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'Fast and Furious 6' confirmed by Universal

Universal Pictures has announced a release date for the sixth entry in its popular The Fast & the Furious franchise.

According to EW, Fast and Furious 6 will be released on Memorial Day weekend 2013 and will see the characters embark on their most dangerous adventure yet.

Although no cast details have been officially announced, it is expected that Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson and Jordana Brewster will all return for the new film.

Fast Five opened in cinemas earlier this year, giving Universal its biggest opening weekend ever.

Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel will serve as producers, while Fast Five director Justin Lin will return to direct the sequel.

Universal also announced that its supernatural comedy R.I.P.D. starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges will reach cinemas in June 2013.

Fast and Furious 6 is expected in cinemas on June 24, 2013.

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Christopher Meloni confirms 'Man of Steel' casting

Former Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Christopher Meloni will not portray Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder's upcoming reboot Superman: The Man of Steel.

Following reports yesterday that Meloni had been cast in an unknown role, rumours began to circulate that Meloni would portray Clark Kent's arch-nemesis, due to his resemblance to the comic book villain.

However, while he has so far refused to elaborate on his role in the film, Meloni has confirmed that he has been cast as "a general".

"I can't tell you, or I'd have to kill you," Meloni told Vulture when pressed for further details.

Meloni did confirm that he begins shooting the film at the end of August for the next five months across Chicago, Vancouver and Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The actor is best known for starring on Law & Order: SVU as Detective Elliot Stabler for the past 12 seasons until his decision to leave earlier this year.

Snyder's comic book reboot already has an expansive cast, including the likes of Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Antje Traue, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, while Russell Crowe and Julia Ormond are expected to portray Superman's Kryptonian parents.

Superman: The Man of Steel will begin filming later this year, ready for a release in December 2012.

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Green Lantern' sequel 'still planned to go ahead

Warner Bros is reportedly keen to begin work on a Green Lantern sequel despite the first film's mediocre box-office performance.

Green Lantern topped the US box office last week, but suffered a 66% drop off this weekend, bringing its overall domestic total to $89.3 million.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner are said to be "somewhat disappointed" by the film's performance, but are still keen to continue the DC Comics franchise.

Warner president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman downplayed the importance of the drop-off, insisting that Green Lantern was still settling in, and that fanboy films always suffer an initial decline in their second week of release.

Green Lantern stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Peter Sarsgaard, and cost around $200 million to produce before marketing, but has so far received a poor reception from critics.

Reynolds recently admitted that he had already begun researching further Green Lantern stories in the hope that there is a second film.

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Pixar making 'Toy Story 4', says Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks has revealed that Pixar is planning to make Toy Story 4.

The Larry Crowne star, who provides the voice of cowboy Woody, said that the animation studio is currently working on a further instalment in the popular series.

"I think they are trying to do another one. The spirit afoot is to make a fourth," Hanks told radio station Magic 105.4.

"Whatever is going on at Pixar headquarters is a mystery to me. I'll wait until they blow white smoke out of the chimney or whatever it is that says there's another Toy Story coming down the pipe."

Pixar recently announced plans to release a mystery movie in 2013, although the project is said to be unrelated to any of its previous pictures.

Toy Story 3 opened in cinemas last summer and pulled in more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The characters will appear in front of Cars 2 in short film Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation.

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Anne Hathaway: 'I have to be strong to play Catwoman

Anne Hathaway has opened up about her role as Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, in The Dark Knight Rises.

The Rachel Getting Married actress stated that she is finding the physical preparation for her role in the third instalment of Christopher Nolan's Batman movies to be strenuous, according to Harper's Bazaar.

"I've always thought that skinny was the goal, but with this job I also have to be strong," the 28-year-old said.

Hathaway went on to speak about hosting the Academy Awards in February, claiming that she enjoyed herself in spite of receiving poor reviews.

"In the grand scheme of things, I got to have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Hathaway said. "I met great people, wore beautiful clothes. And I got to put on a show. I don't see a downside. Anyone who disliked my personality probably disliked my personality before the Oscars."

Hathaway reportedly injured a stunt man while on the set of The Dark Knight Rises in early June, giving the man a black eye.

The Dark Knight Rises began filming in London in early May. It is scheduled for a July 20, 2012 release.

Michael Caine recently described the plot to the Batman sequel as "extraordinary".

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Jodie Foster to join 'R.I.P.D

Jodie Foster has reportedly been approached to appear in action comedy R.I.P.D.

The Beaver star is being courted to take on a lead role in the comic book adaptation, which tells the story of a ghostly police force, according to Indiewire.

Foster is apparently being lined up to play a character named Procter, believed to be the boss of the titular organisation.

Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges are so far the only stars confirmed for the 2013 picture.

Hangover star Zach Galifianakis was previously attached to the project, but dropped out in April as a result of scheduling conflicts.

Foster previously worked with R.I.P.D.'s director Robert Schwentke on 2005 airplane mystery Flightplan.

R.I.P.D. will hit cinemas on June 28, 2013.

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Shia LaBeouf 'doesn't want to be Tom Cruise'

Shia LaBeouf has revealed that he does not want to become a Hollywood superstar like Tom Cruise.

The Transformers: Dark of the Moon star stated that he has no desire to be in the public eye all the time, according to the Los Angeles Times.

"The way Steven [Spielberg] described it to me was, 'When Tom Cruise walks outside his house, he doesn't pick his nose. From the minute he leaves his door to the minute he comes back home, he doesn't pick his nose'," the 25-year-old said. "Now that's a certain way to live your life that I have no ambitions toward."

LaBeouf went on to say that he has no idea what his next project will be.

"There's this coming-of-age thing that's happening within me," LaBeouf said. "I've come from family-fare, pop-culture, Steven Spielberg-safe, made-for-a-generalized-populace [projects], and I have these yearnings to do different things. Which way is this boy gonna go? I have no idea. I'm just reading and being patient now for the first time."

LaBeouf recently described Transformers director Michael Bay as a big brother, claiming that the two have developed a close bond after working on three films together.

The actor confessed last week that the second instalment in the Transformers franchise had no script, stating that he was not surprised when the movie failed to impress critics and audiences alike.

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

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Nicole Kidman to join 'The Paperboy'?

Nicole Kidman has reportedly signed on to appear in upcoming drama The Paperboy.

The film will star Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey and Tobey Maguire, and follows two brothers who fight to save the life of a death row inmate.

It will be written and directed by Precious's Lee Daniels.

Kidman would replace Modern Family's Sofia Vergara, who recently dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Her potential role would be a woman who writes letters to inmates, and alerts one of the brothers about a particular prisoner's case.

Kidman recently filmed her first ever YouTube video, thanking fans for their support throughout her career.

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Ben Affleck to star in his own film 'Argo

Ben Affleck will star in Argo.

The He's Just Not That Into You actor named the political thriller as his third directorial project earlier this year. Now, Affleck has revealed that he will star in the film as well, according to Variety.

Argo tells the story of a secret 1979 CIA mission in which agents rescued six diplomats being held hostage in Iran by convincing the authorities that they were filming a science fiction film.

Affleck will portray a CIA agent who comes up with the bizarre extraction plan.

The film will also star Alan Arkin and John Goodman.

Affleck was rumoured to be joining Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby, but reportedly dropped out to focus on Argo.

Following Argo, the 38-year-old will helm the Hollywood adaptation of Tell No One.

He will also be seen in an as-yet-untitled Terrence Malick project alongside Rachel McAdams, which is due for release next year.

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'G.I. Joe' sequel casts two more actors

Two more actors have been added to the cast of G.I. Joe 2.

Rapper RZA and D.J. Cotrona have begun negotiations to star in the follow up to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

RZA will portray a martial arts master, while Cotrona has been tapped to play the G.I. Joe soldier Flint.

In early June, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson was also reported to have joined the highly-anticipated sequel. The Fast & Furious Five star will play a character named Roadblock.

Channing Tatum, Ray Park and Lee Byung-hun will all reportedly reprise their roles from the original film.

Jon Chu, who directed the Justin Bieber documentary Never Say Never, will take the director's chair for the sequel.

The tentatively titled G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes is still in development, but is scheduled to be released in cinemas on August 10, 2012

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Thomas Jane fired from Headshot for not being "ethnic"?

Thomas Jane has spoken out about being fired from the upcoming action movie Headshot.

Jane was cast opposite Sylvester Stallone in the film earlier this year. However, producers later dropped Jane from the movie, which Jane now claims was in order to cast an "ethnic" actor in the role.

The Deep Blue Sea star said that he initially had good feelings about the project, especially after Stallone took his advice and brought Walter Hill on board as director.

"Well, [producer] Joel Silver came on board the project and said that he has a quote-unquote 'formula' for these quote-unquote 'buddy movies' and it has to be a white guy and a quote-unquote 'ethnic guy'," Jane alleged during a recent interview with Collider.

"And they relieved me of duty and basically paid me off, which I was really upset about, you know. I didn't get a call from Stallone, I was a little upset about that. Maybe they didn't want anybody on the movie with a bigger d**k than him."

When asked whether he would have taken a different role if the film's producers had offered it, Jane said that he would probably have refused due to feeling like "the spurned lover".

The film stars Stallone as a New Orleans hitman who is forced to work alongside a New York policeman to solve a murder.

It was recently announced that American actor Sung Kang has been cast in the film as Stallone's unlikely partner.

Headshot is expected to reach cinemas in 2012.

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Jeff Bridges to join sci-fi 'The Giver'?

Jeff Bridges is reportedly in talks to join an upcoming adaptation of science fiction story The Giver.

The Lois Lowry book of the same name was published in 1993. It follows a 12-year-old boy in a futuristic utopian society that has deleted all human memory and emotional depth, described as 'Sameness'.

The boy is then appointed as the 'Receiver of Memory', storing all the original memories before the deletion in case they are required for community decisions that the citizens are no longer able to make.

The True Grit actor told Variety that he felt it would be an interesting role to take on, though he wanted his father Lloyd to star in it before he died.

Bridges said: "I originally thought of the role of The Giver as a vehicle for my father, the late Lloyd Bridges; however, at 61 years old, I feel the time is right for me to do it".

Bridges would play the role of a wise elder if he agrees a deal. Harry Potter director David Yates has been named as a possible director.

The Giver won the 1994 Newberry Medal, which is awarded for the best young adult fiction novels.

Jeff Bridges previously joined an adaptation of undead comic R.I.P.D., alongside Ryan Reynolds. He is also due to release his first solo album, following the success of music film Crazy Heart.

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'RED' producer reveals sequel details

RED producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has outlined his plans for a follow-up to the comic book adaptation.

The Warner Bros exec revealed that a script has been completed for the sequel and discussions on its development have taken place.

"We're trying to put it together," he told MTV. "We just got a script and it's really good. We're all just now discussing how to put it all back together again."

Bonaventura went on to say that he hopes to reunite the main cast of the original, which includes Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman. He also revealed that new characters will join the roster.

"I think the audience would be disappointed if we didn't bring back the crew, but we've got to freshen the crew," he added. "We'll bring in one or two characters that'll play a really big part - maybe three, but definitely one or two."

A potential release window for the RED sequel is yet to be announced.

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Matthew Fox, Ed Harris leave 'World War Z

Matthew Fox and Ed Harris have backed out of World War Z.

The Lost veteran joined the cast of the zombie film in mid-June to play the role of 'Parajumper'. However, the deal has since fallen through due to a scheduling conflict with Fox's other project I, Alex Cross, according to New York Magazine.

Meanwhile, Ed Harris has been in talks for the film since mid-June, but the negotiations have reportedly fallen through for unspecified reasons.

With the movie slated for a 2012 release, filmmakers are apparently rushing to recast the roles left vacated by Fox and Harris.

World War Z will feature Brad Pitt, The Killing's Mireille Enos, Adjustment Bureau star Anthony Mackie and The Pacific's James Badge Dale.

Based on Max Brooks's novel of the same name, World War Z is set ten years after humanity triumphed over a zombie apocalypse and tells the story of those that survived the conflict.

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Brooklyn Decker joins Cameron Diaz in 'What to Expect

Brooklyn Decker has signed on to star in What to Expect When You're Expecting.

The swimsuit model will portray a young wife that experiences an easy pregnancy in spite of carrying twins, Lionsgate has announced.

Decker previously starred in the Adam Sandler comedy Just Go With It.

What to Expect When You're Expecting stars Cameron Diaz as the head of an ensemble cast also featuring Isla Fisher and Ed Helms.

American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez joined the cast in a supporting role last week.

Based on the bestselling pregnancy bible, What to Expect When You're Expecting tells the story of six different couples that are expecting a child, following them up to the delivery of their babies.

What to Expect When You're Expecting is scheduled to open on Mother's Day weekend in 2012

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Vince Vaughn in Ben Stiller comedy 'Neighbourhood Watch'

Vince Vaughn has signed up to appear in sci-fi comedy Neighbourhood Watch, it has been reported.

Vaughn will join Ben Stiller, who joined the comedy last month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film follows a slick city-dweller who moves to the suburbs and discovers a large neighbourhood watch conspiracy.

The script has seen rewrites from Superbad's Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It will be directed by Hot Rod's Akiva Schaffer.

Will Ferrell was previously linked to the leading role before it was taken by Stiller.

Vaughn is also attached to another comedy, The Insane Laws, and gambling movie Lay the Favourite.

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Chris Hemsworth to fight crime in thriller 'Shadow Runner'

Chris Hemsworth has signed up to the crime thriller Shadow Runner.

The film is inspired by the true story of an Israeli assassination team which tracked Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh to a hotel room in Dubai in order to kill him, according to Deadline.

Hemsworth would be taking on the role of the leader of a special team of operatives assigned to politically fraught missions.

Columbia Pictures president Hannah Minghella said: "We think the story is a terrific action thriller for Chris Hemsworth and we know this project is in great hands with [producers] Tripp [Vinson], Beau [Flynn] and Will [Ward] as they develop the film."

Executive producer Hossein Amini is working with Hemsworth on the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman.

Drive scribe Amini is not yet attached as the writer of the script, though he has developed the project.

Hemsworth recently teased fans about the dynamics of the superhero ensemble in Joss Whedon's Avengers, where he will reprise his role as Thor.

"There's certainly some tension," he said. "You've got big egos on these superheroes."

The star is also currently attached to Cabin in the Woods and Red Dawn.

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Kenneth Branagh 'not returning to direct Thor 2'

Kenneth Branagh will not return as Thor 2 director.

Chris Hemsworth will reprise his starring role in the sequel without the helmer of this year's summer blockbuster, according to Deadline.

Disney has set July 26, 2013, as the date for the release of Thor 2.

The decision for Branagh to step down was reportedly "mutual and amicable".

He had previously expressed interest in returning to direct the sequel.

Branagh is still expected to be involved in a producing capacity.

Thor 2 will follow on the heels of Iron Man 3, which is due to be released on May 3, 2013. Don Cheadle, who plays James 'Rhodey' Rhodes in the film series, has said that filming for Iron Man 3 is due to start in February 2012.

Thor took $66 million (£41 million) in its opening weekend in the US and has currently grossed $437 million (£272 million), making it the most successful superhero movie of the summer so far.

Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger will open on July 22 in the US and July 29 in the UK

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Ben Foster joins Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus

Ben Foster has signed up to Ridley Scott's deep space thriller Prometheus.

The Pandorum star joins confirmed cast members Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba in what has been described as an
independent "original science fiction epic" from Scott's Alien.

A new official synopsis of the script has also been dropped by the studio in order to scupper rumours about the plot.

20th Century Fox said in a statement: "Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe.

"The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life's ultimate mystery."

It backs up recent comments made by Lost creator and screenwriter Damon Lindelof suggesting that the film had turned into an "independent feature".

He said: "I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies. So a true prequel should essentially precede the events of the original film, but be about something entirely different."

This is despite the fact that aliens called Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise were spotted on set in April.

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Adrianne Palicki Joins 'G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes'

EXCLUSIVE: Friday Nights Lights series star Adrianne Palicki will play the female lead in the Paramount sequel to G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes. She'll play Lady Jaye and joins a cast that includes Channing Tatum, as well as Dwayne Johnson, who signed on to play the role of Roadblock in the Jon M. Chu-directed film.  Ray Park is expected to reprise his Snake Eyes character, Byung Hun-lee is expected to bring back Storm Shadow, and RZA just joined the film. The studio's casting quickly; they need the film for next summer because the Star Trek sequel won't be ready and this rebooted film and World War Z are prime candidates to fill summer slots. The big question is who Paramount sets in the role of the original G.I. Joe, Joe Colton. I've heard Bruce Willis as a top choice, but last time I checked the studio was eyeing several actors, insiders said. Script's by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the Hasbro property.

As for Palicki, she's free because the Wonder Woman pilot didn't get picked up. She'll next be seen starring in Red Dawn and her screen credits include Legion, Women in Trouble and Lone Star. She's repped by UTA, Anonymous Content and David Fox.

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