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Rihanna bags villain role in sequel

RIHANNA is used to life in the fast lane so her latest film role is a perfect fit.

The Bajan has bagged a part in the latest instalment of The Fast And The Furious franchise.

She’ll play the villain in the sixth — yes, sixth — chapter of the petrolhead movies.

A source said: “Rihanna impressed with her acting debut in Battleship. Writers think she’ll be perfect for the role. Her character has plenty of bite and doesn’t take any prisoners — just like her in real life.

“It’s a step up the ladder for her and could lead to bigger action roles.”

Rihanna will be driving supercars alongside the likes of Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, as the series continues its world tour of exotic locations.

Last time it was Tokyo... this time it’s England, as Bizarre revealed a few months back.

The movie will be set in London so Rihanna will be spending even more time in the UK, with filming expected to start as early as next month.

The singer will also be heading to Essex for the first time as racing scenes will be shot in Southend when London is out of bounds to filmmakers during the Olympics.

She’ll never have a better chance to get her hands on some winkles.

Rihanna had spoken of her desire to go into comedy following sci-fi action flick Battleship and hopes to work with actor/producer Seth Rogan.

She said: “I’ve always wanted to work with Seth. He is so funny. Even if he’s not in the film, all of his movies are funny.

“They’re the comedies I watch a thousand times, besides Borat of course, and everything that Sacha Baron Cohen does.”

It’s a surprise Sacha hasn’t approached Rihanna to star in one of his movies given she’s a big fan.

If he ever decided to make a sequel to Ali G Indahouse she would make a great love rival to his girlfriend Julie.

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The Raven' star Luke Evans for 'Fast & Furious 6'?

Luke Evans, star of The Raven, may be in talks to star in The Fast and the Furious 6.

According to Twitchfilm, Evans has been offered a role as a villain in the upcoming instalment of the action movie franchise.

Evans is one of several stars recently rumoured to be joining the film, including singer Rihanna.

The actor can be seen starring opposite John Cusack in the crime thriller The Raven, and is presently filming Peter Jackson's The Hobbit with Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, and Aidan Turner in New Zealand.

The Fast and the Furious 6 is scheduled to begin shooting in Europe this June.

Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster and newcomer Gina Carano are tipped to star in the movie.

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Vin Diesel hints at two more 'Riddick' sequels

The Riddick series could receive two more sequels in the future, according to lead actor Vin Diesel.

Diesel, who recently wrapped filming on the third cinematic entry in the series, said that Universal Pictures has already made enquiries about fourth and fifth instalments.

I think they are liking what they are seeing… haha, cause they asked when both 'Underverse' and 'Furya' would be ready to make and release… haha… now that's a ways in the future but it is exciting," he wrote on his Facebook page.

The third movie, simply titled Riddick, was intended for release this year, but is more likely to land in 2013, according to Diesel.

"The studio said the earliest they could release the new "Riddick" is in January… was hoping for 2012… but, it's on the horizon," he said.

Riddick, directed by David Twohy, also stars Katee Sachoff, Jordi Molla and Karl Urban.

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Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd cast in 'Cuban Fury'

Nick Frost and Rashida Jones will be among the cast of upcoming British comedy Cuban Fury.

Chris O'Dowd and Olivia Colman will also star in the project, which is based on an original story idea by Frost.

The romantic comedy centres around an unlucky man (Frost) who decides to rediscover his passion for salsa dancing due to his fondness of his new American boss (Jones).

Up All Night's James Griffiths will make his directorial debut for the film, while Misfits scribe Jon Brown will write the screenplay.

The film will be produced by Big Talk Productions and co-financed by Studiocanal and Film4.

Big Talk's Nira Park told Variety that the project was a "quick development compared to other projects we've worked on.

''With Cuban Fury there was a great one-line pitch and the idea of Nick dancing was funny. I've always wanted to do a dance movie and this is a great romantic comedy with massive dance sequences and a real UK sensibility rooted in reality."

Nick Frost added that the film will help conquer his "weird fear of dancing" and that he has been salsa training for the past few months.

"This fear spoilt my wedding,'' he said. ''But this film will hopefully show that it's not just about aesthetics and that you don't have to look incredibly beautiful to be a good dancer.''

Frost will also executive produce the film, which should begin filming in the UK in seven weeks' time.

The Shaun of the Dead star will lend his voice to the upcoming Ice Age 4: Continental Drift.

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Dukes of Hazzard' movie reboot rumoured

The Dukes of Hazzard could be in line for a cinematic reboot from Warner Bros.

The Hollywood Reporter claims that the studio has hired Observe and Report director Jody Hill to helm a project rumoured to be a revival of the TV property.

Hill has been appointed to work on an action film set in the South in the 1970s, with Dukes of Hazzard producer Bill Gerber overseeing the untitled project.

The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally starred Tom Wopat and John Schneider, ran on CBS between 1979 and 1985. The show was adapted for the big screen in 2005, with Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville in the lead roles.

Warner Bros will make a decision on whether to bill the project as a Dukes of Hazzard reboot after Hill has completed his screenplay, sources claim.

A potential release date for the movie is yet to be announced.

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Amber Heard to play assassin in Robert Rodriguez's 'Machete Kills'?

Amber Heard has entered talks to join the lineup of Machete Kills.

The Rum Diary actress is in line to play an assassin in the Machete sequel starring Danny Trejo and directed by Robert Rodriguez, reports Variety.

Production for the film is expected to begin later this month in Heard's hometown of Austin, Texas.

Heard will play a deadly assassin known as Miss San Antonio.

Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba will also reprise their roles in the sequel.

Mel Gibson recently signed up to play the main villain in the project.

Machete Kills will see Trejo's lead character recruited by the US government to stop an arms dealer (Gibson) from launching a missile.

Heard will also play the leading female role in Albert Hughes's Motor City.

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David Tennant linked with 'The Fast and the Furious 6'

David Tennant has been linked with a role in The Fast and the Furious 6.

The former Doctor Who star is said to have held talks over Skype about appearing in the film with director Justin Lin, according to Latino Review.

Luke Evans is also rumoured to be in negotiations for the project, with reports suggesting that he has been offered the role of a villain. Details of the part Tennant is in contention for have not been disclosed.

Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster and newcomer Gina Carano are tipped to star in The Fast and the Furious 6, which begins shooting in June.

Rihanna is also said to be in contention after studio executives approached her following her screen debut in Battleship.

The Fast and the Furious 6 is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on May 24, 2013.

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‘THE AVENGERS’ NOW ALL-TIME BIGGEST! Shocking $200M Record Opening Weekend: Expecting $640+M Global From First 10 Days

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Cameron Diaz, Benicio Del Toro join action comedy 'Agent: Century 21'

Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro have signed up for Agent: Century 21.

The pair will star in Exclusive Media's action comedy from Danish music video director Adam Hashemi.

It will be Hashemi's big-screen debut, and will feature a script from Stuart Little's Greg Brooker.

The film follows Mary Kay Curly (Diaz), an unlucky newly-divorced woman who is trying to save her real estate job and protect her children. She embarks on a tough task for her boss, and ends up being kidnapped and getting involved in a Mexican drug battle.

Andrew Lazar (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) and David Greenblatt (Battle: Los Angeles) will produce with Iron Man 3's Shane Black.

"Agent: Century 21 is an adrenaline-infused comedy that brings together two of the hottest stars in Hollywood," Exclusive co-chairman Guy East and Nigel Sinclair said.

"It's a dream combination, and with our friend Andrew producing the film, it doesn't get much better than this."

Cameron Diaz is also close to joining Ridley Scott's The Counselor.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones joins cast of 'Red 2'

Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined the cast of RED 2.

Byung-Hun Lee - soon to be seen in G.I. Joe: Retaliation - will also appear in a currently unspecified role.

RED was based on the three-issue DC Comics miniseries by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner and focused on a group of former CIA operatives who are classified as "retired [and] extremely dangerous".

Its sequel will reunite a number of cast members from the first movie, namely Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker and John Malkovich.

Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) will direct, with the script once again written by Erich and Jon Hoeber.

It has also been confirmed that Lionsgate will sell the movie at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

RED 2 will be released on August 2, 2013, while Zeta-Jones will next be seen in Adam Shankman's big-screen adaptation of Rock of Ages alongside Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand and Julianne Hough.

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Taylor Lautner to play bike messenger in parkour thriller 'Tracers'

Taylor Lautner has been cast in the new thriller Tracers.

The young actor will play Cam, a bike messenger in New York who owes money to a crime gang. Cam is introduced to the world of parkour by "a sexy stranger" who he crashes into with his bike, reports Deadline.

The project will be directed by Daniel Benmayor and Twilight producers Mary Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

"We had a remarkable experience with Taylor on Twilight and look forward to bringing Cam to life," Godfrey stated.

FilmNation Entertainment is looking for international buyers with a possible domestic deal in the pipeline, according to the reports.

Lautner previously appeared in another action thriller movie, Abduction, released in 2011.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman cast in 'A Most Wanted Man'

Philip Seymour Hoffman has joined the cast of A Most Wanted Man.

The actor will take on the role of a roguish chief of a covert German spy unit in Anton Corbijn's spy thriller, Deadline reports.

A Most Wanted Man, based on the novel by John le Carré, tells the story of a dying man who arrives in Hamburg's Islamic community in search of his late Russian father's ill-gotten fortune.

Ides of March star Hoffman, who has been linked with the project since February, will play a character named Bachmann, who is keeping a close watch on the protagonist.

Edge of Darkness scribe Andrew Bovell will provide a screenplay for the film, which will begin shooting in Hamburg in September.

A Most Wanted Man is expected to arrive in cinemas in 2013.

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Jackie Chan says no to 'Rush Hour 4

Jackie Chan has said that he has no plans for a Rush Hour movie any time soon.

The franchise - directed by Brett Ratner and co-starring comedian Chris Tucker - has proven successful for Chan in the past. However, the star quashed rumours of a new addition to the series during an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival.

Chan told Empire: "I don't want it to happen at this moment... [it'll] probably [be in] another five or ten years... And at that time I might retire.

"Us being old guys might make it a more interesting story. But at this moment, I don't think it's something I want to do."

Chan recently starred in a remake of The Karate Kid alongside Jaden Smith, a sequel to which is currently in the works.

The actor is currently promoting his latest film Chinese Zodiac which he has said will be his last action movie.

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Tom Hardy: 'I don't know when Mad Max sequel will start'

Tom Hardy has admitted that he does not know when the planned Mad Max sequel will happen.

The British actor, whose latest film Lawless recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, told Empire that he is still waiting for George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road to confirm filming dates.

"We keep moving that around, you know?" he said. "Who knows when it'll come out? I've been on standby for two years... but it's all part of it. It's kind of the cool thing to do, to be elusive with dates and all that."

Asked what the sequel's storyline would entail, Hardy joked: "It's a musical - we're going to go around shopping centres in a little wagon and sing songs. People were expecting big, but we're going to give them small. It'll be a live, free-running musical and it's coming to a place near you soon."

Director Miller told Digital Spy last year that he had planned to shoot the fourth Mad Max instalment in Namibia early this year.

The Australian filmmaker wants to utilise custom-made cameras to shoot the action movie in 3D.

Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and Zoe Kravitz were attached to star in Mad Max: Fury Road when it was announced in 2009.

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Jessica Biel, Chloe Moretz join 'Devil and the Deep Blue Sea'

Jessica Biel, Chloe Moretz and Jeffrey Dean Morgan have signed on to star in drama The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.

The New Orleans-set story centres on a recent widower (Morgan) who finds relief from his grief by helping a young girl (Moretz) fulfil her dream of sailing across the Atlantic.

Biel will play his deceased wife, Deadline reports.

Bill Purple, who has served as second assistant director on films such as Bad Teacher, Green Lantern and Get Him to the Greek, will make his feature directorial debut on the film.

Biel will also co-produce, while her fiancé Justin Timberlake will serve as composer and music supervisor.

Shooting is due to begin this autumn.

Biel was recently cast in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho as actress Vera Miles.

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Chris Hemsworth: 'Snow White and the Huntsman spinoff is possible

Chris Hemsworth has discussed the possibility of a Snow White and the Huntsman spinoff.

It has been reported that a sequel is already in development for the film, which is released this weekend.

Chris Hemsworth told Collider that he would consider starring in a spinoff centred on his character, the Huntsman.

"If there's an audience for it and people wanna see it, and there's a great script and room to do something different with it, absolutely," he confirmed.

"I've heard probably the same rumours you have about possible sequels to this, or prequels as far as the Huntsman's story goes."

"We're pretty elusive for most of it," Hemsworth continued. "He begins having suffered some sort of trauma in a whole life before this point, and then at the end it's left open as well.

"We had endless discussions about 'where does he comes from and why does he do this and what's this about?', and it all of a sudden opened up all these ideas about his whole life prior to this."

Charlize Theron recently spoke about her role as the Evil Queen, and described the film as "gorgeous", "disturbing" and "epic in scale".

Snow White and the Huntsman is released in the UK on May 31 and the US on June 1.

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Robert De Niro for Luc Besson's 'Malavita'

Robert De Niro has been cast in Luc Besson's Malavita.

The veteran actor will star in the gangster thriller set in Normandy, reports Variety.

The film centres around De Niro as a retired mobster living with his family under a witness protection programme in France.

He masquerades as a historian researching the World War Two landings, but it is not long before his past catches up with him.

Besson has adapted the script from Tonino Benacquista's novel Badfellas.

De Niro was most recently seen in Being Flynn and New Year's Eve, and will next appear alongside Cillian Murphy in Red Lights.

He was recently confirmed to be starring alongside Michael Douglas in Last Vegas.

Malavita is scheduled to begin shooting in August.

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Daniel Radcliffe linked to Guillermo del Toro's 'Pinocchio'

Daniel Radcliffe has been linked to a new adaptation of Pinocchio from Guillermo del Toro.

The 3D film, which will use puppets and stop-motion animation, was announced at the Cannes Film Festival this week.

Del Toro, who will direct and produce, stated that Radcliffe has approached him to "get involved in the project', according to The Hollywood Reporter.

He then went on to explain the film's complex development process – he was at one stage planning to hand over directing duties and only produce, but ultimately decided that he was too involved.

"When we originally talked about this project I was going to direct, but then I said I would [just] executive produce it," he said.

"But everything with the production discussions became more and more specific and I began to realise I was getting more and more involved."

After confirming Radcliffe's interest, del Toro named Tom Waits and Christopher Walken as entries on his "wish list" for the voice cast.

The film is tentatively due for release in 2014.

Radcliffe was recently cast in a new Sky Arts comedy drama alongside Jon Hamm.

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Paul Dano joins Steve McQueen's 'Twelve Years A Slave'

Paul Dano has joined the cast of Twelve Years A Slave, the next film from Shame director Steve McQueen.

Michael Fassbender will collaborate with McQueen for the third time on the 1800s-set drama, which centres on a black man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south.

Dano will play an abusive slave owner, Deadline reports.

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the lead role, with Brad Pitt also set to star.

The film is based on Solomon Northup's novel of the same name, and is set for a 2013 release.

Dano stars in upcoming fantasy-comedy Ruby Sparks, which reunites him with Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.

Earlier this year, McQueen suggested that Shame's lack of Oscar nominations was a result of America's 'fear of sex'.

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Genesis Rodriguez joins Melissa McCarthy in 'Identity Theft'

Genesis Rodriguez has been cast in Universal's forthcoming comedy Identity Theft, starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy.

Identity Theft, scheduled for a 2013 release, follows a woman who steals a man's identity.

The 24-year-old actress is set to "play an associate to a local crime boss that comes looking for McCarthy's character after she scams them out of money", reports Deadline.

Rodriguez, who started out in Telemundo TV series, is transitioning to American films, having previously appeared in Man on a Ledge, Will Ferrell's Casa de mi Padre and the newly-released What to Expect When You're Expecting.

She will also star opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in upcoming action-thriller Last Stand, also scheduled for a 2013 release.

"My character is an FBI agent; he plays a cop, the sheriff of a small town," she said about Last Stand. "He is doing it all again, the stunts, the taglines. You're gonna get a lot more of those [hallmarks]."

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