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'Green Lantern' characters confirmed

A casting call for upcoming superhero film Green Lantern has revealed its lineup of characters, Spoiler TV has reported.

According to the press release, the film's antagonist will be rogue Lantern Sinestro, one of the most popular villains in the series' canon. It was also confirmed that Hal Jordan's love interest will be Carol Ferris, who later became the villainess Star Sapphire in the comic books.

Peripheral characters were also unveiled, including Dr Hector Hammond, described in the casting call as "austere and impersonal, real scummy, a pathologist and also the son of a senator". His comic-book counterpart is a wealthy villain with mind-control abilities.

The part of Abin Sur, a member of the Green Lantern Corps and mentor to Hal Jordan, is also up for grabs.

It was previously announced that Ryan Reynolds will star as the movie's protagonist, while Martin Campbell will direct. Green Lantern is slated for release on June 17, 2011.

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Connery to return to 'Indiana Jones'?

Studio bosses are reportedly hoping that Sean Connery will return to the Indiana Jones franchise for the next film.

The 79-year-old veteran actor previously rejected the opportunity to reprise his role in the last instalment of the series, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of the Crystal Skull.

However, producers working on the fifth film of the hugely successful franchise are believed to be considering the idea of tempting Connery back with a major role in the new project, Contactmusic reports.

A source said: "Steven Spielberg has been working on a script with George Lucas and there is an element of the story that could see Sean returning. Anything is possible in these movies and if Sean wants to return he will become central to the new story."

Earlier this week, Harrison Ford revealed that he would be happy to reprise his lead role in the franchise, as long as the script was "good enough".

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Eckhart wants role in 'Batman' sequel

Aaron Eckhart has expressed interest in reprising his role as Two-Face in Christopher Nolan's follow-up to The Dark Knight.

The actor portrayed Harvey Dent and his disfigured alter-ego in Batman's last film outing, which saw the character seemingly killed off in the end. Eckhart, however, is now appealing to Nolan to bring the villain back in a soap opera-inspired twist.

"I think I've talked myself out of the job. I thought I'd died. But you know, America's grown up on soap operas and reinventing people so why doesn't Chris take that into consideration," he said.

Eckhart added that he would "love" to return as the character, but would understand if Nolan made a clean break from the last film out of respect for the late Heath Ledger, who died from an accidental drug overdose in January 2008.

"If Chris asked me back, I would love to. Heath really was meant to come back as The Joker [for the next movie] as we all would want him to do so. Maybe this will be the way it is and be its own little thing."

Production on the next Batman film is rumoured to begin next year.

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Connelly: 'Sex scenes aren't a big deal'

Jennifer Connelly has insisted that actors shouldn't make a big deal out of doing sex scenes.

The Oscar-winning actress admitted that it was "embarrassing" to shoot intimate scenes with co-stars but also revealed her opinion that they were over-hyped.

She told the The Guardian: "Sex scenes are incredibly awkward, they're always uncomfortable. I think they're overused and people get very flustered by them.

"People don't know how to discuss them and there's a lot of embarrassment. It's not my favourite thing to do, but there are circumstances in which they make sense. I just wish people wouldn't dance around them."

Connelly added that she was glad that she did not have to get intimate with husband Paul Bettany in their upcoming movie Creation, which centres around the scientist Charles Darwin.

She explained: "There are certain scenarios people don't want to see, like a married couple having sex in a film. But I don't want to see a sexy movie about Charles Darwin, and the filmmakers didn't want to make that film, so it seemed like there was nothing about our personal pairing that could take away from the film."

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Thurman 'pondering return to Hollywood'

Uma Thurman has revealed that she thinks it's time to return to Hollywood.

The Kill Bill star has admitted that she is worried she will "choke her career to death" if she does not leave New York, where she has lived exclusively for the last few years.

Thurman told W magazine: "I am a mother, but I need to do what I'm good at doing. Even your kids need you to be who you are.

"I've been living at home for work for a long time. If I don't leave soon, I'm going to literally choke my career to death."

The 39-year-old actress, who has two children with actor Ethan Hawke, has also said that life has taken her by "surprise" and that she is in no rush to set a date to marry businessman Arpad Busson.

She said: "I feel like I lived my life backwards. Getting older has been a process of realising I wasn't as grown up as I had thought. I've certainly learned the hard way.

"And that's kind of nice, to realise that just when you think you've figured it out, life surprises you."

Thurman added: "I'm happily engaged, but we haven't set a wedding up. I'm not in a rush to do anything. One day we'll do it, when we're ready."

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Williams nude scene embarrasses daughter

Robin Williams has said that his daughter was surprised when she saw him in a nude scene.

The Sun reports that Williams took his daughter to the premiere of The World's Greatest Dad, but forgot to mention that in one scene he dives into a swimming pool naked.

Williams explained: "She came up and said, 'Thanks for telling me, dad'. She's 20 now and she was like, 'Thanks for giving me a heads up about the nude scene!'"

The actor said that it had been his idea to strip off in the scene.

"It's at the end of the movie, where this guy is having a catharsis," Williams said. "He's getting rid of everything, why not go nude. I dive into a pool and, coming up, it's almost like a rebirth.

"It's a strange thing and, in a weird way, it worked."

However, he added that he would not like to see his daughter get naked in a film.

"I think I'd be like, 'Stop! Turn that off!' That's when hypocrisy comes up and goes, 'Payback's a bitch!'"

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Mendes: "The recession has hit the industry"

Sam Mendes has reportedly suggested that the recession has made financing for dramas and period pieces "almost impossible".

The Revolutionary Road director has claimed that while his film Away We Go was made "very cheaply", other movies are suffering due to the economic climate.

Mendes said: "The recession has hit the industry in a very odd way as big movies are more popular than ever.

"But the movies in the middle are almost getting squeezed out, which is the big dramas, the movies that do cost a bit of money with well-known actors in them."

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Damon: 'No one offered me a job in months'

Matt Damon has revealed that he was stunned when Steven Soderbergh approached him to star in The Informant!.

The 38-year-old actor, who won an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting with friend Ben Affleck, has said that the director offered him the film in 2001 when his career had stalled, reports STV.

Damon said: "Nobody had offered me a job in nine months. I was very aware of my position in the business. It was in that climate that he called.

"He said that he found something for us to do. I was so confused by that because nobody had offered me a job in so long. I could be the lead in a Steven Soderbergh movie? I instantly said yes."

The Informant! is currently in US cinemas and is to be released in the UK on November 20.

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George Clooney to direct Matt Damon?

George Clooney has revealed that he would like to direct Matt Damon in his new film Hamdan V. Rumsfeld.

According to STV, the Good Night, And Good Luck director has said that he would like his friend to star in the political movie he is currently developing about the 'War on Terror'. Damon will reportedly play the lawyer of Osama Bin Laden's former chauffeur, who was captured in Afghanistan and sent to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Clooney said: "It's about the so called 'War on Terror', but set in a courtroom."

The Informant! star recently revealed that Clooney consistently nabs all the good roles in Hollywood, and was even considered for Damon's character in the Steven Soderbergh-directed film.

Damon said: "George just wasn't right for the part, thank God, so I got to play it. He gets enough good roles, he doesn't need all the good ones, he's got to leave some for the rest of us."

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Stewart, Pattinson 'deserve privacy'

A Twilight screenwriter has told fans to leave Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson alone.

The pair have recently faced numerous rumours that they are dating.

However, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg said that they deserve to have a private life.

"Their chemistry on film is so extraordinary," she told E! Online. "They were beautifully cast for those roles and their chemistry is amazing.

"I think people often confuse chemistry on-screen with chemistry off-screen."

She continued: "I think people should just enjoy what's on-screen and leave their private lives wherever they are. I don't actually know what they are."

Reports recently suggested that Pattinson and Stewart have been told to hide their romance.

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'Twilight' star: 'Eclipse' will be dark'

Twilight star Justin Chon has said that the third film in the series will be "dark".

Speaking to E! News, Chon chatted about Eclipse's director, David Slade.

"He's done pretty dark films so that's where I see [Eclipse] really gravitating towards," he said. "More of a dark kind of moody film.

"Just shooting the scenes that I'm in, the mood is definitely different."

He continued: "David is very set on how he wants this movie to be portrayed. It's a lot more refined and maybe not as loose as the last two - at least for us humans. I can only imagine what he's doing with everyone else."

Chon added that the film's star, Robert Pattinson, is staying in a house as an extra security measure.

"Security has been increased a lot," he said. "They're a lot more protective... If Rob was to go out in public with anybody, I think it could be pretty dangerous.

"It takes him a lot more time to get in and out of places. But he doesn't get angry. He's handling things great."

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Rachel Weisz to star in horror film?

The director of Jennifer's Body has revealed that Rachel Weisz will be starring in her next film.

Karyn Kusama told io9 that she is planning to make a "psychological horror".

She said: "There's a screenplay I wrote a while ago with a partner that has a sort of element of horror, although I would call it a psychological horror in the Cronenberg tradition, that I'm trying to get made.

"It definitely does fall into sort of a body horror movie that deals very, very specifically with our concept of gender."

Kusama concluded: "I can't really talk to you specifically about it other than to say that Rachel Weisz is attached to the film."

Jennifer's Body will be released in the UK on November 6.

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Mark Millar promises 'Kick-Ass' sequels

British writer Mark Millar has promised sequels to both the comic and movie versions of Kick-Ass.

Millar told MTV News that there would "definitely" be follow-ups to his miniseries and the forthcoming film.

"The series ends on a teaser for the next one, and the movie ends on that teaser, too," he said.

"We don't want to sound too cocky, but we know this is good. It didn't cost that much money to make. There will definitely be another one."

The movie will open on April 16, 2010.

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Swayze 'asked to star in 'Zombieland'

Screenwriter Rhett Reese has revealed that Patrick Swayze was asked to cameo in upcoming horror-comedy Zombieland.

Speaking to website ShockTillYouDrop, Reese explained that his initial script drafts with Paul Wernick featured an appearance from a zombie Swayze.

"That was many years ago, before he got sick," said Reese. "It was [going to be] a Patrick Swayze zombie."

Reese revealed that lead characters Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) and Tallahasse (Woody Harrelson) were to encounter Swayze in an homage to Ghost and Dirty Dancing.

He said: "They got attacked by him zombified and we had these wonderful moments where they found a potter's wheel and there's Columbus on the wheel and these other hands come up behind him and it's Patrick Swayze the zombie.

"Ultimately, they fight and Patrick bull-rushes Tallahassee who grabs him and lifts him into the air, à la Jennifer Grey, and smashes him into a pillar."

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Patrick Wilson joins 'The A-Team'

Watchmen star Patrick Wilson has joined the cast of 20th Century Fox's big-screen take on The A-Team.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Wilson will play a CIA operative in the movie. Early speculation has suggested that he might be the film's villain, but that has not been confirmed.

Joe Carnahan will direct The A-Team in Vancouver this autumn from a script by Skip Woods. Ridley and Tony Scott are serving as producers.

Liam Neeson is signed up to play Hannibal Smith, Sharlto Copley will take on the role of Howling Mad Murdock, while UFC star Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson will take on the role of B.A. Baracus.

Bradley Cooper has been cast as Faceman and Jessica Biel is expected to play his love interest.

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Depp hints at 'Pirates 4' troubles

Johnny Depp has suggested that the next Pirates Of The Caribbean movie may be in jeopardy.

The actor appeared with former Disney chairman Dick Cook at the D23 Expo earlier this month to announce the fourth instalment in the adventure franchise. However, Cook was fired from Disney last week after 29 years at the company.

"There's a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment... It was all born in that office," Depp told the Los Angeles Times, referring to a verbal agreement he made with Cook about the new Pirates film.

Depp hinted that he had only accepted an offer to return for a fourth movie, which currently has no script or director, because of his friendship with Cook.

"He said, 'We're thinking about doing this Pirates Of The Caribbean movie'," Depp added. "I said I was in. This was before there was a script or anything."

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which will see Jack Sparrow search for the Fountain of Youth, is scheduled to be released in 2011.

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Spielberg scared of 'Paranormal Activity'?

Steven Spielberg reportedly believed that his copy of horror film Paranormal Activity was haunted.

The low-budget movie about demonic possession in a suburban home - made for $15,000 (£9,270) and filmed by Oren Peli over a week in 2006 - was presented to the Academy Award-winning director in 2008 as a potential deal for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, the Los Angeles Times reports.

It is understood that Spielberg took a DVD copy of the film to his Pacific Palisades home to view, while not long after he watched it the door to his bedroom locked from the inside and a locksmith had to be summoned. He then supposedly returned the disc back to the studio in a garbage bag.

However, the studio decided against remaking the original after audiences walked out of a test screening and claimed that it was too scary.

Paramount plans to release the film in 13 US university towns on Friday. A wider release is scheduled for mid-October.

"The movie could be stratospheric, or it could just become a cult favourite," said IM Global's Stuart Ford, who sold Paranormal Activity to more than 50 foreign distributors.

"It just depends on whether the studio can catch a wave."

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Cattrall's Samantha to wed in 'SATC 2'?

Kim Cattrall's character will reportedly marry in the upcoming sequel to Sex And The City.

The actress, who plays the role of Samantha Jones, recently revealed a minor plotline that her ex-boyfriend Smith Jarrod (Jason Lewis) returns in the highly-anticipated update, currently filming in New York City.

Samantha split from Smith in the first film, before moving back to the Big Apple from Los Angeles. However, the 53-year-old was spotted on the set on Friday wearing a sleeveless wedding dress and Ugg boots, Us Weekly reports.

"Yes, Jason is back!" an insider said. "Smith has become a famous movie star, so we'll see how that plays out and how that affects their relationship."

Cattrall previously said that she and co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are having a "blast" filming the follow-up, which will arrive in cinemas on May 28, 2010.

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Brad Pitt reportedly in talks for possible 'Sherlock Holmes' sequel

With three months still to go before the December 25 release of Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective, Warner Bros. has begun developing a sequel, according to the Hollywood Reporter, with Brad Pitt in talks to possibly take on the role of Holmes’ arch nemesis, Moriarty. Screenwriters Kieran and Michele Mulroney, who are currently working on a script for Warners’ planned Justice League superhero film, are said to be near a deal to pen the next Holmes installment. Pitt’s possible involvement in the Holmes franchise has been the subject of speculation for months, but, while he has met with the film’s producers, no deal is yet in place. Earlier this summer, audiences at Comic-Con were given a sneak peek at clips from Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy Ritchie, which promises to give the venerable Baker Street crime fighter a big-budget, action-driven spin.

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Lily Cole: 'I like poking fun at myself'

Lily Cole has revealed that she embraced her role in school comedy St Trinian's as it allowed her to poke fun at herself.

The 21-year-old, who is currently studying at Cambridge University, played the part of Polly in the original instalment of the franchise in 2007.

Contactmusic quotes Cole as saying: "It was fun. There wasn't really much pressure. I didn't really take it very seriously. I wasn't really committed to the character. I like the idea of being a model and playing a geek.

"I quite liked taking the p*ss out of the fact I do study a lot. It was just a bit sardonic."

The forthcoming sequel St Trinian's: The Legend of Fritton's Gold is due in cinemas on December 18 and stars Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and David Tennant.

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