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Cameron to reunite with Schwarzenegger?

Director James Cameron has said that he may reunite with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Avatar helmer and creator of Schwarzenegger's best known role as The Terminator told MTV that he is considering projects that he and the California governor can do together once the former action star leaves office.

"I think he wants to come back to Hollywood. I think he wants to act again, and we will talk when he's clear of his problems and I'm clear of mine," the filmmaker said.

When asked about a possible True Lies sequel, Cameron responded: "I'm thinking about things that we could do together; I'm sure he is as well."

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Hugh Jackman confirmed for 'Real Steel'

Hugh Jackman is to star in Real Steel.

According to Cinema Blend, the robot boxing movie will mark the first collaboration between Touchstone Pictures and DreamWorks.

The film has not begun shooting as yet, but has a confirmed release date of November 18, 2011.

Insiders speculate that the project may give future Twilight sequels (the franchise having traditionally opened around the American Thanksgiving holiday) true competition at the box office.

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Howard won't appear in 'Spider-Man 4'?

Bryce Dallas Howard has said that she has not been asked to appear in Spider-Man 4.

The Terminator Salvation star played Gwen Stacey in 2007's Spider-Man 3. Speaking to Crave, Howard revealed that she is yet to discuss reprising the role for the fourth instalment of the superhero franchise.

"I don't know. I mean, it was really made clear to me when we all did Spider-Man 3 that it was entirely possible that a character could come back or a character could not and this could be just a specific plotline to that film, because there's so many stories in the comic book series and you want to pack as much in as possible," she said.

The actress added: "It's truly up to Sam [Raimi], you know, [and] the writers and the people who have done such an amazing job protecting that franchise and choosing the best storylines for audiences... I'm a fan first."

Spider-Man 4, directed by Raimi, is due in cinemas on May 5, 2011.

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Cyrus song stripped of Grammy nod

A Miley Cyrus track has been withdrawn from Grammy consideration for the 'Best Song Written For A Soundtrack' category.

The song 'The Climb' was nominated for its appearance in Hannah Montana: The Movie. However, the nod was later revoked when the nominating panel discovered that it was not originally penned for the film.

'The Climb' was written by Jon Mabe and Jessi Alexander, who shopped the song around to a number of country music artists before it landed in Cyrus's movie, reports Entertainment Weekly.

The official nomination has now gone to the entry with the next highest number of votes, 'All Is Love' by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, written for Where the Wild Things Are.

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Abrams to make 'Great World Spin'

J.J. Abrams is close to securing the movie rights to Colum McCann's National Book Award-winning novel Let The Great World Spin.

McCann will adapt the screenplay, with Abrams producing through his Bad Robot production firm at Paramount, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Let The Great World Spin follows a group of characters and their struggles living in New York in the early '70s. The story is built around Philippe Petit's World Trade Centre stunt, which saw the Frenchman string a tightrope between the Twin Towers and walk across it in the summer of 1974.

The recent documentary Man On Wire also shed light on Petit's illegal high-wire act.

Abrams is also working on a Micronauts project for Paramount.

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Daniel Day-Lewis: "I'm not picky"

Daniel Day-Lewis has denied that he is picky about which film projects he chooses.

The actor told The Guardian that he had to think for a long time before agreeing to star in Nine.

Day-Lewis said: "It wasn't a convenient time for me to go back to work. I'm not picky, quite honestly. It's simply that I recognise pretty quickly the stuff that I don't like.

"And I also recognise the impulse that is dragging me towards a piece of work. And perhaps as you get older, that impulse comes less often."

He added: ""In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it."

"I made a personal pledge that I wouldn't work unless I needed to. And you're right, that's a tremendous privilege.

"But I've always thought that if was a question of paying bills, simple as that, then I would much rather do any work than this."

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Cameron producing 'Fantastic Voyage'

James Cameron latest science fiction movie for 20th Century Fox is a remake of Fantastic Voyage.

Shane Salerno is writing the screenplay for the blockbuster, about five scientists who are shrunk and injected into the body of a dying colleague to save his life.

Cameron and Salerno were rumoured to be working on Doomsday Protocol, however the pair's project is a new version of the 1966 film.

Cameron's latest film Avatar opens in cinemas on December 17.

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'Alan Partridge' movie to be shot in US

Steve Coogan has revealed that the Alan Partridge movie will take his hapless chatshow host to America.

Speaking to Empire, Coogan said that an official announcement on the movie will be made in "the next couple of months".

"We're doing it in the States, but I'm not going to try and Americanise it," said Coogan. "I wouldn't try to do the same observational stuff here that I do in Britain. I'm not going to come over here and go, 'Right, now I'm going to try and invent five different characters who are all American,' because I'm not steeped in American culture. It wouldn't work.

"I'm so ingrained in British culture that for me to observe the minutiae of being British in all its different ways is very easy. I couldn't claim to do that here, and if I did they'd end up being caricatures. It'll be a British fool/idiot character in a movie that should appeal to everybody."

Coogan co-writes the Partridge character with Peter Baynham, Patrick Marber and Armando Iannucci.

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Colin Firth 'likes idea of Bridget Jones 3'

Colin Firth has reportedly claimed that he likes the idea of filming a third Bridget Jones movie.

The actor starred as Bridget's (Renee Zellwegger) love interest Mark Darcy in the original film and its sequel, based on the novels by Helen Fielding.

Recent reports have suggested that Working Title is considering a third instalment, possibly inspired by Fielding's newspaper columns.

Speaking to Moviefone, he said: "I only know what you know. That might not be believable to you, but I honestly don't know. I'm not in regular touch with the Working Title people.

"I don't see why not! I think it would be well worth having a go. I like the idea in some ways now because I think enough time has gone by, we're not just sort of trailing the other two. We've all grown a little older, I think there's more fun to be had with that. I'm not adverse to the idea."

When asked if he would return, he replied: "Yeah, it depends. Good script - yes. Bad script - no."

Zellweger played down speculation about the film earlier this year, insisting that she had not heard anything about a third project.

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Portman signs for 'Pride, Prejudice & Zombies'

Natalie Portman will lead the cast of Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, a horror reworking of Jane Austen's classic novel.

The movie is based on Seth Grahame-Smith's book of the same name, which unleashes a flesh-eating zombie virus on Austen's characters. Portman will produce and play the zombie-slaying Elizabeth Bennet, reports Variety.

"Natalie and I are longtime passionate fans of Jane Austen's books and this a fresh, fun and thought-provoking way to approach her work," said Portman's producing partner Annette Savitch. "The idea of zombies running rampant in 19th century England may sound odd, but it lends a modern sense of urgency to a well known love story."

Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko, The Box) is also onboard to produce the movie.

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Emily Blunt: 'Fergie made us tea on set'

Emily Blunt has said that she had a lot of fun working with Sarah Ferguson when she played the title role in The Young Victoria.

Ferguson co-produced the film with Martin Scorsese and Graham King, with the movie exploring the formative years of the English Queen.

Blunt told Parade: "Sarah Ferguson was one of the producers. She may be the Duchess of York, but she doesn't really give you any reason to feel nervous.

"I mean, she's like, 'Call me Fergie'. She's honestly the kind of person you would want to go and have a drink with. She's really a lot of fun.

"Fergie was the one who could pull strings to get us into royal locations, so she was vital to the whole look of the film.

"But, she said, 'What the hell do I know about making films? I'll pop in and make tea now and then'. And she did. She came in and served tea."

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Weaver reveals 'Ghostbusters 3' spoilers

Sigourney Weaver has revealed spoilers about the storyline for Ghostbusters 3.

Speaking to Channel 4 News ahead of her new film Avatar's release, the actress, who appeared as Dana Barrett in the first two movies, confirmed that her character's son Oscar and Bill Murray's Peter Venckman will play key parts in the sequel.

"I'm afraid to say [Ghostbusters 3] is happening, I hope people are excited about that," she said. "I don't know if I'm going to be in it, I have had a couple of calls asking, 'Would you read the script?' I know that my little son Oscar - who was kidnapped from me [in Ghostbusters 2] - I think he has grown up to be a Ghostbuster."

Weaver confessed that she is unlikely to have a big role in the third movie, adding: "I might be in it; I see nothing wrong with being in it, although I don't think I will have a big part. I think Bill Murray has a little more to do with it - he's a ghost."

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Howard joins Eastwood's 'Hereafter'

Bryce Dallas Howard has signed to appear in supernatural thriller Hereafter, reports Empire.

The Spider-Man 3 star joins Matt Damon and director Clint Eastwood on the project, due for a December 2010 release.

Details on the Peter Morgan-scripted Hereafter are being kept secret by Warner Bros, however the film is thought to be in a similar vein to M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense.

Eastwood is also producing for Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks.

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Ali Larter circling 'UFO' role

Heroes actress Ali Larter is in talks to co-star in science fiction thriller UFO.

Speaking to Forbidden Planet, director Matthew Gratzner revealed that Larter is the frontrunner for the role of Virginia Lake.

"We've talked to Ali Larter, who's very interested," he said. "I've actually met with her, and I think she would be a great addition to the picture. Lake is very strong and obviously also very feminine, and Ali Larter definitely encompasses that."

Fringe star Joshua Jackson was recently cast in the lead role of Paul Foster.

UFO is based on a 1970s TV series of the same name.

Shooting is scheduled to start in the UK next spring.

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Cruz injured hands filming 'Nine'

Penelope Cruz's hands were bruised and cut during the filming of musical Nine.

The Volver star told Popeater that her hands got injured while she was shooting demanding dance routines on ropes for the movie.

"I didn't want the marks that I got from the ropes to go away," Cruz said.

She added: "They were my little medals. Of course they went away. I was so used to them after three weeks of training that you don't even feel physical pain anymore."

Director Rob Marshall revealed that Cruz was bleeding during one number.

"She developed calluses and then they broke... Everybody hurt themselves pretty badly," he said.

Nine opens in cinemas on December 18.

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Pattinson 'wants 'Magneto' role'

Robert Pattinson has revealed that he would like to play a superhero - and said that Marvel villain Magneto would be his first choice.

The Twilight star was quizzed as to whether he had given much thought to appearing in a superhero film during an interview with Frank Boyle.

He replied: "Well, yeah, I think everyone wonders about that sometimes. My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto, so I guess that's who I should probably play."

Spinoff movie X-Men Origins: Magneto is currently in the works, but X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner and the film's writer David Goyer have recently admitted that it is not a high-priority project.

X-Men Origins: Magneto, a look at the early life of the self-proclaimed master of magnetism, has a tentative release date of 2013.

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Sandman to star in animated film?

The animation directors of DC Comics's Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths have revealed that their dream projects would be Sandman and Aquaman features.

Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu, who have worked on the past three DC Universe films, have just completed an original Justice League story from award-winning animation and comics writer Dwayne McDuffie.

The pair were asked by Comicsonline what DC-based movie they hoped to work on in the future.

Liu said: "I’d love to do Sandman from the Vertigo line. I don’t know what kind of story that would be, but I’d love to work with Neil Gaiman because I really loved those comics."

Montgomery replied: "I want that Aquaman project, but I doubt we’ll ever make it."

Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths, from Superman Doomsday executive producer Bruce Timm, is to be released by Warner Home Video on February 23, 2010.

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Weisz: 'Meeting Pattinson was vampiric'

Rachel Weisz has said that she loved working with Robert Pattinson.

The Oscar-winning actress, who will star alongside Pattinson in the independent film Unbound Captives, has insisted that she was unfamiliar with the Twilight star but liked his "rebel vibe".

Speaking to MTV Movies, the 39-year-old said: "Meeting him was vampiric. He sucked my blood. Wait, is he the vampire? He is the vampire, right? I like to work with all kinds of talented people, whatever the age."

Weisz said that she found Pattinson's "rebellious" charm to be attractive.

She added: "He wasn't star-struck. He's got a whole rebel vibe, right? Yeah, that was his vibe. He's kind of iconoclastic. He's flaunting authority. Yeah, pretty cool."

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Law: 'I always wanted to act with Downey Jr'

Jude Law has revealed that he accepted a role in the film Sherlock Holmes because he had always wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr.

The actor, who plays Dr Watson in Guy Ritchie's reimagining of the fictional British detective, has insisted that he was eager to star alongside one of his favourite actors.

Law told The Daily Telegraph: "I met Robert Downey Jr and wanted to work with him and so I said I'd do Sherlock Holmes. Two days later I thought, 'What am I doing? This is insane, because is it really what I want to do?'

"Luckily, it evolved into a wonderful experience."

The 36-year-old also said that he believed Ritchie was the perfect choice to direct the film.

He added: "I thought it was a clever twist to take a man known for his modern, punchy, almost street films and apply to him the almost staid legacy."

Sherlock Holmes arrives in US cinemas on December 25 and in the UK on December 26.

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Wahlberg: 'Lovely Bones role was difficult'

Mark Wahlberg has revealed that he found his latest film role to be emotionally challenging.

The Oscar-nominated actor, who plays a man whose daughter is brutally murdered in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, has insisted that he almost turned down the role because he had a baby on the way in real life.

The 38-year-old told MTV: "The stress level, and me being an emotional wreck day in and day out as I have to put myself in that place to be able to convey the emotions in an honest way - that was the one reason why I didn't want to do it."

Despite the heavy subject matter, Wahlberg accepted the role because of director Jackson and the film's "uplifting" ending.

He added: "There were many other reasons why I did want to do it. Working with Peter was probably the biggest, and thinking ultimately that it was going to be a great film that did have a very hopeful and very uplifting ending to a tragic beginning."

The Lovely Bones arrives in US cinemas on January 15 and in the UK on January 29.

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