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A-listers vie for Jolie's 'Gravity' role

Angelina Jolie has turned down a second offer to star in Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi drama Gravity.

According to Deadline, the $80 million Warner Bros project is in danger of collapsing because the studio are unsure about which actress to cast in place of Jolie.

The previously rumoured Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively have been confirmed as potential replacements for Jolie, while Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts, Marion Cotillard, Carey Mulligan, Sienna Miller, Abbie Cornish, Rebecca Hall and Olivia Wilde have all screen tested or been approached.

Robert Downey Jr. is still attached to the project in a supporting role.

Gravity, which Cuarón co-wrote with his son Jonas, is set on a remote space station and centres on a female astronaut's attempt to get home to her daughter after her crew is wiped out by falling debris.

The lead role is said to be similar to Tom Hanks's in Cast Away, focusing on the same character for the majority of the movie.

Gravity is due to begin production next year after Downey Jr. finishes filming on Sherlock Holmes

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Emma Bell lands 'Final Destination 5' role

Emma Bell has reportedly signed to star in the upcoming Final Destination 5.

The actress, who will also appear in AMC’s forthcoming series The Walking Dead, is to play the lead role in the horror sequel, reports Arrow in the Head.

Bell joins the previously cast Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ellen Wroe, Meghan Ory, David Koechner, P.J. Byrne and Tony Todd in the picture.

Steven Quale is directing the fifth instalment in the franchise. Production is scheduled to start next week for a fall 2011 release.

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Johansson, Gordon-Levitt for zombie movie?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson are reportedly "loosely" attached to star in upcoming film Breathers: A Zombie's Lament.

According to Pajiba, Diablo Cody is producing the movie, billed as a romantic comedy with zombies.

Geoff LaTulippe is writing the screenplay, an adaptation of a 2009 novel by S.G. Browne.

The story follows the adventures of a man who discovers that he is not dead and must live among regular people.

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Cruise, McAvoy vie for 'Mountains Of Madness'

Tom Cruise and James McAvoy are reportedly competing to star in Guillermo del Toro's new movie At The Mountains Of Madness.

According to Collider, studio Universal want McAvoy to lead the cast of the horror film, while director del Toro is keen for Cruise to take on the role of geologist William Dyer.

Cruise and del Toro had previously been working together on a Van Helsing project.

At The Mountains Of Madness, based on a novella from H.P. Lovecraft, centres on a group of scientists on an expedition to Antarctica discovering a chain of mountains that leads to the remains of uncharted life forms.

James Cameron is producing At The Mountains Of Madness, which will be del Toro's first 3D film

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Unbreakable 2' to be used in 'Chronicles'

M. Night Shyamalan has revealed that he will use his ideas for Unbreakable 2 in a Night Chronicles movie.

Speaking to MTV, the director confirmed that a villain he wanted to appear in his Unbreakable follow-up will be reworked for the series of horror films he is producing.

"I cannibalised the idea for the sequel to Unbreakable for one of the Night Chronicles," he said. "It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for Unbreakable, and it was too much.

"There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, 'I'll make this the second flick'. I fleshed it out more and more, and thought, 'This could be a standalone movie'."

Shyamalan added: "I'll just say it: the third Night Chronicles movie is what would have been the sequel [to Unbreakable]."

Devil, the first movie in the Night Chronicles, will open on September 17

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Kick-Ass 2' begins in nine months

Mark Millar has announced that production on the movie sequel to Kick-Ass will begin in nine months.

Kick-Ass 2 director Matthew Vaughn will begin work on the film after he has finished on Fox's X-Men: First Class, reports ICv2.

The sequel was in the works before the release of the first movie, which was based on Millar and John Romita Jr's Icon comics miniseries.

Despite the first film's disappointing performance at the box office, the sequel still looks likely to go ahead.

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Olivia Thirlby boards 'Judge Dredd' cast

Olivia Thirlby has joined the cast of DNA Films's 3D Judge Dredd movie.

The Juno star will play Cassandra Anderson, a telepathic rookie cop who teams up with the titular antihero.

Karl Urban (Star Trek) has already been cast as Dredd, the comic book law enforcer who serves as judge, jury and executioner in Mega-City One.

Brit filmmaker Pete Travis will direct the $45 million (£29m) movie in South Africa this year from a script by Alex Garland, reports Variety.

The character, created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, first appeared in a 2000AD science fiction anthology in 1977 and was played by Sylvester Stallone in a 1995 movie adaptation.

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Chloe Moretz eyes 'Hunger Games' role

Chloe Moretz has reportedly been named as the favourite to win the lead role in the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy.

The Let The Right One In star is said to have surpassed shortlisted actresses Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning to play Katniss Everdeen, a teenager fighting against a dystopian government, reports USA Today.

The 13-year-old has also expressed interest in taking part in the series, telling Shockya.com: "I really, really want to be in it.

"I would so, so, so, so, so love to be in this film. It would be such an honour to be in it."

However, no official casting announcements have been made.

The Hunger Games, written by Collins and Flightplan screenwriter Billy Ray, is due to begin production in 2011.

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Jamie Bell to star in 'Man on Ledge'?

Jamie Bell has reportedly opened talks to star in thriller Man on Ledge.

The Billy Elliot actor could join Sam Worthington in the film, directed by Asger Leth.

Anthony Mackie is also in negotiations to appear, reports Variety.

The movie centres on a former New York City police officer (Worthington) who threatens to kill himself by jumping off a ledge. A female psychologist attempts to talk him out of jumping.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian and David Ready are producing the picture.

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Liam Neeson in talks for 'The Grey'

Liam Neeson is reportedly circling the lead role in upcoming survival drama The Grey.

The Oscar winner is in negotiations to star in the picture from A-Team director Joe Carnahan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Neeson could end up replacing Bradley Cooper, who was originally attached to play the lead role in the film.

The Grey follows a man and his team of oil drillers who struggle to survive in the wild after a plane crash. They are forced to battle aggressive wolves.

Carnahan and Ian Jeffers wrote the script for the Scott Free production.

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Hardy joins 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

Tom Hardy has joined the cast of upcoming spy film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

According to The Playlist, Hardy is replacing Michael Fassbender who was originally attached to star in the picture. Fassbender reportedly left to appear as Magneto in X-Men: First Class.

Hardy has won the role of 'Tricky' Ricky Tarr, a Cold War-era British Operative. The actor joins Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Jared Harris and Benedict Cumberbatch in the movie.

Let The Right One In director Thomas Alfredson is helming the film, which is scheduled to open in US cinemas in 2012.

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Bellucci joins 'Manual Of Love 3' cast

Monica Bellucci has reportedly signed on to join the cast of Manual Of Love 3.

According to Variety, the actress will play Robert De Niro's love interest in the romantic drama, with the actors' parts spoken in both English and Italian.

Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis has suggested that the new lineup will attract a wider audience compared to the first two films, saying: "This third one, with De Niro in the cast, will have greater international ambitions."

It has also been reported that Manual Of Love helmer Giovanni Veronesi will also direct the third instalment of the franchise.

In May, Bellucci gave birth to her second child.

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Cameron 'glad Terminator sequels flopped'

James Cameron has admitted that he was relieved that the last Terminator sequels did not surpass the success of his first two instalments.

The director, who helmed Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, has revealed that he was happy when Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines and Terminator Salvation didn't out-perform his films at the box office.

The 56-year-old told Shortlist: "You definitely want to see them not do as well. With Terminator 3 and 4, because Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sam Worthington were in them, I wanted them to do well, but just not that well!"

It was reported this summer that a 3D animated Terminator movie is in the works.

Cameron recently blasted the Piranha remake, claiming that it has cheapened the 3D medium.

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Ridley Scott promises 'nasty Aliens'

Ridley Scott has teased that the prequels to his 1979 horror movie Alien will be "really nasty".

The 72-year-old director, who recently revealed plot details of the upcoming films, warned Virgin Media that his intention to explore the back story of the extraterrestrial monsters would not make for easy viewing.

"The film will be really tough, really nasty. It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"

The Gladiator mastermind added that he was determined to craft a superior product to James Cameron's own intergalactic epic Avatar.

"Jim's raised the bar and I've got to jump to it," Scott stated. "He's not going to get away with it."

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Garfield: 'I'm honored to be Spider-Man'

Andrew Garfield has described his casting as Spider-Man in the hero's upcoming film reboot as "the stuff that dreams are made of".

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, Garfield joked that he has been preparing for the role since he was a young child.

"I feel like I’ve been preparing for it for a while," he said. "Ever since Halloween when I was 4-years-old and I wore my first Spider-Man costume."

The actor stated that the superhero touches the lives of so many boys because he seeks to right the world's injustices.

He explained: "Like every young boy who feels stronger on the inside than they look on the outside, any skinny boy basically who wishes their muscles matched their sense of injustice, God, it’s just the stuff that dreams are made of, for sure."

Garfield also noted that being chosen to portray one of Marvel Comics's most iconic characters is one of his life's great honours.

"It’s a true f**king honour to be part of this symbol that I actually think is a very important symbol and it’s meant a great deal to me, and it continues to mean something to people."

The Spider-Man reboot will reportedly debut in US cinemas in 2012.

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Downey inspired Ruffalo to do 'Avengers'

Mark Ruffalo has said that Robert Downey Jr's performance in Iron Man influenced him to star in the Avengers movie.

Ruffalo was cast to play Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the Marvel film in July. The announcement was made at the annual San Diego Comic-Con.

Speaking to the Sunday Herald about the role, he said: "I probably wouldn't have done this movie in the past. But because of what Robert had done and where that genre has gone since then, I did it."

The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, will also star Downey, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth.

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Arterton 'meets Scott for Alien prequel'

Gemma Arterton has revealed that she will meet with Ridley Scott about starring in his Alien prequels.

The Tamara Drewe star told The Times that Scott requested a meeting after seeing her performance in J Blakeson's thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed.

Scott recently detailed his planned additions to the Alien franchise, saying that the two-film story will be "really tough, really nasty".

Arterton also disclosed that she has upcoming roles in The Keys To The Street, a Ruth Rendell novel adapted by Inception director Christopher Nolan and a Richard E. Grant-helmed "cowboy film" In With The Outlaws.

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Depp, Paradis 'to play literary lovers'

Vanessa Paradis has confirmed that she and long-term partner Johnny Depp are in talks to star together in a film about feminist writer Simone De Beauvoir.

The French singer and actress was rumoured to be in line for the role of De Beauvoir in My American Lover, and has now revealed that Depp is in negotiations to play her lover Nelson Algren.

Paradis told WENN: "They're still writing the script but the idea would be amazing because it's such a beautiful story. You only know when you're really actually shooting."

The couple were previously cast together in Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote, but the ill-fated project was never completed.

"We've had plenty of opportunities to work together," Paradis explained. "But I don't know that I could do it... It's something that we don't look for, otherwise it would've happened many times.

"My American Lover came along and it might happen just because the story is great and why not if we can, but we don't push things. Playing in front of one of the best actors in the world that we have and someone I know so well will be challenging.

"That's why we don't run after it. But I don't know... why not?"

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Natalie Portman offered 'Gravity' lead

Natalie Portman has been offered the lead role in Alfonso Cuaron's science fiction survival story Gravity, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The part - that of a female astronaut stranded in space after her crew is killed by debris - is one of the most sought after in Hollywood after Angelina Jolie dropped out of the running to star.

Actresses including Rachel Weisz, Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan, Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively were all linked to the picture last week.

Warner Bros gave Cuaron the green light to offer Portman the lead role following the rave festival reviews for her performance in Black Swan. The actress will read the script - by Children Of Men helmer Cuaron and his son Jonas - this week before making a decision.

Robert Downey Jr will also star in the movie, which is scheduled to begin shooting at the end of January.

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Martin Freeman 'turns down Hobbit role'

Martin Freeman has reportedly turned down a seven-figure offer to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.

The actor turned down the role in the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's book because he had already committed to 20 weeks filming the second series of BBC's Sherlock, The Sun reports.

"It was one of the most difficult decisions of his career," a source told the paper. "MGM, who are making the film, only got a formal offer over in the last couple of weeks."

They continued: "It was too late for Martin because he had already signed up for another series of Sherlock. It was agonising but he had no other choice.

"All the actors had to read four pages of script to camera which is being shown to Peter Jackson."

They added: "He is looking for a hidden gem now Martin has ruled himself out of the job."

Freeman will return to his role as John Watson in the next three-part series of Sherlock.

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