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'Lights Out' star joins 'Bourne Legacy' cast

Veteran actor Stacy Keach has reportedly joined the cast of The Bourne Legacy.

Variety confirms that Keach has signed on for an undisclosed role in the film, which is being written and directed by Tony Gilroy.

The Bourne Legacy will star Jeremy Renner as a new assassin who trained alongside the original trilogy hero Jason Bourne.

The actor is best known for his supporting role in the recently-cancelled FX series Lights Out.

Keach joins Renner opposite an ensemble cast including Edward Norton, Oscar Isaac and Rachel Weisz.

It was recently reported that original trilogy stars Joan Allen and Albert Finney are in talks to reprise their role in the latest entry.

The Bourne Legacy is expected to be released in cinemas in August 2012.

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Johnny Depp acquires 'The Vault' film rights

Johnny Depp has bought the film rights to Sam Sarkar's comic miniseries The Vault.

The actor will develop the project for the big screen with The Departed producer Graham King, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Vault is a three-part sci-fi-horror published by Image Comics. The story follows a group of divers who unleash an ancient evil when they an uncover a sunken sarcophagus on a mission off the coast of Nova Scotia.

Depp has previously collaborated with King on The Tourist, Rango and his upcoming movie The Rum Diary.

The Vault #1 arrived in stores earlier this month. The comic sold out at distribution level, and is due for release in digital on August 10.

A potential release window for The Vault is yet to be announced.

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Evil Dead' Bruce Campbell joins Sam Raimi's 'Oz

Bruce Campbell has reportedly joined the cast of Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful in a "pivotal" role.

Campbell starred as the lead actor in Raimi's acclaimed Evil Dead film franchise, and has confirmed that he is due to reunite with the director.

"I. Am. In. Oz," Campbell tweeted earlier this weekend, along with a recent photograph of himself and Raimi.

"Sam refuses to tell me what character I will portray," he added. "Just know that the role is pivotal."

Oz will feature an ensemble cast led by James Franco opposite the likes of Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff and Joey King.

The Disney film will follow a small-time circus magician, played by Franco, who is whisked away to the Land of Oz where he quickly rises in fame and meets the three mysterious witches.

Oz: The Great and Powerful is due out in cinemas on March 8. 2013

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Hop' director to remake 'Short Circuit

Hop director Tim Hill is in talks to helm Dimension Films' remake of eighties classic Short Circuit.

Deadline reports that Hill is currently negotiating a deal to direct the project, a remake of the 1986 film about a military robot who gains sentience.

The project was first announced back in 2008, with Paul Blart: Mall Cop's Steve Carr attached to direct.

Robot Chicken writer Dan Milano has penned the film's script, while original Short Circuit producer David Foster is on board to produce once again.

Hill has directed a slew of successful family films including Hop, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.

The original Short Circuit starred Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy, and went on to spawn a sequel in 1988.

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I am 50/50 On this one.

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Pittsburgh Steelers to appear in 'Dark Knight Rises

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be making a cameo appearance in The Dark Knight Rises.

The American football team's quarterback Ben Roethlisberger revealed that he and a number of his teammates will have a small role in the forthcoming Christopher Nolan film.

"I'm kind of getting everybody together," Roethlisberger told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I heard it's going to be a neat thing at the stadium. I don't think it will be a big part, it's not like we're chasing Batman down or anything."

Roethlisberger went on to explain that the Steelers will stand in for a fictional Gotham team in the highly-anticipated movie.

"From what I've heard, it's going to be like a pre-game, warming-up type thing,'' he continued. "I don't know the whole concept. There's a Gotham team, a football game. We'll be wearing uniforms. It will be fun."

An image featuring Anne Hathaway in her full Catwoman outfit recently surfaced on the official website for The Dark Knight Rises.

In addition, footage of a fight between Batman (Christian Bale) and Bane (Tom Hardy) was released earlier last week.

The Dark Knight Rises will open in US and UK cinemas on July 20, 2012.

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That should be an interesting scene to watch.

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Hunger Games' sequel receives release date

Lionsgate has scheduled a release date for the follow-up to The Hunger Games.

The film studio announced today that Catching Fire, the second novel in Suzanne Collins's dystopian trilogy, will open in cinemas on November 22, 2013.

In the sequel to the highly-anticipated film, protagonist Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself back in the Hunger Games alongside Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) just one year after winning the deadly competition.

Last week, Lionsgate released two images from The Hunger Games. The first features Katniss and Gale (Liam Hemsworth) in the woods together, while the second shows Peeta outside his family's bakery.

It was recently revealed that Steven Soderbergh has agreed to serve as second unit director on the forthcoming film in order to keep production on track for the movie's spring release date.

Filming is currently in progress on The Hunger Games, which is set for release on March 23, 2012.

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It is stupid to announce a release date for a sequel when you don't even know how well the first one is going to do.

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Denis Leary confirms return for 'Spider-Man' sequel

Denis Leary has confirmed that he will appear in the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man.

The actor will reprise his role as Gwen Stacy's (Emma Stone) father Captain Stacy in the follow-up to the film.

Leary told Collider: "I guess they officially announced it yesterday.

"I don't know if I'm allowed to say. Every time you say something about this f**king movie, they go crazy!"

The Rescue Me star added that he preferred Batman to Spider-Man despite plans to appear in the rebooted franchise.

"I'm more of a Batman guy, but I have a good friend, Jeff Garlin, who is a Spider-Man freak, and he said to me, 'The first time I met you, I thought you were George Stacy!'," Leary explained.

"That was 30 years ago. He had an old comic book frame on his computer and he showed it to me, and I was like, 'You're sick!' and he was like, 'No, I'm a Spider-Man freak.' People take it very seriously."

Leary joined the cast for the first film in November.

The second film in the rebooted Spider-Man franchise will be released on May 2, 2014, Columbia Pictures announced this week.

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Russell Crowe to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in 'Broken City

Russell Crowe has signed up to the forthcoming action film Broken City.

The actor will be joining Mark Wahlberg, who plays a former cop turned private detective that discovers a real estate scandal when he is hired by Crowe's mayor to spy on his wife, Deadline reports.

Director Allen Hughes is best known for his co-directed action thriller Book of Eli.

Wahlberg has been keen to star in the film since last November after the project appeared on the Black List, a list of the best scripts without finance.

In November, Wahlberg said: "Broken City I want to do at the end of next year with Allen Hughes directing.

"[It's] on the Black List. It's one of the best unproduced screenplays - an amazing piece of material that should attract amazing talent."

Crowe was most recently touted to play Superman's biological father Jo El in Man of Steel.

The role was previously played by Marlon Brando in the first Superman film.

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Disney dates two mystery Marvel movies for 2014

Walt Disney Pictures has scheduled in two Marvel Studios movies for release in summer 2014.

The studios did not reveal which Marvel characters will hit the big screen, but confirmed that the first will debut on May 16 followed by a second on June 27.

The unknown first feature will arrive just two weeks after Sony Pictures releases its own Marvel sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Marvel's upcoming slate of movies includes ensemble The Avengers (May 2, 2012), Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013) and Thor 2 (July 26, 2013).

Potential 2014 Marvel movies include Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish's Ant-Man adaptation and Doctor Strange, penned by Conan the Barbarian screenwriters Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer.

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I wish they would stop dating more and more Marvel movies because it is getting a bit boring having a comic book movie every year.

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Gerard Butler to star in thriller 'The Bricklayer

Gerard Butler has signed to star in the adaptation of the thriller The Bricklayer.

The actor will play a maverick FBI agent who is called upon to help his ex-colleagues stop a group committing increasingly high-profile kidnappings, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Enigma screenwriter Hanna Weg is writing the screenplay for the novel by former FBI agent Noah Boyd.

Butler's character will be working alongside a female FBI figure, but there are no details on the casting of the role.

The star will next be seen in Machine Gun Preacher and the ensemble comedy film Movie 43 co-starring Elizabeth Banks and Emma Stone.

Butler will also be taking a leading role in Ralph Fiennes's upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus.

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Bruce Willis to star as Joe Colton in 'GI Joe'?

Bruce Willis is currently in negotiations to star in GI Joe 2: Retaliation.

The actor would be joining Adrianne Palicki, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Channing Tatum, who will reprise his titular role from GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Willis is expected to play General Joe Colton, who put together the first GI Joe strike force, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The second film will be directed by Jon Chu, who has previously helmed Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and the two Step Up films.

Willis has most recently committed to Die Hard 5, where he will be seen foiling a terrorist plot in Russia alongside his adult son.

Attack the Block director Joe Cornish is in contention to direct the fifth film in the action franchise, alongside Justin Lin and John Moore.

Willis is also currently working on the sequel to The Expendables and video game adaptation Kane & Lynch with Jamie Foxx.

In October, he gave his tips for being a successful action hero on film.

Willis said: "You have to be a good friend, loyal and kind to animals. And kind to the director. You have to be brave and be able to cry on camera."

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John C McGinley to join 'I, Alex Cross

John C McGinley has signed up to the franchise reboot I, Alex Cross.

The Scrubs star will join Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Matthew Fox and director-turned-actor Tyler Perry, who has taken the lead role originated by Morgan Freeman.

McGinley will play a fiery chief of police who finds himself on a constant collision course with Cross, a low-key sleuth, Showblitz reports.

I, Alex Cross sees Perry's character hunting a serial killer who he believes murdered his pregnant wife.

The film is an adaptation of James Patterson's crime series, with the main character younger than in the novels.

Director Rob Cohen is best known for helming The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and The Fast and the Furious.

Shooting is expected to begin later in August, with Cleveland substituting for Washington DC.

McGinley was most recently attached to Smothered, as one half of a pair of overbearing parents.

The pilot was dropped by ABC after the network decided against a midseason airing.

McGinley's film work includes several collaborations with Oliver Stone, including Wall Street, Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July.

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Stephanie Szostak to star in comic adaptation 'R.I.P.D

Dinner for Schmucks star Stephanie Szostak is to appear in the upcoming adaptation of the comic series R.I.P.D.

The actress will star opposite Ryan Reynolds as the wife of his police officer, who is recruited to the Rest in Peace department after being murdered on duty.

Szostak's character can still sense her dead husband's presence as he continues to search for the man who murdered him.

Other cast members include Kevin Bacon and Jeff Bridges, who play an outlaw and Reynolds's jaded police partner respectively.

True Grit star Bridges replaced Zach Galifianakis after the actor was forced to drop out due to scheduling clashes.

Szostak is also currently attached to Cameron Crowe's We Bought A Zoo.

The film, co-starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon, centres on a zookeeper who moves his young family out to Southern California in order to renovate a zoo.

Szostak previously appeared opposite Paul Rudd in the remake of French black comedy Dinner for Schmucks.

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Mark Wahlberg to play mobster in '2 Guns'?

Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to star in the adaptation of graphic novel 2 Guns.

2 Guns centres on a DEA agent and a naval investigator who are chasing each other for mob-related activities before they find out they have actually been stealing from the CIA.

The Fighter director David O Russell was previously attached to the project, with Vince Vaughn in line for the leading role, Deadline reports. However, both are thought to have departed.

The film has been described by Boom! Studios as a "lighthearted crime romp in the vein of Ocean's Thirteen and The Italian Job".

Wahlberg has been linked to several recent projects connected to Russell since he appeared in the director's Academy-Award nominated The Fighter.

The actor recently dropped out of Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook to take the lead in the upcoming Broken City.

He has also signed up to the comedy Good Time Gang and The Fighter 2.

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Eddie Murphy to voice 'Hong Kong Phooey' film

Eddie Murphy will lend his voice for a new movie version of Hong Kong Phooey, it has been announced.

The actor, who voices Donkey in the Shrek franchise, will appear in the update of the classic 1970s cartoon centring around janitor Penrod "Penry" Pooch, who secretly becomes a martial arts superhero called Hong Kong Phooey.

Alcon Entertainment's Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove revealed: "We could not be happier that Eddie Murphy will star as Phooey.

"There is no overstating his contributions to cinema, and to such enduring stars of family entertainments such as Shrek and Dr Doolittle. We look forward to watching him re-imagine yet another classic character."

The movie will be a live-action and animation hybrid, in the same style as 2010's Yogi Bear.

Murphy recently revealed that he will not appear in any Shrek sequels in the future.

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Cheryl Cole 'to star in Hollywood movie with Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez

Cheryl Cole is in line to join a star-studded Hollywood movie alongside the likes of Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, it has been reported.

The former X Factor star is said to be in "advanced talks" to play a talent show judge who assesses Diaz's character in upcoming film What to Expect When You're Expecting.

"This is a bit of fun for Cheryl. She will film the scenes imminently and is really looking forward to it," a source told the Daily Mail.

"It doesn't mean she suddenly wants to become an actress. It was just an opportunity that has come up while she has been having some down time and she thought it would be great fun to take part."

Cole is said to have impressed movie executives during a four-day appearance at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.

Chris Rock, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Banks are all attached to star in the Lionsgate project, based on the best-selling pregnancy bible of the same name.

What to Expect When You're Expecting tells the story of six different couples who are each preparing to welcome a child. The movie follows them up to the delivery of their babies.

What to Expect When You're Expecting is due to be released on May 11, 2012.

Cole's former X Factor colleague Simon Cowell recently conceded that he was "probably" wrong to fire the Girls Aloud star from the upcoming US version of the singing competition.

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Johnny Depp's 'Lone Ranger' axed by Disney

Disney has reportedly shut down production on Johnny Depp-led Western The Lone Ranger.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has allegedly been in disputes with Disney over the film's proposed budget, leading the studio to axe the project.

The Lone Ranger's estimated price tag of $200m (£122m) is said to be too much for Disney, who are instead focusing on their upcoming projects John Carter - a sci-fi adventure starring Taylor Kitsch - and Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great And Powerful, Deadline reports.

Director Gore Verbinski was also said to be concerned in light of Disney's plans to spawn a new franchise from the film.

"Gore doesn't want to budge for what he thinks a movie like this needs," a source told The Hollywood Reporter. "The fact that it's a Western is a definite concern."

The Lone Ranger was to be based on the popular 1949 television series starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.

The Social Network star Armie Hammer was set to take on the role of the Lone Ranger himself, while Depp would have portrayed his Native American sidekick Tonto.

Depp signed on for the film in 2008 under a 'pay or play' contract, meaning that he will still receive the entirety of his fee.

The Lone Ranger was due to begin filming this fall for an expected release in December 2012

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Mike Myers signs for 'Austin Powers 4

Mike Myers has signed on for a fourth instalment in the Austin Powers franchise.

The Wayne's World comedian officially agreed to resurrect the International Man of Mystery and his nemesis Dr Evil for another big-screen outing, Hitflix reports.

Myers first played the characters in 1997, while sequels The Spy Who Shagged Me and Goldmember followed in 1999 and 2002 respectively.

It has not yet been confirmed whether Jay Roach, director of all three previous movies, will return for the next picture.

Myers last commented on the possibility of a fourth Austin Powers film in April 2010, stating that the project was still "on track".

Roach previously spoke of his desire to take the Austin Powers series "somewhere you haven't thought of".

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Kath and Kim' movie confirmed

The movie version of Australian TV show Kath and Kim has been confirmed.

The Kath and Kim Filum, which is created by and stars Gina Riley and Jane Turner, will be produced by Rick McKenna and directed by Ted Emery and is scheduled to start filming in Italy from September 16.

Riley told the Herald Sun that Richard E Grant has accepted a role in the movie, saying: "We sent Richard the script and he came back and said, 'I would love to be a part of it.' We love him. He is perfect for Kath and Kim."

Former cast members such as Magda Szubanski are also believed to be returning for the new movie.

Szubanski recently parted ways with Jenny Craig after being the face of the weight loss company for three years. She shed 25kg during that time and said that she now has a "sense of pride".

Last year, Riley and Turner agreed to take part in the Sydney Film Festival. Soon after, rumours of a Kath and Kim movie began to surface.

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Brad Pitt to play assassin in thriller 'The Gray Man'?

Brad Pitt is reportedly in negotiations to star in The Gray Man.

The actor, who is currently shooting World War Z, is being tapped to play a CIA operative-turned-assassin in the film, Variety reports.

Based on the popular Mark Greaney novel, The Gray Man tells the story of a covert agent who is targeted for elimination himself and must go on the run.

The screenplay, which has been written by newcomer Adam Cozad, made the annual 'Black List' of the industry's best unproduced screenplays in 2010.

Pitt recently praised his partner Angelina Jolie for being organised, crediting her with keeping their extensive family in check.

In mid-July, Pitt and Jolie were rumoured to be considering marriage, though those reports were quickly shot down by a friend of the couple.

Pitt can be seen next in Moneyball, which is due for release on September 23 in the US and November 25 in the UK.

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