 release has already been confirmed

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Nina Dobrev joins thriller 'Deathgames'

Nina Dobrev has signed to co-star in upcoming action thriller Death Games.

The Vampire Diaries actor joins Kellan Lutz, Samuel L. Jackson and Lost actor Daniel Dae Kim in the film, directed by Jonah Loop.

James Remar and Derek Mears have also boarded the cast, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story centres on a young man (Lutz) who is forced to compete against other men in a modern gladiator arena after being kidnapped by a sadistic man (Jackson).

Dobrev will play Lutz's wife.

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Spanish director boards 'Hitman 2'

Spanish filmmaker Daniel Benmayor has signed to direct Hitman 2.

According to Deadline, Alex Young and Chuck Gordon are producing the sequel to the 2007 video game adaptation.

Justified actor Timothy Olyphant starred in the original movie. His return for the sequel has not been announced.

The 20th Century Fox project is scheduled to begin production this autumn.

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Legendary developing 'Mass Effect' movie

Legendary Pictures is developing a movie based on Electronic Arts and Bioware's video game Mass Effect, the studio has announced.

Legendary has acquired theatrical feature film rights to the popular game franchise, according to a statement.

The studio is in negotiations with I Am Legend and Thor producer Mark Protosevich to pen the screenplay.

Warner Bros. will distribute the upcoming film worldwide.

Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce along with Avi and Ari Arad.

The science fiction game takes place in 2183 and follows a team battling an alien race that returns to the galaxy every 50,000 years to wipe out all organic life.

“Mass Effect is a tremendous property ripe for translation to the big screen,” said Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull.

Production details have yet to be announced.

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Michael Bay producing 'Gideon's Sword

Michael Bay has signed to produce an adaptation of children's novel Gideon's Sword.

According to Variety, Paramount has purchased the film rights to the book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

The novel, which is scheduled for an early 2011 release, centres on investigator Gideon Crew, a character spun off from Preston and Child's Agent Pendergast book series.

The first Pendergast book was the basis for the 1997 movie The Relic.

Production details for the movie have yet to be announced.

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Bruckheimer, Disney team for 'Lightspeed'

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures have procured the script for space adventure Lightspeed.

According to Variety, Bruckheimer and Disney paid $3.5m (£2.4m) for the screenplay by Déjà Vu writers Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilii.

The story follows a young pilot on the Earth Interstellar Racing Team who leads his ship on a dangerous outer space adventure.

Bruckheimer reportedly hopes to develop the film as a live-action 3D feature.

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Fraser backs out of 'Journey' sequel?

Brad Peyton is reportedly in talks to direct a Journey to the Center of the Earth sequel without Brendan Fraser attached to star.

Actor Josh Hutcherson, 17, will take the lead role in the follow-up, reports Deadline.

Hutcherson played the protagonist's nephew in the original 2008 movie.

It has been reported that Fraser is opting out of the film because original helmer Eric Brevig will not be available to direct.

Fraser could still make a deal with backers New Line and Walden Media to star, but sources have suggested that such a deal is unlikely.

The studios are eyeing a fall 2011 release date for the picture.

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Huntington-Whiteley wins 'Transformers' role

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has reportedly won the lead female role in Transformers 3.

According to Deadline, the Victoria's Secret model has been offered the starring part after making the final shortlist with Sarah Wright and Brooklyn Decker.

Huntington-Whiteley, the girlfriend of British actor Jason Statham, will take over from Megan Fox in the blockbuster robot franchise. Fox left the third instalment last week amid rumours of a falling out with director Michael Bay.

Transformers 3, which began production earlier this month in Los Angeles, will be Huntington-Whiteley's big screen acting debut. She has previously worked with Bay on several ad campaigns for Victoria's Secret.

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Abin Sur may return for 'GL' sequel

Actor Temuera Morrison has revealed that he may reprise his role in the sequel to the Green Lantern movie.

Morrison is playing Abin Sur, predecessor to the film's star, green lantern of space sector 2814 Hal Jordan.

"They want me to come back in the sequel," Morrison told Latino Review.

"They want to show you my backend story for the next movie. They want to show you how I become part of Green Lantern Corps."

The news has fueled speculation that a sequel could deal with DC's recently concluded 'Blackest Night' storyline.

Abin Sur is bound to die early on in the first movie, as it is his death which triggers Jordan's transformation into the Green Lantern.

However, in the past Abin Sur played a key role in the events leading up to 'Blackest Night'.

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'Zombieland' duo reunite for '30 Minutes'

Jesse Eisenberg will reunite with his Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer for action-comedy 30 Minutes Of Less.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eisenberg has been cast as a pizza delivery man who is forced to rob a bank with a history teacher (Aziz Ansari) when one of them gets strapped with a bomb vest.

The 30 Minutes Of Less cast also includes Danny McBride, Michael Pena and Nick Swardson.

Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan wrote the script for the film, which is expected to begin production over the summer.

Eisenberg can next be seen leading the cast of The Social Network, David Fincher's drama about the founding of Facebook.

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Seann William Scott forms production house

Seann William Scott and screenwriter Steve Conrad have teamed up to form a new production company.

Elephant Pictures will bring together actors and filmmakers to create short films, documentaries and episodic content for the web, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The pair came up with the idea while working together on the 2008 movie The Promotion.

"We want to be able to do things that are a little subversive and something that a studio would be less willing to do," said Scott.

The Cop Out star said that he also wants to produce feature films for the Chicago-based company.

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'Beastly' moves to avoid Efron's 'Charlie'

CBS Films has pushed back the release of Vanessa Hudgens's Beastly in order to avoid a clash with Zac Efron's Charlie St. Cloud.

The latter film, a supernatural ghost story, had recently been shifted into a July 30 slot by Universal, the same date that Efron's girlfriend Hudgens's modern-day Beauty And The Beast reworking was due to hit cinemas.

A statement on the official Facebook page for Beastly said: "We've been hearing from fans, so we know that having both Zac and Vanessa's movies opening on the same day could be a real dilemma for people, so we are moving Beastly. We'll keep you posted on all the latest, so keep checking back here for all things Beastly."

A new date for Beastly has yet to be confirmed.

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Van Damme for 'Kung Fu Panda' sequel

Jean-Claude Van Damme has reportedly joined the voice cast of the upcoming Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom.

Van Damme will join Gary Oldman, Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman in the sequel, DreamWorks Animation has announced.

The Universal Soldier star will play Master Croc.

Michelle Yeoh and Victor Garber have also joined the voice cast, which includes Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, James Hong and David Cross.

The follow up is scheduled to open May 27, 2011 in US cinemas

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Heigl: 'Ashton was mad at me over stunts'

Katherine Heigl has claimed that Ashton Kutcher was unimpressed with her unwillingness to do her own stunts when they worked together.

The pair star opposite each other in new action spy movie Killers. Heigl suggested to Parade that Kutcher was unhappy with her use of stunt doubles.

She said: "He was really mad at me because I wouldn't do my own stunts. He was only partly joking when he said that I probably even think running is a stunt.

"Actually, I do, because it's dangerous. I have bad feet and I have weak ankles. If you have to do it over and over again, you can hurt yourself. Anyway, Ashton was always just rolling his eyes at me."

She added: "I'd be a terrible secret agent. I can't keep a secret and I'm not sneaky. Though I have to say I am very good at hiding. I can hide, and my husband's just terrible at finding me. I do like to jump out from behind doors and scare him."

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Sigourney Weaver for 'Red Lights' role

Sigourney Weaver has signed for a role in upcoming thriller Red Lights.

According to Bloody Disgusting, the Oscar nominee will play Margaret Matheson, a parapsychologist working to discredit a reputable psychic.

Rodrigo Cortes is directing the film. Cortes is also the filmmaker behind the Ryan Reynolds thriller Buried.

The director previously said that Red Lights is "about how the brain does not give a true picture of reality".

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