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Benicio del Toro will not play Khan in 'Star Trek 2', says JJ Abrams

JJ Abrams has shot down claims that Benicio del Toro will play Khan in the upcoming Star Trek sequel.

Last month, the director confirmed he is interested in casting the Oscar-winning actor in Star Trek 2.

It was reported shortly after by Latino Review that del Toro would be playing the legendary villain Khan, a role that was made famous by Ricardo Montalban in the original television series and the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

However, Abrams denied the claims, declaring the report to be false.

"Not true," he told Hit Fix of the news.

Del Toro was first linked to the sequel in early November as a potential villain.

Star Trek 2 is slated to be released on May 17, 2013.

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Last Man Standing' movie: David Leslie Johnson to adapt graphic novel

David Leslie Johnson has been hired to adapt Last Man Standing by Paramount Pictures.

The Red Riding Hood and Orphan writer is working on a script based on Heavy Metal's Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter graphic novel, reports Variety.

Daniel LuVisi's story follows the adventures of an invincible super soldier 600 years into Earth's future who sets out to seek revenge after serving nine years in prison for a crime that he did not commit.

LuVisi is attached to produce alongside Scott Aversano.

Johnson's recents projects have included the forthcoming Clash of the Titans sequel Wrath of the Titans.

He also wrote an episode of Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead television adaptation.

Dead Man Standing debuted at Comic-Con International last year, where its entire print run sold out in just over two hours.

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Original ‘Robocop’ Peter Weller Adds To Sci-Fi Resume With ‘Star Trek’ Sequel

Peter Weller’s reps confirm he’s joining the cast of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, in what is a principal role but one they would not specify. Weller, best known in feature sci-fi circles for his iconic role as Robocop, has been busy as a director, and for acting stints on 24, Dexter, Fringe and Psych. Paramount will release the Star Trek sequel May 17, 2013. Alice Eve and Benicio Del Toro are likely to take part, joining the returning original cast that is headed by Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Who should Weller play? Paramount and Abrams spent the weekend knocking down a speculative report Del Toro would play the Kahn role that Ricardo Montalban played in the original Star Trek series and the 1982 feature film. Weller’s repped by APA and BMP.

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24' movie set to start filming in April with Kiefer Sutherland

The movie version of 24 is scheduled to begin filming in the spring of 2012, it has been confirmed.

The big-screen update of the long-running Fox drama starring Kiefer Sutherland is still in pre-production.

Die Hard 4 screenwriter Mark Bomback is said to be completing the latest script draft by the end of the year.

Production is now aiming to start in April to coincide with Sutherland's next availability, according to Deadline.

Sutherland had said in October that a first script for 24 was "nearly complete".

The project has been in development since the end of the eighth and final season last year.

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Benicio del Toro turns down 'Star Trek 2' role

Benicio del Toro has turned down a role in Star Trek 2.

Director JJ Abrams previously revealed that he wanted the Wolfman actor to play the part of the villain in the sequel to his 2009 remake.

Negotiations with the star have fallen through for the undisclosed role, reports Vulture.

Abrams had denied rumours that he intended del Toro to play the legendary villain Khan in the movie.

Yesterday, RoboCop star Peter Weller was announced to be joining the cast in a yet-to-be-named role.

Alice Eve is also rumoured to be joining the cast as an original character.

Star Trek 2 will again star Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto.

The Star Trek sequel is scheduled for release on May 17, 2013.

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Zoe Kravitz in talks for Will Smith, Jaden Smith sci-fi '1000 AE

Zoe Kravitz is in negotiations for 1000 AE.

The X-Men: First Class star could join M Night Shyamalan's upcoming project, which will see Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith play father and son on screen.

The sci-fi film centres on "a young boy who navigates an abandoned and sometimes scary Earth to save himself and his estranged father after their ship crashes".

Kravitz would play Will's daughter in the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Sophie Okonedo is also in talks for the movie. Should she sign on to the project, she would portray Will's wife.

Kravitz, who is daughter to rocker Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, has previously admitted that she is conflicted over having famous parents.

1000 AE is eyeing a June 2013 release date.

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Director Patty Jenkins exits 'Thor 2'

Patty Jenkins will no longer direct Thor 2.

The Monster director signed on to Thor 2 in September after actor Kenneth Branagh turned down the opportunity to helm the sequel.

Deadline reports that Jenkins exited the project due to "creative differences", though no further details have been revealed.

Jenkins has also worked in television, directing the pilot episode of the US remake of The Killing and episodes of shows such as Entourage and Arrested Development.

Marvel Studios is said to already be canvassing for a replacement and is expected to take on a new director within the coming days.

Thor 2 is due for release on November 15, 2013.

Branagh recently praised Jenkins' involvement with the film, calling her a "great choice" for director.

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Michael Bay in final 'Transformers 4' negotiations

Michael Bay has entered final negotiations for Transformers 4.

The director is closing a deal to return for his fourth film in the franchise after completion of Pain and Gain, reports Vulture.

An insider has said that Paramount are not far from closing a deal with Bay, using the leverage on his small-budget project to get him to commit to the Transformers sequel.

Bay has been developing Pain and Gain - a movie about the infamous body-builders-turned-kidnappers, the 'Sun Gym Gang' - since 1999.

The director had originally said that he would not return for the sequel, but has since been reported to be in talks alongside executive producer Steven Spielberg.

Shia LaBeouf will not be returning for the sequel. Jason Statham has also denied rumours that he has been offered the lead role in Transformers 4.

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Helen Mirren to play Alfred Hitchcock wife in 'The Making of Psycho'?

Helen Mirren is in discussions for a role in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho.

The Debt actress is in line to play Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The adaptation of Stephen Rebello's non-fiction tale of the making of the classic movie has been in the works for several years.

It was initially being developed at Paramount by Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy, who acquired Anthony Hopkins for the lead role.

Hopkins remains attached, but the film is now being helmed by Anvil! The Story Of Anvil director Sacha Gervasi for Fox Searchlight.

The script has been adapted by Rebello and Black Swan co-writer John McLaughlin.

Sources have said that Mirren is still in the early stages of negotiations for the role.

Hitchcock struggled to finance Psycho independently after no studio would get involved with the 'lowly' horror movie.

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho is rumoured to begin shooting in April.

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Sacha Baron Cohen joins 'Les Misérables' movie

Sacha Baron Cohen has joined the cast of Les Misérables.

He will join Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Helena Bonham Carter on the cast of the adaptation of the classic musical, reports The Sun.

Cohen will take on the role of Monsieur Thénardier - one of the primary villains of the play - which was previously performed by Matt Lucas in the West End.

The Borat star recently made an appearance in Martin Scorsese's newest film Hugo.

His latest project The Dictator is scheduled for release next year.

Cohen is also set to star in a Freddie Mercury biopic, which producer Graham King told Digital Spy he hopes to begin production on in 2012.

Les Misérables is expected to begin filming early next year. It will open in cinemas on December 7, 2012.

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Jeremy Renner: 'I want Bourne collaboration with Matt Damon

Jeremy Renner has said that he would love to do a Bourne movie with Matt Damon.

The Hurt Locker star has replaced Damon as the lead actor in The Bourne Legacy, where he plays a character called Aaron Cross.

Renner told ShortList: "They keep Jason Bourne alive, so who knows where they'll actually go with it.

"This one still has to be successful, but maybe eventually Matt Damon and I could do one together. That would be kick-ass. I love Matt."

He added of the upcoming film: "We've kept the name, the style, tone and format of what those Bourne movies are.

"It's a new [shady government training] programme like Treadstone with a new set of spies designed to do what they do."

Renner continued: "We're filming in Calgary until Christmas then go to the Philippines for a couple of months to finish it off.

"Everything about it is the same. The way it's shot, the pace, the ticking clock and the very visceral fights. It's down, dirty and gritty."

Damon has said that he would like to reunite with director Paul Greengrass for a new Bourne movie in the future and is "keeping hope" that it will happen.

Renner previously said that he would like to work with Damon because he is a "great guy" who has "always been so complimentary to me from the moment I met him".

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Tom Cruise: 'Top Gun 2 will happen if plot is right'

Tom Cruise has revealed that he may star in a Top Gun sequel if the plot is right.

A follow-up to the 1986 movie - where Cruise starred as Maverick - was announced last year, but the actor's representatives said at the time that he would not be involved.

Cruise explained that he has spoken to director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer about potentially working on the project, and said that he would be interested if they "find a story that [they] all want to do".

"I hope we can figure this out to do it again," he told MTV News.

He revealed: "I said to Tony, I want to make another movie with him. He and I haven't made a film since Days of Thunder.

"Tony and I and Jerry, we never thought that we would do it again. Then they started to come to us with these ideas and I thought, wow, that would be what we could do now.

"We all want to make a film that is in the same kind of tone as the other one and shoot it in the same way as we shot Top Gun."

Asked what his potential role would be in the sequel, he replied: "I don't know - we're working on it."

The original Top Gun movie will see a 3D re-release at cinemas in 2012.

Tom Cruise will next be seen in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which opens in the US on December 16 and will hit UK cinemas on Boxing Day.

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Carlos' star Edgar Ramirez to play 'Star Trek 2' villain?

Edgar Ramirez could play the villain in the upcoming Star Trek sequel.

The Carlos star has been listed among the contenders for the role in the highly-anticipated sequel after Benicio del Toro turned down the part.

Ramirez will purportedly test for the role via Skype over the weekend, according to Variety.

Jordi Molla is said to be auditioning for the part as well.

Del Toro was rumoured to be taking on the legendary role of Khan, though director JJ Abrams later denied the claims.

Abrams first confirmed that he was interested in casting del Toro in the forthcoming film in November.

The Star Trek sequel is scheduled for release on May 17, 2013

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American Psycho' remake in the works

Lionsgate has hired a writer and director for a new adaptation of American Psycho.

The studio has contracted Noble Jones to write and direct a new film adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, according to Deadline.

The book was previously adapted for the screen in 2000. It starred Christian Bale as serial killer Patrick Bateman.

Jones, who has helmed music videos for Taylor Swift and Mary J Blige, will adapt the novel for the present day.

Bale, who recently finished shooting The Dark Knight Rises, has insisted that he will never return to the Batman franchise.

In November, it was reported that Bale will star in two new films from director Terrence Malick.

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Holly Hunter joins Russell Brand, Julianne Hough in Diablo Cody movie

Holly Hunter has signed on to Diablo Cody's untitled directorial debut.

Previously titled Lamb of God, the film centres on a young woman who moves to Las Vegas to explore her wild side after losing faith in God following a plane crash, Deadline reports.

Julianne Hough will portray the girl, while Russell Brand will play a bartender who guides her through her crisis of faith.

The two were first reported to be in contention for the roles in August.

Meanwhile, Hunter will play the mother of Hough's character.

Cody is currently at work on a film adaptation of Sweet Valley High, which she wants to be "wonderfully nostalgic".

Her next film is Young Adult, which stars Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt. It opens on wide release in the US on December 16 and on February 10, 2012 in the UK.

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Sir Ben Kingsley in talks for sci-fi thriller 'Ender's Game

Sir Ben Kingsley is close to signing up for Ender's Game, a report has claimed.

The actor is in talks to reunite with his Hugo co-star Asa Butterfield in the sci-fi thriller, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Kingsley is said to be considering the part of a war hero in Ender's Game, which is adapted from a 1985 Orson Scott Card science fiction novel.

The novel and its sequels have also been turned into various Marvel Comics miniseries.

True Grit actress Hailee Steinfeld is circling the part of Petra Arkanian, while Harrison Ford has also recently been linked with a starring role in the Summit Entertainment production.

Directed by X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Gavin Hood, Ender's Game is believed to be entering production in February 2012 ahead of a scheduled release date of March 15, 2013.

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Harrison Ford wanted to play Branch Rickey in baseball biopic '42'

Harrison Ford has been offered a role in baseball biopic 42.

Legendary Pictures wants the actor for the role of Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey in the movie, reports Deadline.

In 1947, Rickey hired baseball legend Jackie Robinson, a star of the Kansas City Chiefs who had been barred from the major leagues because of his race.

Brian Helgeland (LA Confidential, Mystic River) is writer and director on the long-gestating project, which has been developed in collaboration with Robinson's widow Rachel Robinson.

Robert Redford was attached to the role more than a decade ago, with a string of top actors rumoured for the part since.

Ford has also recently been sought for roles in Black Hats and Ender's Game.

Sir Ben Kingsley is also in talks to appear in the sci-fi adaptation Ender's Game

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Guy Ritchie revives 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

Guy Ritchie will adapt The Man From U.N.C.L.E. as his next project.

The director will team up with his Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows producer Lionel Wigram once again on the adaptation of the 1960s television show, reports Deadline.

The movie will be based on the spy series, which followed the adventures of Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum)'s United Network Command for Law Enforcement.

Steven Soderbergh was previously attached to direct the film, but recently left the project when it went over budget and ran into casting difficulties following the departure of George Clooney.

Ritchie recently described his marriage to Madonna as "a soap opera".

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows premiered on Thursday night in the UK and will be released in cinemas on December 16.

It will debut on December 26 in US cinemas.

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Hot Fuzz' sequel to start shooting in 2012, says Nick Frost

Nick Frost has revealed some of the plans for the follow-up to Hot Fuzz.

A draft has been completed for the third film in Frost and Simon Pegg's 'Cornetto Trilogy', which has the working title of The World's End.

"There is a draft out there, which I've read, and it's great, and I think our plan is to crack on and shoot next year," Frost told Coming Soon.

"Touch wood. They move and they change but we definitely want to get on with it."

Edgar Wright will return to direct the third film.

Frost and Pegg leant their voices to the role of the Thompson Twins in The Adventures of Tintin, which was written by Wright, Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) and Steven Moffat.

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Steven Spielberg: 'Jurassic Park 4 on schedule'

Steven Spielberg has promised that Jurassic Park 4 is "on schedule".

The director hinted that the sequel may follow his work on Lincoln.

"I haven't been active in the last year because I've been so busy obviously on War Horse, Tintin and now I'm currently shooting Lincoln, but right now, it's on the schedule to bring out another Jurassic Park," Spielberg told Coming Soon.

He would not confirm whether the movie would be a sequel or reboot of the franchise, saying: "It's just another boring secret."

Spielberg began hinting that he would make a third follow-up to the hit 1993 movie at Comic-Con International in San Diego last July, saying that it should be made within two to three years.

He has promised a better story for the third film.

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