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Ben Affleck to direct 'Tell No One'

Ben Affleck has been tapped to direct the Hollywood adaptation of Tell No One.

Based on the bestselling Harlen Coben novel of the same name, Tell No One revolves around a doctor who is suspected of killing his wife until he receives evidence that she may not be dead at all.

Affleck will helm an English-language version of the novel, which was previously made into a French-language film in 2008 by Guillaume Canet, reports Deadline.

The script will be written by Chris Terrio, the screenwriter behind Affleck's forthcoming CIA drama Argo.

The Dogma actor was recently rumoured to be in talks for a role in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. However, Affleck reportedly dropped out of the film to focus on Argo.

Affleck just finished filming Terrence Malick's untitled project opposite Rachel McAdams. The Midnight in Paris actress described filming as a "great experience", stating that Malick is inspiring.

Tell No One will mark Affleck's fourth directorial effort.

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Knight and Day' director linked to 'The Wolverine

James Mangold has been linked with the vacant director's chair on The Wolverine.

Mangold, who helmed Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz's action comedy Knight and Day last year, has been approached by studio Twentieth Century Fox, according to Deadline. He is reportedly also Hugh Jackman's first choice for the role.

His previous directorial credits also include Walk the Line and Girl, Interrupted.

Mangold appeared on a shortlist of candidates which was reported across the press last month.

The list also included Fast and Furious 5 director Justin Lin and The Bourne Identity's Doug Liman.

Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky was attached to the The Wolverine but stepped down in March, saying that he did not wish to spend a prolonged period of time away from his family.

Mark Romanek told Digital Spy that he would not be helming the film earlier this month, saying that the script "didn't seem like my kind of thing" and was "not something I felt really passionate about".

Valkyrie writer Christopher McQuarrie has penned the screenplay, which reportedly focuses on Wolverine's time in Japan.

The Wolverine, which is the follow-up to 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has not yet officially been greenlit. It was originally scheduled for release in 2012.

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Jon Hamm for Judd Apatow romantic comedy?

Jon Hamm and Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy are reportedly being eyed for a new romantic comedy.

The two could be cast in the comedy project bought by Universal Pictures to be directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, Deadline reports.

Mad Men star Hamm will play opposite McCarthy in the film, which reportedly centres on a man's obsessive love for a woman.

The project will reunite both actors with the producing and directing duo behind Bridesmaids.

McCarthy is best known for taking one of the titular roles in the CBS comedy Mike and Molly, which depicts the relationship between an overweight couple.

She has also appeared in Samantha Who? and played Lorelai Gilmore's best friend Sookie St. James in Gilmore Girls.

Hamm recently revealed that he is committed to his role as Don Draper in Mad Men for another three years.

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Steven Spielberg planning 'Jurassic Park 4'?

Steven Spielberg is reportedly developing a plot for a fourth Jurassic Park movie.

The director is collaborating with Thor screenwriter Mark Protosevich, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Plans for a follow-up to the third film from 2001 had been put on hold indefinitely after the death of Jurassic Park book author Michael Crichton.

Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill, palaeontologist Dr Alan Grant in the series, said recently that he thought a follow-up is "unlikely" given that the creature designer Stan Winston had also passed away.

A fourth film has been under discussion since 2009, with Jurassic Park III filmmaker Joe Johnston claiming that a script for the project could set up another trilogy.

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I would love to see a third one

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Con Air' director for Stallone's 'Expendables 2

Simon West is to direct the sequel to Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables.

The Con Air director will take over from the actor, who has said that he will only act and write the follow-up to the action film, according to Deadline.

West is currently attached to the Dwayne Johnson movie Protection and has also committed to another Nicolas Cage project titled Medallion.

He also famously directed Rick Astley in the video for the singer's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'.

Stallone has not disclosed details of the plot for The Expendables 2, but said earlier this year that he was finding it difficult to come up with a story.

The actor-turned-director has been working on bringing together the original cast, including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Bruce Willis and Dolph Lundgren.

> Jean-Claude Van Damme cast in 'Expendables 2'

The Expendables 2 will hit cinemas on August 17, 2012.

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'Batman Begins' star to return for 'Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises will reportedly see the return of a character from Batman Begins.

Christopher Nolan's superhero sequel allegedly welcomed Liam Neeson to the London set on Monday where he filmed scenes as villain Ra's Al Ghul.

Neeson filmed for the day before jetting off to New York for the premiere of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, reports HitFix.

Ra's Al Ghul appeared to die at the climax of Batman Begins, but in the DC Comics mythology the character has been resurrected in a chemical pool dubbed the Lazarus Pit.

The Social Network star Josh Pence has already signed up to appear as a younger version of Ra's.

Batman franchise mainstay Gary Oldman, who plays Commissioner James Gordon, recently revealed to Digital Spy that director Nolan brings the Dark Knight Rises storyline "back around" to Batman Begins.

Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine will star in The Dark Knight Rises, to be released in cinemas on July 20, 2012.

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Kate Winslet to star in 'Labour Day

Kate Winslet has signed on to star in the literary adaptation Labour Day.

The Titanic actress is to play a mother who, together with her young boy, meets a mysterious stranger and offers to help him, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Josh Brolin has been tapped to star in the adaptation of the Joyce Maynard novel as well, presumably as the stranger.

Up in the Air director Jason Reitman will helm the project, which has not been scheduled for release as of yet.

Winslet recently starred in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. The actress's co-star Guy Pierce revealed in early June that Winslet was reluctant to show her breasts on camera, stating that the choreography was key in filming a love scene.

The 35-year-old said in 2006 that she hated shooting sex scenes, claiming that she feels "sick" when she knows that she will have to take her clothes off.

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Chelsea Handler in talks for 'Fun Size' comedy

Chelsea Handler is said to be in talks to take a supporting role in the upcoming Paramount comedy film Fun Size.

The project focuses on a teenage girl - played by Victoria Justice of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 and Victorious - who accidentally loses her younger brother while trick-or-treating and must locate the child before their mother discovers that he's missing.

The Chelsea Lately host would play the children's mother, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The script was written by Colbert Report writer Max Werner and will be directed by Gossip Girl and Chuck producer Josh Schwartz.

Handler recently confessed that she may move on from Chelsea Lately as she wants to take on projects that allow her to use her brain more.

Her memoirs have recently been turned into a new NBC comedy due to air in the fall entitled Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea.

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Zoe Saldana for JJ Abrams's 'Infinitely Polar Bear'?

Zoe Saldana is in negotiations to join the JJ Abrams-produced Infinitely Polar Bear.

The actress could be playing Mark Ruffalo's wife in the drama, which centres on his bi-polar character's decision to abandon medication, Vulture reports.

He loses his job and is then forced to raise his children alone after his disgruntled wife leaves him.

Infinitely Polar Bear will mark the directorial debut of its writer Maya Forbes, who previously penned Monsters Vs Aliens and US cult comedy The Larry Sanders Show.

Saldana worked with Abrams on his Star Trek reboot and admitted in January that she is keen to start working on a follow-up to the sci-fi movie.

Production on Infinitely Polar Bear is expected to begin in September.

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Luke Evans to join 'The Hobbit

Luke Evans has signed up to star in both parts of The Hobbit.

The Tamara Drewe actor will take on the role of Bard the Grim (also known as Bard the Bowman) in the films, Deadline reports.

Bard is the son of King Girion of Dale, who was killed by the talking dragon Smaug. He is a skilled archer and will have a greater role in the second half of the Lord of the Rings prequel.

It has also been confirmed that Benedict Cumberbatch, whose role in the films was accidentally revealed by Martin Freeman last month, will voice Smaug. He will portray the character using motion capture technology.

Director Peter Jackson officially announced the titles of the two films last month. They will be called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

Evans has been in the running for several major roles recently, including the lead in The Bourne Legacy and Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.

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Mel Gibson movie comeback "Tarantino-esque

Mel Gibson is reportedly planning to return to making movies.

The Beaver actor is currently shopping around a picture that he produced titled How I Spent My Summer Vacation. While the film has yet to secure a US distributor, buyers are allegedly showing interest in the movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"It's an interesting, cool movie," said an insider. "In fact, it has what I'd call a Tarantino-esque feeling."

In addition, a number of agencies are said to be pursing the actor, who was dropped by WME after last summer's voicemail scandal.

"There's a lot of interest on the agency side, but I don't think anything is imminent," said Gibson's spokesman Alan Nierob.

Gibson ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva recently abandoned her domestic violence lawsuit against the Lethal Weapon actor, with a source stating that the former model wants to resolve her grievances with Gibson in a peaceful fashion.

Gibson was sued earlier this week after a man claimed that he had lost his life savings by investing in a tire recycling company on the actor's word.

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Tyrese Gibson 'wants Spielberg for Transformers

Tyrese Gibson has revealed that he hopes Steven Spielberg will take over the Transformers franchise if Michael Bay decides not to return to the films.

Gibson spoke to Movie Web about the future of the robot-based franchise, offering Spielberg as an ideal candidate to direct the fourth instalment of Transformers.

"[If] Michael Bay decides to not come back for Transformers 4, there is always Steven Spielberg," Gibson said. "I am not saying that Steven Spielberg is for a fact going to direct Transformers 4. But it is a beautiful safety net to know that one of the biggest, most respected directors in the world happens to be an executive producer on Transformers."

Gibson continued: "[Spielberg] is someone who knows this world. And he could easily step in and direct Transformers 4 if he decided to."

Series star Shia LaBeouf recently confirmed that he will not be returning to make a fourth Transformers movie, stating that he does not believe Bay will come back either.

LaBeouf previously promised that Indiana Jones 5 is on the way, claiming that actor Harrison Ford is getting in shape to play the titular character.

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Samuel L Jackson: 'Avengers leak was crazy

Samuel L Jackson has confessed that bosses at Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios were "really upset" after his Avengers script was leaked online.

The Pulp Fiction star, who plays Nick Fury in the upcoming superhero team-up, had his copy of the screenplay stolen last month and shopped around the internet by an anonymous hacker.

Jackson - explaining the leak to WENN - recalled: "When they sent me the new version of the script, I was shooting a film in Toronto and my assistant copied it from the email [and printed it] in the office somewhere. And by the time we got to Albuquerque someone had stolen the script out of the printer and put it online for sale.

"I didn't know printers had memories. And apparently my assistant didn't either. Marvel/Disney kind of got really upset about it. It caused a minor storm of investigation. They sent a team of investigators to Canada. They were trying to [track down] the IP address of the person that put it online. It was crazy."

Marvel vowed to continue filming the blockbuster as scheduled despite the leak.

The Avengers, which stars Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Chris Evans as Captain America, arrives in theatres on May 4, 2012.

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Diversity film deal is close', says Ashley Banjo

Ashley Banjo has revealed that his dance troupe Diversity is "close" to landing a movie deal.

The Britain's Got Talent 2009 winners have previously appeared as themselves in Streetdance 3D, but are now hoping for a standalone movie.

Banjo told the Belfast Telegraph: "The film thing for us is closer than people expect, and I'm pretty sure it will happen in the near future."

The dancer added that the group will be appearing at the 2012 Olympics, but refused to reveal any details of their participation.

He said: "I can't confirm yet, but as a group we're definitely going to be involved in the Olympics in a performance sense."

Speaking about Diversity's popularity, he added: "I'm quite confident that people would always enjoy us, whether we were popular or not, but since Britain's Got Talent it's been like a snowball effect. It's been more and more popular.

"That proves the public really enjoy what we do, because it's more than two years now since the show, and we're about to embark on our biggest tour yet, not our smallest one.

"That's a good sign when the public keep coming back for more."

Diversity will return for Streetdance 2, along with George Sampson and Flawless.

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'Scary Movie 5' for 2012 release

The Weinstein Company has announced that Scary Movie 5 will launch in cinemas in April 2012.

Earlier this year, it was confirmed that the studio were planning a fifth instalment in the long-running horror spoof franchise.

Despite the announced release date, it is still unknown whether stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall will reprise their roles as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks respectively.

The franchise's last entry Scary Movie 4 took $41 million at the US box office upon its release in April 2006, and went on to gross around $91 million domestically.

The studio also announced that Patrick Lussier's rebooted Halloween 3D will be released on October 26, 2012.

Scary Movie 5 is expected to hit cinemas on April 20, 2012.

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I think the idea of a 5th Scary Movie is stupid because the 4th one was OK at best and its result in the Box Office worldwide was poor.

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Channing Tatum joins new thriller 'Blood Brothers

Channing Tatum will reportedly star in a new thriller from Chernin Entertainment called Blood Brothers.

According to Variety, the studio has picked up the original project, which will be penned by The Blue Hour writer Eric Nazarian and Mongol writer and director Sergei Bodrov.

Bodrov will also direct the film while he, Nazarian and Tatum will all serve as producers on the project.

While little is known about the film's plot other than the fact that it is set in Russia, it is being described as a "suspenseful thriller".

Blood Brothers is one of several roles Tatum already has lined up for 2012, which includes both a new G.I. Joe entry and the film Magic Mike, about the actor's days as a young male stripper.

Tatum is currently filming the remake of 21 Jump Street, which also stars Jonah Hill, Dave Frano, Brie Larson and Ellie Kemper.

No further details about Blood Brothers have been announced.

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Wedding Crashers' director for King Arthur film

Warner Bros have landed Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin's spec script, which will be a reboot of the King Arthur story.

Variety confirms that the studio has won a heated bidding war for the project, beating out offers from both Fox and Universal.

The film is being envisioned as a big-budget comedy, which Dobkin will direct from his own script.

The acquisition casts doubt on reports that Guy Ritchie was to begin working on a King Arthur adaptation of his own for Warner Bros.

Antoine Fuqua was the last director to release a retelling of the Arthurian legend, in the poorly-received 2004 film King Arthur starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley.

Dobkin is currently best known for his successful comedy films, including Wedding Crashers, Shanghai Knights and Fred Claus.

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Guillermo Del Toro 'unlikely' to make 'Hellboy 3

Hellboy creator and writer Mike Mignola has said that he can't imagine that Guillermo Del Toro will ever get around to making a third entry in the popular film franchise.

Del Toro directed both the 2004 original Hellboy and its 2008 sequel Hellboy 2, but Mignola revealed that the director's hectic work schedule will likely prevent anther entry from happening.

"Last I heard, he said he would not make it," Mignola told Daily Blam at this weekend's Calgary Comics Expo.

"Guillermo, who I love, in every interview there's a new story on what his next movie is and he honestly believes he's going to do all these things," the writer explained. "But last I heard he said, 'I'm never gonna get back to Hellboy'.

"I'm not surprised because he won't live long enough to do a tenth of the movies he's told me he's going to make."

The first two Hellboy films starred Ron Perlman as the titular superhero, opposite the likes of Selma Blair, Doug Jones and Jeffrey Tambor.

Both films were critically well-received, with Hellboy grossing a total of around $99 million and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army outperforming the original with a gross revenue of around $160 million.

Perlman himself said earlier this year that, as far as he was concerned, there had been no word on a potential third Hellboy outing.

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I'm happy about this because the 2nd one was terrible.

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Steven Spielberg 'ordered Megan Fox Transformers firing

Michael Bay has claimed that Steven Spielberg personally ordered for Megan Fox to be fired from the Transformers franchise.

The 25-year-old was replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in the upcoming Transformers: Dark of the Moon after publicly feuding with Bay.

The director has now alleged that Fox's comments of him behaving "like Hitler" was the final straw for Spielberg, who serves as executive producer of the Transformers series.

"You know the Hitler thing. Steven [Spielberg] said, fire her right now," he revealed to the Mail On Sunday.

Fox's former Transformers co-star Shia LaBeouf also appeared to back the decision in the wake of her axing, arguing: "She started s**t-talking our captain. Which you can't do."

Fox was also said to have angered Transformers crew members, who described her as "dumb as a rock" and "as ungracious a person as you can fathom".

Fox has always insisted that she left the Transformers franchise of her own accord.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is released in US and UK cinemas on June 29.

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Simon Pegg: 'World's End draft before Star Trek 2

Simon Pegg has revealed that he hopes to have a draft of The World's End in the near future.

The Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol actor spoke to Collider about his upcoming projects, stating that he would like to start working with his frequent collaborator Edgar Wright on a script for The World's End, the final part in the 'Cornetto Trilogy', before filming Star Trek 2.

"Well, what Edgar and I are trying to do is fit in some writing time before I start Star Trek," Pegg said. "We'd like to be able to sit down long enough to be able to maybe even get a draft out even. Because I think this time we'll be able to hit the ground running."

He continued: "We've written two films together. We procrastinated a lot on Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I think with this one, because we're match fit, I think we can... write as good a script but do it slightly more efficiently."

Pegg recently told Digital Spy that he is also working on a new film with Nick Frost, claiming that the two of them have come up with an idea for a movie that they want to do as soon as possible.

Last week, the 41-year-old confirmed that Star Trek 2 will begin production this year in the autumn.

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