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Shia LaBeouf for horror novel adaptation

Shia LaBeouf is to star in an adaptation of a horror novel about a man who wakes up with horns growing on his head.

The Transformers star was keen to take the lead role in Horns by Stephen King's son Joe Hill, Variety reports.

Makers Mandalay Pictures said: "Shia is an extremely gifted actor who responded to this novel with total enthusiasm from the beginning. We share a passion to bring the iconic character of Ig Perrish to life."

LaBeouf's character will be solving the murder of his girlfriend while also dealing with the growth on his head.

The actor will next be seen in the sequel Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

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Fry: 'Holmes' brother is fun to play'

Stephen Fry has revealed that his character in the Sherlock Holmes sequel is a "lazy" version of the great detective.

Director Guy Ritchie is currently shooting the follow-up to the first film, which co-starred Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr.

Speaking to Total Film, the thespian said: "I play Mycroft. He's Holmes's smarter brother, but he's so lazy, he never gets the reputation that Sherlock does.

"It's a very interesting character and fun to play, especially as I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan since I was a boy."

Game of Shadows will also co-star Mad Men actor Jared Harris.

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Batman' star Michael Gough dies, aged 94

British actor Michael Gough has passed away at the age of 94.

The screen star appeared in more than 150 film and TV roles, including the first four Batman movies as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth and as The Celestial Toymaker in Doctor Who in 1966.

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Gough started his career in the 1947 movie Blanche Fury and gained a cult following for his parts in Hammer Films productions such as 1958's Dracula and 1962's Phantom Of The Opera.

He was cast by Tim Burton in the big screen relaunch of Batman in 1989 before Michael Caine took over the role in 2005's Batman Begins. Gough continued to work with Burton late into his career, featuring in Sleepy Hollow and taking on voice acting jobs in Corpse Bride and Alice In Wonderland.

Earlier this year he provided the voice of villain Parasite in the animated film All-Star Superman.

Gough's first wife Anneke Wills starred as the companion to William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton's Doctors in the the '60s incarnation of Doctor Who. The couple had two children together - one of whom died in 1982 - and divorced in 1979. He previously had a child with second wife Anne Leon.

Gough is survived by his fourth wife Henrietta Gough

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Darren Aronofsky quits 'The Wolverine'

Darren Aronofsky has quit the director's chair for 20th Century Fox's The Wolverine.

The Oscar-nominated Black Swan director released a statement saying that he exited the blockbuster because it would have taken him away from his family for an extended period of time.

Fox had planned to film a large portion of the Christopher McQuarrie-scripted Wolverine, which sees the title character become a samurai, in Japan.

Aronofsky said: "As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox, who have been totally supportive throughout my work on the movie, it became clear that the production of The Wolverine would keep me out of the country for almost a year.

"I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time. I am sad that I won't be able to see the project through, as it is a terrific script and I was very much looking forward to working with my friend Hugh Jackman again."

Aronofsky and Jackman worked together on the 2006 sci-fi romance The Fountain.

Fox said that they are "aggressively" drawing up a shortlist of potential replacements for the director; however the studio is yet to officially give the Marvel Comics adaptation a greenlight.

"While we are of course disappointed that Darren can't do The Wolverine, we also understand and respect his reasons," said the studio in a statement. "Having done both The Wrestler and Black Swan with Darren, we know he is an extraordinary talent and we look forward to working with him on other projects in the future.

"Hugh Jackman and Fox both remain fully committed to making The Wolverine. We will regroup and move forward aggressively."

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Val Kilmer signs to play Wyatt Earp

Val Kilmer has signed to play Wyatt Earp in a new film.

The MacGruber actor will star in the forthcoming indie western The First Ride of Wyatt Earp, reports Variety.

The film will tell the true story of Earp's first ride as a marshal to track the individual who murdered a woman.

Mike Feifer is directing the project, dubbed a "Young Guns for the next generation", from a script by Darren Benjamin Shepherd.

Production has already begun in California.

Kilmer previously played Doc Holiday in the 1993 western Tombstone, which starred Kurt Russell as Earp.

The IRS put a lien on Kilmer's New Mexico home last December after it was reported that the actor owed the government almost $500,000 (£325,650) in unpaid federal taxes.

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'Lost's Matthew Fox Lands Killer Role In 'I, Alex Cross

EXCLUSIVE: In his first major film role since leaving Lost, Matthew Fox has signed on to play an assassin in I, Alex Cross, the reboot of the James Patterson franchise character that’s being put together by QED with Tyler Perry starring and Rob Cohen directing. Ed Burns has also signed on to play Tommy Kane, Cross's partner. At least three studios are vying for the project and a domestic distribution deal will be set imminently.

Contrary to his virtuous Lost character Jack Shepard, Fox will be playing one bad dude in this film. Fox plays Michael Sullivan, who kills both for money and thrills. He’s known as the Butcher of Sligo and shows why after Cross thwarts one of his killing attempts. Sullivan makes his retribution personal, by killing the  detective’s wife in gruesome fashion. Then it becomes a mano a mano battle between them. Sullivan is one of the best known villains  in the Patterson-penned novel series.

Mark Moss wrote the script and he and Cohen have generated a new draft that has some twists different from the novel. QED partners Bill Block and Paul Hanson are producing. WME put the package together.

The reboot of the Alex Cross series took root in late January, with Perry taking the role originated by Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider. Those films were made at Paramount.

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Jennifer Lawrence gets 'Hunger Games' lead

Jennifer Lawrence has been cast in the lead role for the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games.

The Winter's Bone actress, who has long been the frontrunner for the project, will take on the character of Katniss Everdeen in the movie version of the young adult book trilogy.

Director Gary Ross said: "Katniss requires a young actress with strength, depth, complexity, tenderness and power.

"There are very few people alive who can bring that to a role. Jen brings it in spades."

Series author Suzanne Collins also praised Lawrence, adding: "Jennifer's just an incredible actress. So powerful, vulnerable, beautiful, unforgiving and brave. I never thought we'd find somebody this perfect for the role."

The Hunger Games will begin production later this year, with a tentative release date set for 2012

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Kevin Costner signs to star in 'Superman'

Kevin Costner has signed to star in Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel, it has been revealed.

The 'Dances with Wolves' actor, who was first linked to the project last month, has agreed a deal to play Clark Kent's adoptive father Jonathan in the Warner Bros picture, according to Deadline.

Costner will be joined in the movie by confirmed cast members Henry Cavill, who is playing the titular superhero, and Diane Lane, who will portray Jonathan's wife Martha.

Costner was most recently seen starring alongside Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones in John Wells's The Company Men.

Superman: Man of Steel is being produced by Batman trio Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Charles Roven, as well as Zack Snyder's wife Deborah, from a script penned by David S. Goyer.

Other actors who have been rumoured for parts in the project include Rosamund Pike and Viggo Mortensen.

It is currently scheduled for release in December 2012.

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Samuel L. Jackson confirms 'neo-noir' indie

Samuel L. Jackson has confirmed his appearance in indie movie The Samaritan.

The actor, who is due to start shooting The Avengers next month, is to take on the role of a man who leaves prison after two decades only to find himself caught up in a life of crime again.

Director David Weaver has said that the project is inspired by British crime thrillers such as Sexy Beast, The Crying Game and Mona Lisa.

He stated: "A master grifter, Foley's world has always been built on a series of carefully-crafted illusions that only he can see behind.

"Of course, it's an irresistible story idea to take such a character, have him decide to go straight, but then gradually reveal he's been surrounded from the very beginning by a scam so devious that it's entirely beyond his imagining."

Jackson will be starring opposite Luke Kirby and Ruth Negga, who have appeared in Law and Order and Misfits respectively.

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Duncan Jones reveals Simon Pegg movie idea

Moon director Duncan Jones has revealed that he wants to make a movie with Simon Pegg inspired by Peeping Tom.

Speaking to Big Fanboy, the BAFTA-winning filmmaker admitted that he would like to make a "tongue-in-cheek" black comedy version of Michael Powell's 1960 thriller.

"I talked to Simon a little bit about something," Jones said. "There's this crazy, really, really dark film from the '60s called Peeping Tom. I was thinking Simon Pegg doing a real tongue-in-cheek version of that could be really funny because it's so dark. We'll talk and catch up and see what happens."

Peeping Tom, about a murderer who films his victims as they're dying, was a critical and commercial failure on its initial release but has since attained cult status and been endorsed by Martin Scorsese.

Last November Peeping Tom was re-released in UK cinemas to mark its 50th anniversary.

Jones's latest movie Source Code opens in cinemas on April 1.

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Billy Bob Thornton in talks for 'Bad Santa 2

Billy Bob Thornton has announced that he is in talks to star in a sequel to Bad Santa.

The Eagle Eye actor played a criminal who poses as a mall Santa Claus in the 2003 comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff.

Speaking at a panel at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas on Friday, Thornton revealed that he is currently in negotiations to reprise his role in the forthcoming Bad Santa 2.

The Weinstein Company announced that it was partnering with Miramax Films to develop a Bad Santa sequel last December. Thornton said in November that he was interested in returning for the follow-up.

"Bad Santa [has] become like a classic Christmas movie... It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and Bad Santa now is sort of the boxset," the actor previously said.

According to The Wrap, a Weinstein Company spokesperson confirmed: "Everyone loves the character and Billy Bob's excited to be in talks with us."

It is unclear if Zwigoff would return to helm the sequel.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt officially joins 'TDKR'

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's upcoming Batman film The Dark Night Rises.

Gordon-Levitt reportedly signed on for the film last month, but Variety has now confirmed that following almost two months of negotiations, the (500) Days of Summer star has officially joined the film.

Warner Bros has yet to announce which role Gordon-Levitt is to play, although rumours suggest that it would be either Robin, the villain Deadshot, or a Gotham City mob boss.

Kaboom star Juno Temple has also joined the film's cast in a supporting role, playing a "street-smart Gotham girl".

Gordon-Levitt will be reunited with Inception director Nolan for the project, as well as his former co-stars Tom Hardy and Michael Caine, who will star as Bane and Alfred respectively.

The Dark Knight Rises is due for release on July 20, 2012.

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Amazing Spider-Man' villain revealed

The Outsiders star C. Thomas Howell has inadvertently revealed the identity of the main villain in next year's Spider-Man reboot.

During a Retroradio podcast, the actor discussed his supporting role in The Amazing Spider-Man, before confirming that The Lizard will indeed be the film's primary antagonist.

"I play a construction worker whose son is caught in the middle of a battle between The Lizard and Spider-Man on the Manhattan bridge," Howell revealed. "Spider-Man helps me get my son back from this perilous situation."

The actor also claimed that the film will focus more on the public's fear and mistrust of Spider-Man than Sam Raimi's original trilogy did.

"Part of the story is the nation thinks he might be a bad guy," Howell explained. "Spider-Man is kind of hurting. I help him when all of the other people won't."

The inclusion of The Lizard in Marc Webb's reboot has been rumoured ever since Rhys Ifans was cast in an unknown role last year, but Sony have yet to make an official announcement regarding the film's villain.

The Lizard, a long-running enemy of Spider-Man in the comic book series, was created when Peter Parker's lecturer Dr Curt Connors injected himself with reptile DNA in an attempt to regrow a lost limb, but instead ends up turning himself into a mindless monster.

The Amazing Spider-Man is scheduled to be released in 3D on July 3, 2012.

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It might only be me but Actors really should sign contracts that tell them not to reveal anything about the movie to the press.

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Liam Neeson back on for 'Taken 2

Liam Neeson is said to have "all but signed on" to star in the sequel to his 2008 hit Taken, despite earlier reports that suggested that he might pull out of the film.

It was believed that director Luc Besson was considering recasting the lead role of retired government agent Bryan Mills, due to Neeson insisting that he be allowed to take the rest of the year off.

However, according to Deadline, Besson has now negotiated with Neeson to delay filming on Taken 2 until early next year.

Besson will once again write the film's script, and is said to have tapped The Transporter 3 director Olivier Megaton to helm the project.

Work on a sequel to Taken has been underway ever since the first film proved to be an unprecedented success upon its release.

Among the actors believed to have been under consideration to replace Neeson were the likes of Sean Bean, Mickey Rourke and Ray Winstone.

Taken 2 will now commence filming in Istanbul in early 2012.

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I posted that in the TV Show News thread, but I'm not too sure on the Wonder Woman reboot, I will have to wait for the first promo to see if its any good.

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no, some people might not look in the TV Show thread so it might as well be in both to reach more people.

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José Padilha confirms new 'RoboCop' rumours

Brazilian director José Padilha has confirmed that work on the upcoming reboot of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi classic RoboCop is already underway.

The director, long thought to have been tapped to helm the project, admitted during an interview with Motion TV Online that negotiations with the franchise's parent company MGM have already finished.

"It is about doing a new movie, and we're working on it at the moment, and the negotiations are closed already," Padilha explained. "It's a project I'm developing from the very beginning together with Josh Zetumer, and there's no deadline really.

"When the screenplay turns out good enough, then we will start shooting," the director confirmed.

Padilha, best known for his work on the popular Brazilian Elite Squad series, said that he can bring a new perspective to the '80s franchise.

"I think [MGM] saw my movies and felt there was something there that could bring to the present day this controversial, yet different, violent movie which is RoboCop without misrepresenting it," he added.

MGM shelved the potential reboot in July last year due to financial troubles, but last month announced plans to move ahead with the project.

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Ghost Rider 2' is "pretty much a reboot

The Ghost Rider sequel will be "100% different" from the original movie, its director Brian Taylor has revealed.

The Crank helmer, who took charge of Ghost Rider 2: Spirit Of Vengeance with long-time collaborator Mark Neveldine, described the forthcoming movie as "pretty much a reboot" of the Nicolas Cage-starring series.

Discussing his disappointment with the 2007 comic book film, Neveldine told Total Film: "We basically said, we want to do it, [would] absolutely love to do it, but it's gotta be 100% different from the first movie, everything, except for Nic.

"We want the character to look different, feel different, sound different. The backstory of the character's different, the origin of the story is expanded upon in ways that the first movie didn't hint at, at all.

"It's pretty much a reboot, only with the same actor, which makes it: a requel. Or a seboot, I can't decide which one I like better...The first attraction was Nic and the second was the character and just how cool it could be. [I wanted to] kinda make the Ghost Rider movie that I wished I had seen before."

Taylor also dismissed suggestions that the project's $60m (£36m) budget cut would affect the quality of the finished movie, insisting that he and Neveldine are "pretty creative".

He said: "The reports of the budget of Ghost Rider have been greatly exaggerated. We didn't have a lot of money to make this film... but we're pretty creative. It's gonna look f**kin' huge."

Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance will feature an all new-cast to the original film, which includes Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido and Idris Elba. It is due for release in the UK and US on February 17, 2012.

Cage previously claimed that the new Ghost Rider will be more supernatural.

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This is beginning to sound like a pretty good movie now.

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Tom Arnold wants Schwarzenegger for 'Lies 2

Tom Arnold has revealed that he would like to make a sequel to True Lies with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold and Schwarzenegger starred together in the first True Lies film in 1994. Arnold spoke to Movie Web about shooting a potential follow-up, now that Schwarzenegger is returning to making movies.

"I have read a great True Lies 2 script, and I hope we are able to do it. Knock on wood. Arnold Schwarzenegger is excited. I am excited," said Arnold.

He continued: "We have both read the script. There is a script that James Cameron and a guy named Jeff Eastin, who created the TV show White Collar, wrote. It is really great."

Cameron directed the first True Lies film, but Arnold stated that the Avatar helmer can only be involved as a producer in the potential sequel.

"Jim can't direct it. But he can produce it. We hope it gets done. We have a few fun things we want to do. I am supposed to remain cool about this. For me, it would be a lot of fun to work with the guys again," he added.

Schwarzenegger has not yet decided on his next film, though he has said that he will make a choice in the near future.

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Julian Fellowes to make Agatha Christie film

Julian Fellowes is to make a feature-length film based on an Agatha Christie murder mystery.

The Oscar-winning writer, whose most recent hit was the TV drama Downton Abbey, will be adapting the crime author's novel Crooked House.

He told The Independent: "It's one of those things that never go stale; murder in a genteel setting appeals to audiences in Britain and around the world.

"I first read them as I was growing up. We had a holiday cottage in Ireland, and when I was 16 I discovered my first tranche of Agatha Christie novels."

The novel is set in the house of the title, in which the millionaire owner is murdered with his own eye medicine. His death prompts his granddaughter's fiancé to solve the mystery, only after which will he be able to marry her.

Fellowes, who recently took his seat as a Conservative peer in the House of Lords, received his Academy Award for the screenplay of Gosford Park, which starred Helen Mirren and Dame Maggie Smith.

It was revealed earlier today that Fellowes's new drama series based on the Titanic has been greenlit by ITV.

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