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John Carter: World of Mars' announced by Marvel

Marvel Comics has announced a prequel series to Disney's upcoming action-adventure John Carter.

John Carter: World of Mars will give readers an inside look at the history of author Edgar Rice Burroughs's main characters before they come together in Disney's epic adaptation next year.

The four-issue miniseries is being penned by New York Times best-selling author Peter David with interior art from The Dark Tower penciler Luke Ross.

"We're thrilled to bring fans their first look at the world of John Carter before the blockbuster film wows audiences next year," Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said following the announcement. "It's been a pleasure working with Disney, Peter and Luke to craft a powerful story that will appeal to both the legions of John Carter fans and those who are new to this exciting world."

John Carter director Andrew Stanton has worked closely with both companies on the project, and has admitted that he is "thrilled" to bring the pulp classic to life.

"I have wanted to see this property on the big screen since I was a young boy and hope that John Carter: World of Mars will excite and inspire fans of the series much like I was inspired many years ago," Stanton added.

John Carter stars X-Men Origins: Wolverine actor Taylor Kitsch in the titular role, opposite the likes of Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Hayden Church and Mark Strong.

John Carter: World of Mars #1 is released in October, while Disney's John Carter film is scheduled to open in cinemas worldwide on March 9, 2012.

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Daniel Craig: 'I'm gagging to play James Bond again

Daniel Craig has revealed that he cannot wait to reprise his role as James Bond when production begins on Bond 23 later this year.

The 23rd instalment of the action series will see Craig appear as Bond for the third time, following 2008's Quantum of Solace. He said that although he has enjoyed the break between the two films, he is "gagging" to return to the franchise.

"We've got a script, it's fantastic. I'm gagging to go, I've had a break now," he told Extra. "Although it sort of seemed like it was never going to happen, it always was going to happen - it was just a matter of sorting out people and financing. We start shooting October or November this year.

"It's been nice to have some time off from the role, it's given me a chance to have a break and have incredible opportunities like make this cowboy movie Cowboys & Aliens."

Craig appears opposite Harrison Ford in Cowboys & Aliens, where he plays an American cowboy fighting an alien invasion.

"I was surprised to be asked to play an American cowboy," he added. "I wanted to play a cowboy for as long as I could remember, but I genuinely thought I would never get the chance.

"I grew up watching Harrison's films and I've been a fan of him for years. Not only is he a great actor, he's a generous man and a generous actor. He's grumpy at times but he was great."

Bond 23 is expected to be released on November 9, 2012. Rhys Ifans is rumoured to have signed up for a role in the film, opposite his Enduring Love co-star.

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Shia LaBeouf, Robert Redford join 'The Company You Keep

Robert Redford and Transformers: Dark of the Moon's Shia LaBeouf will star together in a political thriller.

The Company You Keep is based on a Neil Gordon novel. Redford plays a former Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI who goes on the run when a young investigative journalist (LaBeouf) exposes his real identity.

The Weather Underground was a radical political organisation responsible for direct action and a bombing campaign in the US during the early 1970s.

Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures said in a statement: "This is an edge-of-your seat thriller about real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country's ideals against their government.

"It is absolutely amazing to have Shia LaBeouf - arguably the brightest young star in Hollywood today - paired with the global icon Robert Redford."

Sundance Film Festival founder Redford will direct and produce the film alongside Chartier and Bill Holderman (for Wildwood Enterprises). Craig J Flores (300) will serve as executive producer.

Filming is due to start in Vancouver this September.

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Helena Bonham Carter to play brothel owner in 'Lone Ranger

Helena Bonham Carter is the latest signing to the cast of Lone Ranger.

The Harry Potter actress will be joining new additions Dwight Yoakam, James Dale Badge and Barry Pepper, according to Variety.

Bonham Carter is expected to play the eccentric owner of a local brothel in the rebooted adaptation of the Disney film by Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski.

Armie Hammer and Bonham Carter's regular co-star Johnny Depp will play the titular role and his sidekick Tonto respectively.

Green Hornet star Tom Wilkinson was also up for a pivotal role as a railroad tycoon in the Western.

Depp has said that the film reinvents the relationship between the Lone Ranger and Tonto in the original television series.

He said: "I remember watching [the TV series] as a kid, with Jay Silverheels and Clayton Moore, and going, 'Why is the f**king Lone Ranger telling Tonto what to do?'"

Bonham Carter will next be seen in Mike Newell's adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations and Tim Burton's Dark Shadows with Depp.

Lone Ranger is scheduled for release in UK cinemas for December 21, 2012.

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Trey Songz to make movie debut in 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D'

Trey Songz has signed up to the cast of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D.

The R&B star will be playing a central role in the latest version of Tobe Hooper's classic slasher film, Heat Vision reports.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of teenagers who get stranded with a family of cannibals in Texas. Songz will take on the role of Alexandra Daddario's character's boyfriend who fights off the killers.

His previous acting work includes appearing in commercials for camera company Kodak and Roc A Wear clothing.

Takers director John Luessenhop will be directing from a script by Adam Marcus and Debra Sullivan.

The film, which is now in a "contemporary setting", will be released in October 2012.

Songz said in January that his personal New Year's resolution was "to stay true to myself" and "never let anybody else's thoughts dictate that of my own".

Songz mostly recently collaborated with British grime star Chipmunk on the single 'Take Off'.

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Ben Stiller to remake 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Ben Stiller will be directing and starring in a long-planned remake of the 1947 comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

The actor is to take on the central role as a quiet man with a boring life who fantasises that he is a hero, Deadline reports.

Stiller reportedly signed up to the project after receiving a script from The Pursuit of Happyness writer Steve Conrad.

Walter Mitty has been in the works since 2005, when Owen Wilson was named as a possible contender for the lead.

Sacha Baron Cohen was also reported to be considering the role in a remake that would have had him playing Mitty as a store manager.

Stiller is keen on turning the rebooted version into a family franchise, it is thought.

He will next be seen in the sci-fi comedy Neighbourhood Watch, which sees neighbours battling against extra-terrestrial forces.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger comeback movie 'Last Stand' release date set

Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback film Last Stand is to be released on January 18, 2013.

Studio Lionsgate announced the official US date, which comes ahead of the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

Last Stand sees Schwarzenegger playing a disgraced Los Angeles policeman who is moved to a small town, only to find himself tackling a major drug lord and his biker gang escorts.

Schwarzenegger's character is the only person that can stop the criminal and his entourage crossing the border.

A Lionsgate executive recently told Deadline: "It's an old-fashioned Western specifically designed for a 63-year-old broken-down guy with a moral decision - whether Arnold decides to stand up for his town. We always needed an iconic figure for it."

South Korean director Kim Ji-woon will start shooting the film in September. Ji-woon has previously directed The Good, the Bad, the Weird and I Saw the Devil.

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Jennifer Lawrence to join Mark Wahlberg in 'Silver Linings'

Jennifer Lawrence is in talks for David O Russell's next film Silver Linings.

The movie centres on a depressive former high school teacher who finds himself forced to live with his mother after he is released from care.

While trying to reconcile with his wife, he starts a romance with his eccentric neighbour, who deals with her husband's recent death by embarking on several love affairs.

Mark Wahlberg, who starred in Russell's The Fighter, will take on the lead role.

Lawrence is reportedly eyeing the part of the neighbour, which has also been linked to Blake Lively, Andrea Riseborough, Rachel McAdams and Anne Hathaway.

In June, Russell was said to be interested in casting Kirsten Dunst and Elizabeth Banks for the role.

Russell is adapting the story from Matthew Quick's novel.

Lawrence is currently working on the adaptation of The Hunger Games trilogy, in which she plays fighter Katniss Everdeen.

The Oscar-winning actress said in May: "The cool thing about Katniss is that every fan has such a personal relationship with her, and they understand and know her in a singular way."

Wahlberg is attached to several other projects, including the confirmed follow-up to boxing drama The Fighter.

Shooting on Silver Linings is expected to begin in the autumn.

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Oscar Isaac to play Jeremy Renner's 'Bourne Legacy' enemy

Oscar Isaac has signed up to play the villain Number Three in The Bourne Legacy.

The actor will be joining lead Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz in the movie, Deadline reports.

Number Three is a brainwashed assassin who comes up against Renner's character. Director Tony Gilroy originally considered Isaac for the central role in the film.

In February, he was on a shortlist with Michael Fassbender, Paul Dano, Luke Evans, Taylor Kitsch and Benjamin Walker.

Gilroy has described the character played by Renner as a "new hero" and not a replacement for Matt Damon's Bourne.

The director also described the film as a "stand-alone project" rather than a sequel.

Isaac has previously appeared in Sucker Punch and will next star in Cannes hit Drive, alongside Carey Mulligan and Ryan Gosling.

The actor also recently completed filming on Madonna's feature-length directorial debut W.E. about the American Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson.

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Hugh Jackman confirms 'The Wolverine' enemy

Hugh Jackman has revealed that The Wolverine will feature the Silver Samurai as an antagonist.

Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con about his new robot-boxing movie Real Steel, the actor said that he would fight the Japanese mutant Kenuichio Harada in the sequel to the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, according to GeekTyrant.

Jackman said: "I'm filming Les Miserables in February, but before that I will be filming Wolverine 2 in October.

"Chris McQuarrie has written a fantastic script and it should turn out really good. I'll fight the Silver Samurai in it, so that should be exciting. Most of the filming will take place in Japan."

The Wolverine is based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 Wolverine miniseries.

It sees the character fighting the Silver Samurai for the sake of his former lover and daughter of a crime boss, Mariko Yashida, who also happens to be the Samurai's half-sister.

Knight and Day's James Mangold is the latest director to be attached to the movie.

Jackman has previously said that shooting on The Wolverine is due to begin in October.

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Jurassic Park 4' in two or three years, says Steven Spielberg at Comic-Con 2011

Steven Spielberg has announced that Jurassic Park 4 will hit cinemas in the next few years.

The legendary director confirmed during the Tintin panel at Comic-Con 2011 that a story for the long-awaited dinosaur sequel is now in place.

"We have a story, I can happily announce right now," he said. "We have a writer... Hopefully, we'll be making Jurassic Park 4 in the near future. In the next two or three years."

Jurassic Park 4 has been stuck in development since the project was first announced in 2002.

Reports that Spielberg was working on the film's plot emerged back in June, despite prior suggestions from Jurassic Park star Sam Neill that a follow-up was "unlikely" to get made.

Jurassic Park III director Joe Johnston previously claimed that the next sequel could set up a new trilogy.

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Game of Thrones' star joins Brad Pitt's 'World War Z

Elyes Gabel has signed on to World War Z.

The Game of Thrones star will play a character named Fassbach in Brad Pitt's forthcoming zombie drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Gabel portrayed the Dothraki warrior Rakharo in the HBO series. He has also starred in the Showtime series The Borgias, as well as the British medical show Casualty.

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

It was recently suggested that Pitt could film some boat scenes for World War Z off the coast of Falmouth, Cornwall.

In early July, Pitt was spotted with his two sons Maddox and Pax on the set of the zombie film, which he is both starring in and producing.

World War Z is scheduled to be released in 2012.

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Hellboy 3' is still possible, says Guillermo Del Toro

Guillermo Del Toro and Ron Perlman have suggested that a third Hellboy film could still happen.

Despite recent speculation that a third comic book adaptation of the Dark Horse character was unlikely to happen, Del Toro and Perlman revealed at Comic-Con International this weekend that it was still under discussion.

Del Toro said during the panel: "I carried Don't Be Afraid of the Dark thirteen years. I carried Hellboy for almost eight years before it got made, so I'll stick to [a project] until it gets made.

"The reality is, each of those movies have been an incredible ordeal to make. [Hellboy] was an $89 million (£54.6 million) movie [but] I wound up making it for $50 million (£30.6 million) because nobody wanted a red guy."

Del Toro added: "The third one is the hardest one because it's the darkest one and not necessarily has a happy ending. The third one is epic. It's gigantic."

Perlman, who portrayed the titular character in 2004 film Hellboy and its 2008 sequel Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, said that he is still keen to round off the franchise with a final entry.

"There are things that are introduced in the first two films that have to be resolved in the third one," the actor added. "So for us to not make the third film would be kind of an injustice to [the fans]."

Hellboy creator Mike Mignolasaid last month that he could not see Del Toro ever getting around to making a third film due to the huge amount of projects he is involved with.

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Zac Efron, Seth Rogen team up for new comedy

Zac Efron has reportedly signed on to star in a new R-rated comedy opposite Seth Rogen.

According to Deadline, Universal Pictures closed a seven-figure deal for the untitled project this weekend, with Evan Goldberg and Rogen to produce the film through their Point Grey Pictures venture.

Efron will portray a hard-partying college student whose frat house causes trouble for a nearby resident, played by Rogen.

The project has been penned by Andrew Cohen and Brendan O'Brien, best known as co-producers on Judd Apatow's 2009 comedy Funny People.

Efron rose to fame as the star of Disney's High School Musical franchise but has since gone on to star in more serious films, including recent drama The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud.

Universal is said to be hoping to cash in on the success of recent R-rated comedies like Bridesmaids and The Hangover Part II.

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Val Kilmer joins thriller 'Breathless

Val Kilmer is to star in the thriller Breathless.

The Batman Forever actor will join cast members Gina Gershon and Ray Liotta.

Breathless centres on a plot against Kilmer's character, who is wanted dead by his frustrated wife and her best friend.

Gershon is to take on the role of the murderous wife, while Liotta will be playing a local police sheriff.

Kilmer last week confirmed that he is to voice a specially created character in the game Spider Man: Edge of Time. He will be playing a villain called Walker Sloan in the video game created by Activision.

The star was last seen in Riddle and Kill the Irishman.

Kilmer has also signed on to play cowboy Wyatt Earp in indie The First Ride of Wyatt Earp, which has been described as Young Guns for a new generation.

Co-stars Liotta and Gershon appeared most recently in The Son of No One and Five Minarets in New York respectively.

Breathless director Jesse Baget's previous work includes Wrestlemaniac and cult comedy White Knight, starring Tom Sizemore.

He has co-written the thriller with screenwriting partner Stefania Moscato.

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'Wolf Creek' sequel gets go-ahead

Director Greg McLean has been given the financial backing to make a sequel to low-budget horror hit Wolf Creek.

The deal was announced at Melbourne International Film Festival this week, Variety reports.

According to the site, the sequel follows three backpackers visiting the Wolf Creek crater who find themselves racing against death to avoid the clutches of murderer Mick Taylor.

Original cast member John Jarratt will reprise his role as the psychopathic killer battling the travellers in the Australian bush.

The first film was made with a budget of $1.1 million (£0.6 million), but earned $27.8 million (£17.1 million) globally.

McLean announced plans for the sequel in November 2010, promising that the new script would also be based on true stories.

"[We're focusing on] capturing the realism behind these kind of horrific events and crimes that have actually taken place in the Outback," he said.

Wolf Creek starred relative unknowns Cassandra Magrath, Nathan Phillips and Kestie Morassi.

McLean also directed Rogue, starring Silent Hill actress Radha Mitchell. The film centred on a travelling Australian journalist who finds himself having to tackle a man-eating crocodile.

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Nicolas Cage to play double role in 'Ghost Rider 2

Nicolas Cage is to play both the human and the supernatural side of Marvel superhero Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

The actor is to replace the CGI version of the supernatural character seen in the original, Superhero Hype reports.

"One of the things this movie gave me the chance to do, which I didn't get to do in the first one, is play Ghost Rider, which is interesting to me because it's all about how do you move if you're from a different dimension?" Cage told the site.

Cage admitted that he will base the paranormal character on a cobra.

"[Directors] Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine and I all got in a room and explored different movements and body language, referenced some animals - and cobra kept coming back to me," he said.

In February, the actor said that the script will bring out the more "supernatural" elements of the comic character.

Crank director Taylor has also claimed that the sequel is "completely different from its predecessor".

Highlander star Christopher Lambert was rumoured to be interested in appearing in the film in an unspecified role.

However, Eva Mendes revealed last year that she will not be reprising her role in the 2007 film as Cage's love interest Roxanne Simpson.

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Dark Knight Rises' cast adds 'Stargate's Christopher Judge

Stargate actor Christopher Judge has joined the cast of Batman sequel The Dark Knight Rises.

Judge, known for his role as Jaffa warrior Teal'c in the science fiction series, revealed his involvement in Christopher Nolan's superhero blockbuster through his Twitter account.

"I can finally confirm: I have been cast in The Dark Knight Rises," the 46-year-old wrote.

Judge did not disclose the extent of his role in the movie.

Michael Caine last week revealed to Digital Spy that The Dark Knight Rises had completed production in the UK and will now move on to film in the US.

Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in The Dark Knight Rises, which opens in cinemas on July 12, 2012.

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The Bourne Legacy' brings back Joan Allen, Albert Finney

Joan Allen and Albert Finney are in negotiations to reprise their roles in Bourne franchise continuation The Bourne Legacy.

Allen played CIA deputy director Pamela Landy in The Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum, while Finney featured in the latter as Albert Hirsch, a doctor in the Treadstone programme that trained Jason Bourne.

The pair will join Edward Norton, Oscar Isaac and Rachel Weisz in the supporting cast for the spy thriller.

Michael Clayton director Tony Gilroy's new Bourne will jettison Matt Damon's character and centre on one of his fellow Treadstone operatives, to be played by Jeremy Renner (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol).

Damon last year voiced his support for the Bourne series's change in direction, but suggested that he and director Paul Greengrass may return to the franchise at some point.

"I think it's a smart thing to do. It doesn't interfere with Paul and me doing a movie," he said of Gilroy's Bourne Legacy plot. "Tony doesn't want to hurt the Bourne story. So as I understand it, Jason Bourne is alive in the world that Tony's going to create. I don't appear in it, but it's very much that world."

The Bourne Legacy will begin production this year for release in August 2012.

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Nicolas Cage, John Cusack to star in 'The Frozen Ground'?

Nicolas Cage and John Cusack are said to be in discussions to star in The Frozen Ground.

The drama is based on the crimes of real-life serial killer Robert Hansen, Deadline reports.

Cusack would play a family man who kidnaps women and sadistically hunts them in the Alaskan wilderness. Cage would assume the role of a local state trooper who finds a survivor and, with her help, tries to get Cusack's character convicted for his killing spree.

Scott Walker will direct the script that he wrote. Production is due to start later this year in Anchorage, Alaska.

Cage was recently seen in Season of the Witch and Drive Angry, and will star in superhero movie Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

Cusack, meanwhile, starred in Hot Tub Time Machine last year. He has also signed up for the film adaptation of The Paperboy, replacing Tobey Maguire.

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