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Journey 3' moving ahead at New Line Cinema

Journey 3 is to enter production at New Line Cinema, according to director Brad Peyton.

The helmer confirmed that he will oversee a third entry in the series following the box office success of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

"I grew up a fan of [Jules] Verne, so I know a lot about the mythologies," Peyton told The Hollywood Reporter. "Mysterious Island was one of eight or nine really seminal works. I know we've just scratched the surface of what we can do.

"This one's going to be a lot bigger. We're going to go to a completely different world. It's just going to be a bigger experience, and we're going to grow the mythology. Journey 2 was about rebooting a franchise; now it's about making the seminal work in the franchise."

Writers Brian and Mark Gunn are also said to have agreed deals with New Line to return to the series, but there is no word on whether any of the cast of Journey 2 will reprise their roles.

Josh Hutcherson led the cast of the sequel, with Michael Caine, Dwayne Johnson, Luis Guzman and Vanessa Hudgens in supporting roles.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island opened in cinemas on February 10. The film has grossed more than $275 million (£175m) worldwide.

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Jake Gyllenhaal in talks to replace Dominic Cooper in 'Motor City

Jake Gyllenhaal is reportedly negotiating a deal to star in Motor City.

The Source Code actor would replace the outgoing Dominic Cooper, who is dropping out due to scheduling conflicts, according to Variety.

Gary Oldman and Amber Heard have already joined the cast of the film, to be directed by Albert Hughes.

Motor City follows an ex-convict released from prison who seeks the men who framed him for the crime.

Dominic Cooper recently replaced Clive Owen in financial thriller Cities.

Jake Gyllenhaal will next be seen in cop drama End of Watch, which will be released on September 28 in the US.

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Mission: Impossible 5' likely, says Viacom CEO

A fifth Mission: Impossible is very likely to happen, according to Viacom's CEO.

At the Paramount Pictures' parent company's annual shareholders meeting, CEO Philippe Dauman hinted that another film in the Tom Cruise action franchise will be made, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

When Dauman was asked at the meeting in New York if there were "any plans to develop an additional sequel", he replied: "Oh yes."

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol was a huge success at the box office, becoming Tom Cruise's highest-grossing movie to date.

Cruise himself stated that he would be interested in making a fifth film, as long as the project's standards remained high.

The actor's co-star Jeremy Renner recently denied that he would take over as the franchise's lead character in future films.

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Dwayne Johnson in talks for 'Journey 3'

Dwayne Johnson has entered negotiations to appear in the recently announced Journey 3.

The former wrestler is in talks with New Line and Warner Bros about reprising his role of Hank Parsons, The Wrap reports.

Johnson previously portrayed the character in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which grossed $272 million (£173m) worldwide at the box office. Co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Brendan Fraser are also expected to return to their respective.

Brad Peyton will return to the director's chair, and Brian and Mark Gunn provide a screenplay. Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson and Charlotte Huggins are attached as producers.

It is yet to be announced whether Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman and Kristen Davis are to return for the third entry in the series.

Journey 3 is provisionally scheduled for 2014.

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Colin Farrell in talks to play Lancelot in 'Arthur & Lancelot'

Warner Bros is reportedly trying again to make David Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot with Colin Farrell as a potential lead star.

Farrell is interested in the role of Lancelot, while Gary Oldman will be approached for a second time to play Merlin after he turned down the role, reports Deadline.

Warner Bros previously stopped moving forward with the movie after its $130 million budget was $20 million more than what the studio expected, according to the reports.

Dobkin apparently met with other studios for his script but was unsuccessful.

Last year, Games of Thrones' Kit Harington was attached to star as Arthur with The Killing's Joel Kinnaman in as Lancelot.

Kinnaman is due to star as RoboCop in the film remake directed by Jose Padilha.

Farrell can be seen next in the Total Recall remake, which will be released on August 3 in the US and August 22 in the UK.

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Brad Bird: 'I'd love to make The Incredibles 2'

The Incredibles writer-director Brad Bird has expressed interest in making a sequel to the Pixar film.

Speaking to IFC, the Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol helmer said that he would "love" to revisit the super-powered family providing he can come up with a strong enough story for a follow-up.

"I would not say no to [The Incredibles 2], because I really love that world and I love those characters. If I can figure out a complete thing - you know, I have a lot of ideas that I love - but the whole story, I haven't got it yet," Bird said.

"But if I can do that and make something that was to Incredibles what Toy Story 2 was to Toy Story, I would love to do it."

Bird's sentiments echo comments he made to Digital Spy last year, when he revealed that a potential sequel is dependent on him devising a plot of the same calibre as the Toy Story films.

However, Incredibles 2 is unlikely to enter production any time soon, as Bird has pledged his immediate future to live-action filmmaking.

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Keira Knightley in talks for Nicholas Sparks adaptation 'Safe Haven'?

Keira Knightley is reportedly in negotiations for the lead role in the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's Safe Haven.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actress would play Katie in the highly-anticipated movie, according to Twitch Film.

Safe Haven centres on a haunted young woman who moves to the small town of Southport, North Carolina in order to escape the secrets of her past.

There, she meets two people - the widowed store owner Alex and her single neighbour Jo - who will change her life forever.

Knightley can next be seen in the apocalyptic comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.

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Castle' star Nathan Fillion joins 'Percy Jackson' sequel as Hermes

Nathan Fillion has signed on to Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

The Castle star will play Greek god Hermes in the follow-up to 2010's Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Actor Dylan Neal played Hermes in the original film.

Logan Lerman will reprise his role as the titular Percy Jackson, while Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T Jackson and Jake Abel are expected to return as well.

In early March, Mary Birdsong, Yvette Nicole Brown and Missi Pyle joined the sequel. The trio will play the Fates in the film.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is scheduled to be released in 2013.

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Brad Pitt to take small role in Ridley Scott's 'The Counselor'?

Brad Pitt is reportedly out of the running to play the villain in The Counselor.

In February, the World War Z star was reported to be a contender for the role in Ridley Scott's next project.

However, Pitt is now said to be taking a smaller role in the film - that of Westray, a business associate of the titular counsellor, according to Twitch Film.

Michael Fassbender will play the counsellor, while Jeremy Renner and Javier Bardem are in talks for the role of the villain.

Pitt recently joined George Clooney for a one-night-only fundraising performance of the same-sex marriage play 8.

Fassbender recently worked with Scott on Prometheus.

Prometheus will open on June 8 in the US and on June 1 in the UK.

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Clive Owen, Mila Kunis, Marion Cotillard for thriller 'Blood Ties

Clive Owen and Mila Kunis are among a host of stars to have signed up for crime thriller Blood Ties.

Zoe Saldana, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard and James Caan also have confirmed roles in the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Blood Ties will be directed by Cotillard's partner Guillaume Canet, and is an adaptation of French novel Les liens du sang.

The story follows a younger brother (Crudup), who is forced to ask his convict older brother (Owen) to return to the world of underground crime to protect their family.

Cotillard and Kunis will reportedly play the two leads' romantic interests.

The project is expected to begin filming in New York from April. Mark Wahlberg was once attached to the project in the lead role.

Clive Owen has been attached to star in the upcoming Oldboy remake from Spike Lee.

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Hugh Jackman cast as 'Prisoners' lead

Hugh Jackman has been cast in the lead role in Prisoners.

Alcon Entertainment has unveiled the new dramatic thriller from Incendies director Denis Villeneuve.

Jackman will star as small town carpenter Keller, whose young daughter and best friend are kidnapped.

He takes the case into his own hands when the police fail to find the missing pair, running up against the big city detective leading the investigations.

"We are ecstatic that Hugh will take the lead in this exciting thriller", said Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

"We can think of no better Keller - an everyman who rises to an occasion most of us could not imagine possible. Denis's rare directing gifts are superbly matched to this material, that is both challenging and explores complex themes in a commercially appealing narrative."

The film was written by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband).

Production will begin in 2013 once Jackman completes work on The Wolverine.

The actor is currently shooting Les Misérables for a December release.

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Zoe Saldana, Megan Fox team for 'Swindle

Zoe Saldana and Megan Fox will star in Swindle.

The pair are also signed on to produce Paramount Pictures' newly acquired heist movie, reports Deadline.

Saldana and Fox will team with Moneyball producer Michael De Luca on the film, which is based on Enzo Mileti and Scott Wilson's spec script.

Fox stars in the newly-released Friends with Kids and will appear in Sacha Baron Cohen's forthcoming comedy The Dictator.

Saldana is currently shooting JJ Abrams's Star Trek 2 and was announced this week to appear with Clive Owen and Mila Kunis in crime drama Blood Ties.

The storyline for the film is being kept under wraps.

Swindle came about through Fox and Saldana's desire to work together.

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Home Alone 5' to air on ABC Family this Christmas

ABC Family has announced a new Home Alone television movie.

Home Alone 5: Alone in the Dark will premiere in late 2012 on the cable network.

The film will focus on 8-year-old Finn (Christian Martyn), who becomes convinced that his new family home is haunted and sets up traps to capture the ghost.

Left alone with his sister (Jodelle Ferland) while their parents are stranded across town, the pair use the traps to target a group of thieves, played by Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar and Eddie Steeples.

The first Home Alone film, starring Macaulay Culkin, was released in 1990. A sequel, also starring Culkin, hit the big screen in 1992.

1997's Home Alone 3 starred a young Scarlett Johansson, while the most recent instalment - Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House - premiered on ABC as a TV movie in 2002.

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Gerard Butler joins 'Olympus Has Fallen

Gerard Butler has joined a new political action movie called Olympus Has Fallen.

The film focuses on a former Secret Service agent, to be played by Butler, trying to stop a terrorist attack on the White House.

Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt have penned the script, while a director has yet to be hired, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Butler, who recently finished a stay in rehab for substance abuse, will be co-producing the film.

Also in the works for the 300 star is a role in a new diamond heist thriller called Brilliant, for which he was chosen to replace Eric Bana as lead.

Butler has recently starred in Coriolanus opposite Ralph Fiennes, who also directed.

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Michael Bay: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be aliens in revamp

Michael Bay has revealed a new origin for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the upcoming film.

The producer has said that the characters will be aliens in the live-action revamp of the franchise.

"When you see this movie, kids are going to believe, one day, that these turtles actually do exist when we are done with this movie," Bay said in a video at Nickelodeon Upfront posted by Stuff We Like.

"These turtles are from an alien race and they are going to be tough, edgy, funny and completely lovable."

The reptilian heroes are famously known as pet turtles who mutated into anthropomorphic beings after being exposed to toxic waste in the sewers on New York City.

The franchise first launched as a black and white comic book in 1984. It achieved huge commercial success in the late '80s and early '90s, spawning several live-action films and cartoon series and a massive array of merchandise.

Director Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) is expected to helm the Ninja Turtles reboot for Paramount Pictures.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be released in US theatres on December 25, 2013.

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Sylvester Stallone: 'The Expendables 2 will be R-rated

he Expendables 2 will carry an R rating, according to Sylvester Stallone.

Having previously confirmed rumours that the movie would be rated PG-13, the actor has now announced that it will carry the same higher rating as the first film.

Speaking to The Stallone Zone, Stallone said: "After taking in all the odd rumours and hearsay, EXPENDABLES II is an R."

It had previously been reported that the sequel's vulgarity would be toned down, following the addition of Chuck Norris to the cast.

In a translated version of an interview with Polish newspaper Gazeta, Norris said: "In Expendables 2, there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn't be able to watch this. But I don't play in movies like this.

"Due to that I said I won't be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased. Producers accepted my conditions and the movie will be classified in the category of PG-13."

At the time, Stallone defended the PG-13 rating, saying: "The PG-13 rumour is true, but before your readers pass judgement, trust me when I say this film is LARGE in every way and delivers on every level."

The Expendables 2 will arrive in cinemas on August 17, 2012, with Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Jason Statham all reprising their roles alongside the newly cast Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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Paul Rudd joins Tina Fey on 'Admission'?

Paul Rudd is in negotiations to join Tina Fey in Admission.

The Wanderlust actor is in discussions to star in About a Boy director Paul Weitz's new movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Karen Croner screenplay centres around a college admissions counselor (Fey) who strikes up a romance with a man she knew when she was in school (Rudd) in order to shake up her quiet, routine existence.

Owen Wilson was previously rumoured to be considering the role.

Rudd recently starred alongside Zooey Deschanel in Our Idiot Brother.

He will next appear in Judd Apatow's This Is Forty and the John Malkovich-produced The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Shooting on Admission is set to begin in late spring while Fey is on hiatus from 30 Rock, which has not yet been picked up for a seventh season.

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Seth Rogen, Kevin Hart for buddy cop comedy project

Seth Rogen and Kevin Hart have signed up to appear in a buddy cop comedy from Paramount Pictures.

The currently untitled project will see the pair portray a fictional version of the first ever interracial police partners.

Rogen and his Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg will produce, along with writer Rodney Rothman.

The story will be set just after World War II in the late 1940s, which sees the pair go undercover in jazz circles to bust a marijuana ring.

Seth Rogen signed up to star in Disney project The B Team in December.

Kevin Hart landed a guest role in ABC's Modern Family last year.

He is expected to reprise his role of CJ in Scary Movie 5 when it is released later this year.

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Jack Ryan 5' director Jack Bender steps down

Lost director Jack Bender has stepped down from Jack Ryan 5.

The fifth instalment in the Jack Ryan franchise is due to begin shooting this summer, with Chris Pine taking the lead role previously played by Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Alec Baldwin.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bender, who served as an executive producer and lead director on Lost, will no longer direct the film because of a scheduling conflict.

Bender is currently an executive producer and director on Alcatraz, and has also recently signed on for both duties on new SyFy pilot Rewind.

Jack Ryan 5 will reportedly be the first in the franchise not to be based on any of Tom Clancy's original novels, and will centre on Ryan in his pre-CIA days.

Production on the film was previously delayed by script issues and Pine's commitment to Star Trek 2. Filming is still expected to begin once JJ Abrams's sci-fi sequel wraps.

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Anthony Head added to 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Anthony Head has joined the cast of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

The Iron Lady star will appear as centaur Chiron in the sequel to Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The character was portrayed by Pierce Brosnan in the previous film.

The second movie sees Jackson (Logan Lerman) set out on a quest with his fellow demi-god friends to retrieve the legendary Golden Fleece.

Head is best known for his role as Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, also portraying Uther Pendragon in the Merlin television series.

He joins Mary Birdsong, Yvette Nicole Brown, Missi Pyle and fellow Joss Whedon alumni Nathan Fillion in the Thor Freudenthal film.

The franchise is based on Rick Riordan's hit young-adult series of novels.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is scheduled for release on March 27, 2013.

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