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Beyoncé in talks to play Wonder Woman

Beyoncé is reportedly in talks to play Wonder Woman in a film about the comic book heroine.

The Obsessed actress previously said that she had met with executives from both DC Comics and Warner Brothers about taking the lead role in the planned film.

She said that being cast as the character "would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing", adding that "it would be a dream come true" to land the part.

The singer has now said that she will soon enter talks with the writers and director of the proposed movie, ComicBookMovie.com reports.

She revealed during a press conference that she has a number of films that she is currently working on, including Wonder Woman. The 28-year-old told reporters that she will meet with GI Joe: The Rise Of Corba scribes and Max Payne director John Moore in the forthcoming months about her participation in the project.

She added that the film could possibly begin production in mid-2010 for a late 2011 release.

Other actresses who have expressed an interest in portraying Wonder Woman include Jessica Biel, Vanessa Hudgens and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

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Watts is 'world's most profitable actress'

Naomi Watts has been named the world's most profitable actress in Forbes's latest list.

The ranking, which is named the 'Best Actresses for the Buck', was created to show which movie stars make the most money in the box office.

The 41-year-old Australian actress, who has starred in films such as The Ring and King Kong, apparently makes $44 for every dollar she is paid for films.

The runner-up was Jennifer Connelly, who makes $41 for every dollar, and third place was given to Rachel McAdams, who turns every dollar into $30. It is believed that the first three actresses topped the list because they are willing to accept lower salaries than stars such as Angelina Jolie.

Other actresses in the top ten include Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Halle Berry.

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Brody, Grace to lead 'Predators' cast

Oscar-winner Adrien Brody will lead the cast of 20th Century Fox's Predators, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie, a retooling of the '80s sci-fi action franchise, will also see Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Walt Goggins, Danny Trejo and Oleg Taktarov star for director Nimrod Antal and producer Robert Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, Alex Litvak and Michael Finch's script centres on a group of warriors being hunted by alien trackers. Brody will play the team's leader, Grace an unassuming accountant and Braga a strong female warrior.

Predators beings production next month in Hawaii and Texas for a July 9, 2010 release.

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Vaughn: 'Retreat isn't too raunchy'

Vince Vaughn has claimed that he enjoyed acting in a movie that "didn't go so raunchy".

The Wedding Crashers star told Parade that there is a sensitivity to his new film Couples Retreat despite its adult themes.

Vaughn said: "There's no intentional F-words in the movie. There's no GD or taking the Lord's name in vain. This movie didn't warrant that.

"I think there's a love that comes off the movie in spite of the fact that we deal with adult stuff. I loved it because it didn't go so raunchy."

He added: "It's like a Cosby record in a sense in that you're dealing with something in a way that's funny but not too down and dirty."

The actor has previously claimed that Couples Retreat is different from other romantic comedies.

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Isla Fisher lines up two rom-coms

Australian actress Isla Fisher has signed up to star in two new Universal romantic comedies, reports Variety.

The Confessions of a Shopaholic star will play the lead in Life Coach, which follows the story of "a young woman who consults a life coach who turns out to be messed up".

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy will co-produce the film alongside Fisher, while Liz Cackowski and Maggie Carey are penning the script.

Fisher's second project is currently untitled, but is based on French script called One Day My Princes Will Come. No plot details have yet been revealed.

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DreamWorks eyes Reynolds for 'Motorcade'

DreamWorks has lined up Ryan Reynolds for the lead role in thriller Motorcade, according to Variety.

The Wolverine actor has been targeted to play a Secret Service agent who is "in the wrong place at the right time" when the president is kidnapped in New York. 24 director Jon Cassar will helm the project.

Director Len Wiseman and Tom Cruise were previously attached to the movie.

Reynolds, who has not yet signed a contract, is currently working on the Martin Campbell-directed Green Lantern movie.

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Groening: 'No plans for Simpsons sequel'

Matt Groening has admitted that there are no current plans to make a sequel to 2007's The Simpsons Movie, reports Variety.

Speaking to documentarian Morgan Spurlock at the Mipcom sales mart in Cannes, creator Groening said that the Simpsons team became "frustrated" over the time it took to make the first feature.

Groening said: "It took 18 years to get around to doing the movie. We got very frustrated. We thought it would take two years but it ended up taking four. Some day maybe we'll do another one - but don't hold your breath."

Discussing when the animated show, now in its 21st season, will finish, Groening remarked: "We cannot predict the end because we can't believe we are still here today."

Showrunner Al Jean added: "We are contracted to do two more seasons. I gave up predicting the end a long time ago."

Simpsons producer David Mirkin recently told DS that the show's creative team are still "in therapy" after going through the trauma of producing a movie.

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Samuel L. Jackson signs for 'Same Kind'

Samuel L. Jackson has signed up to star in the big screen adaptation of Same Kind of Different as Me, reports Variety.

Roderick and Bruce Taylor are penning the screenplay from Ron Hall and Denver Moore's bestselling memoir.

Jackson will play Moore, an ex-con who became close friends with wealthy Dallas art dealer Hall. The Pulp Fiction star will also executive produce the film.

His other upcoming projects include the HBO movie Sunset Limited and Will Ferrell comedy The Other Guys.

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RZA added to Downey Jr 'Due Date'

Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA has been added to the cast of Warner Bros comedy Due Date.

The hip-hop star joins a cast which includes Robert Downey Jr, Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan and Jamie Foxx. Todd Phillips is signed up to direct.

Due Date follows the story of a high-strung father-to-be (Downey Jr) who is forced to ride with a college slacker (Galifianakis) to ensure that he makes the birth of his first child. Foxx will portray Downey Jr's oldest friend, who once secretly dated his wife (Monaghan). It has not been confirmed what part RZA will play.

RZA's acting credits include roles in Adam Sandler comedy Funny People and Ridley Scott's American Gangster.

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Gary Ross tapped for 'Venom' movie

Gary Ross will write and potentially direct Sony's Spider-Man spinoff Venom.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ross is taking over scripting duties from Zombieland pair Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and is eyeing the movie to direct.

Topher Grace portrayed Venom in Spider-Man 3 but it is unclear if he will return for the spinoff. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #299 in March 1988 as an alien parasite that takes over Peter Parker's Daily Bugle rival Eddie Brock.

Ross has previously worked with Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire on Seabiscuit and Pleasantville. He is also scripting Spider-Man 4 for Sony.

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Michael Sheen: 'I just love Aro'

Michael Sheen has said that he is looking forward to scaring people when he appears in Twilight sequel New Moon.

The actor told Parade that his daughter cried and kicked him out of frustration when she found out that he would feature in the movie.

Sheen said: "She was a bit overwhelmed. It was like when I was kid - if there was something I was really into, the last thing I wanted was my mom and dad to be into it as well.

"So, at first, Lily got upset and sort of cried when I told her. I think it was just like her fantasy imaginative world suddenly colliding with reality.

"There's so much expectation about the sequel. People who are hooked on the stories have very definite ideas about the character from the second book."

He added: "So it's a dilemma. You want to give them what they expect, what they want to see, but you also want to surprise them.

"My biggest concern has been that everyone would remember that I played a werewolf in Underworld. So it would be a stretch for me to become a vampire.

"But I just love Aro. I think he has a gentle side even though he's pretty scary. And I'm just very pleased to have a whole new generation of people I can scare."

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Wayans replaces Murphy in Pryor biopic

Marlon Wayans is in talks to play Richard Pryor in Sony's biopic of the legendary stand-up, reports Entertainment Weekly.

Eddie Murphy had been lined up to reunite with his Dreamgirls director Bill Condon in Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?, but dropped out after clashing with the project's previous backers Paramount.

Wayans allegedly won the role by recording a 13-minute screen test that impressed producers Chris Rock, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Mark Gordon and Adam Sandler.

Pryor, considered one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, died of a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 65.

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'Pirates 4' inspired by 'Tides' novel

The fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie will be based on Tim Powers's 1988 fantasy novel On Stranger Tides.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Disney optioned Powers's book three years ago so that it could use elements from his story for its next Pirates instalment.

"I've watched all the [Pirates] movies several times and I think the clear thing they would use is the trip to the Fountain of Youth," said Powers. "My main character doesn't overlap with Jack Sparrow at all.

"I suppose they might overlap the Geoffrey Rush character Barbossa and Blackbeard. The only thing I feel certain they will hold on to is the Fountain of Youth since they telegraphed that at the end of the last movie."

Screenwriter Terry Rossio confirmed that the filmmakers will "draw material and expertise" from Powers's work, using it as a springboard for a story about Blackbeard's search for the mythical Fountain of Youth.

"I don't know if it's proper to say it's based on it but there are enough common elements to think that the book had to be optioned to us to reasonably proceed along that storyline," Empire quotes Rossio as saying.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will open in July 2011.

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Selena Gomez: 'I'm on Team Jacob'

Selena Gomez has revealed that she would prefer Taylor Lautner's character in Twilight over that of his co-star Robert Pattinson.

The Wizards Of Waverly Place star, who was linked to Lautner over the summer, told MTV News that she would choose werewolf Jacob Black (Lautner) over vampire Edward Cullen (Pattinson).

"This question is so hard. I don't know, I like them both," she said.

"I have to choose one of them? I don't know, I guess Team Jacob, because I want to be a good friend.

"To be honest, I really wasn't [into the Twilight franchise]. I never read the books, I never saw the movie. And then, I got the wonderful opportunity of meeting Taylor, and we became friends."

She added: "I watched it because I love to support my friends and I ended up loving it. My mum and I were like, 'OK, this movie is pretty awesome'. We're going to the [New Moon] premiere."

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Gerard Butler: 'Nice to show butt'

Law Abiding Citizen star Gerard Butler has discussed his on-screen nudity at the film's Hollywood premiere.

The 39-year-old actor said that the scene was justified and not "gratuitous".

He told entertainment show Extra: "It's always nice to show a bit of butt.

"I don't think it was gratuitous. I think there is a good reason for my nakedness in this movie."

On the same subject, Butler's co-star Jamie Foxx said: "He has to do his whole thing for the ladies, which is great. But that's when we men go to the concession stands."

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Holmes: 'I even like vampire films'

Katie Holmes has said that she is a fan of vampire movies as long as they are done well.

The Batman Begins star was quizzed by US Elle as to which type of films she preferred.

Holmes said: "It can be any genre. I even like vampire movies - they just have to be well done.

"I want to believe in the characters. The minute it starts to feel not real, I'm not interested."

There have been a number of successful vampire-related movies and TV series in recent years, including Let The Right One In, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries and the Twilight series.

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Hardin, Big Show sign for 'Knucklehead'

Melora Hardin and WWE star Paul 'Big Show' Wight have signed up for wrestling comedy Knucklehead.

Mark Feuerstein, Rebecca Creskoff (Hung), Lester Speight (Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay) and Bobb'e J Thompson (Role Models) are also among the cast. Michael Watkins is directing the movie for WWE Studios.

The film follows the story of a fighting promoter (Feuerstein) who finds himself in debt to a rival. When he discovers a 450-pound church handyman (Wight), he persuades him to take up wrestling to help raise some much-needed funds.

Hardin (17 Again, The Office) runs the orphanage that has looked after Wight's character all his life.

Shooting started earlier this week in New Orleans.

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Sheen: 'Alice had a huge impact on me'

Michael Sheen has said that Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland was one of the first stories he loved as a child.

The New Moon star told Parade that he was delighted to be cast in Tim Burton's upcoming movie adaptation of the literary classic.

Sheen said: "I'm doing the White Rabbit in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Everyone has an inner white fluffy animal, it's just a question of finding it before it's too late.

"The White Rabbit is such an iconic character that I didn't feel like I should break the mould too much, so I just sort of went with it."

He added: "Alice In Wonderland was one of the first stories I truly loved when I was growing up.

"It had a huge impact on me and it's stayed with me ever since, so to be part of Tim Burton's version is just like a dream come true."

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Mazeau: 'Flash still moving forward'

Screenwriter Dan Mazeau has refuted reports that comic book adaptation Flash has been put on hold.

It was previously reported that the production was in jeopardy due to the restructuring of DC Entertainment. These rumours intensified when the project's previous scribe Charles Roven told IGN that internal changes within the company had forced the movie to a halt.

However, Mazeau - who replaced Roven on the venture - dismissed such speculation, insisting that the film is still under way.

"Everything is moving forward as planned," he explained. "I'm still writing the script. Geoff Johns is still consulting. Flash fans have no cause for concern, and - in my opinion - lots to be excited about."

Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert in 1940, Flash tells the story of a man who acquires super speed after being struck by a bolt of lightning. The film adaptation is expected to arrive in theatres in 2011.

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Swank 'studying flying for Amelia role'

Hilary Swank has said that she is studying to become a pilot as part of her preparation for her role as famed aviator Amelia Earhart.

According to Contactmusic, the Oscar winner admitted that she is anxious about the solo flight she must take in order to earn her credentials.

She revealed: "I am [studying to become a pilot]. I don't sweat a lot, but when I fly my whole back is drenched. The concentration, the focus."

The star went on to say that the challenge has given her a greater sense of freedom, adding: "It is so wonderful. I just picked up my boyfriend in Las Vegas! He had a business meeting there, and I flew with my instructor and picked him up."

Fellow celebrities John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are also qualified pilots.

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