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James Cameron 'deserved his reputation'

James Cameron has admitted that he can be difficult to work with.

However, the Avatar director explained that he is calmer than he used to be after starting a family, describing it as a "great stabilising influence".

In an interview with The Sun, he said: "My reputation probably was deserved at one point. I don't think there is anybody who has worked with me, even now, who would describe me as mellow. But I do tend to work with the same people over and over. They're either the dumbest, most masochistic people or there is a lot of exaggeration going on."

Cameron also said that he is proud of his work on Avatar, which saw him design a smaller 3D camera.

"We all deeply care that Avatar is well received," he explained. "But even if it isn't, I don't think we will have wasted four years of work."

Avatar opens worldwide on December 17.

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Alec Baldwin 'left orange after tanning'

Alec Baldwin has admitted that he turned orange after a spray tan for his latest film role.

The Emmy-winning actor has said that a tanning procedure for a scene in his new movie It's Complicated left him with an unflattering glowing complexion, STV reports.

Baldwin said: "I was a little orange? You know I'm not a spray tan guy. The character is a spray tan guy. He knew he was taking his clothes off for his woman, and he thought, 'Why don't I spray tan?'"

The 51-year-old also revealed that he enjoyed working on the romantic comedy with Meryl Streep but would like an opportunity to film an action movie in the near future.

He added: "I want to do a 300 movie. I want to shoot the HGH [human growth hormone] injections and be hiking up the hill, do the whole 300 thing.

"I really think I do want to do one movie to correct the image of this movie."

It's Complicated arrives in US cinemas on December 25 and in the UK on January 8.

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Director: 'I'm attracted to Hugh Grant'

Marc Lawrence has reportedly admitted that he is "sexually attracted" to Hugh Grant.

The Did You Hear About The Morgans? director has claimed that after working with Grant three times, he has developed sexual urges for the British actor.

In an interview with Bang Showbiz, the filmmaker said: "I'm sexually attracted to Hugh Grant. He's in my top ten list of actors in the world."

In the romantic comedy, which also stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Lawrence joked that out of the entire cast Grant was the actor most difficult to deal with.

He added: "Hugh was the most demanding cast member!"

Lawrence and Grant have previously worked together on the films Music and Lyrics and Two Weeks Notice.

Did You Hear About The Morgans? opens in US cinemas on December 18 and in the UK on January 1.

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Downey Jr: 'Law was a perfect match'

Robert Downey Jr has revealed that he persuaded Jude Law to sign up for the movie Sherlock Holmes.

The Iron Man star, who plays the titular detective in the Guy Ritchie-directed film, has insisted that his first choice to play his partner-in-crime was always Law.

The 44-year-old told Rotten Tomatoes: "We were pursuing Jude, and understandably he was cautiously optimistic. I had a feeling it was kind of a perfect match as all of the females on my team all of a sudden needed to be in the hallway for no reason when he was coming up in the elevator.

"I knew it was going to work out because two seconds after we started sitting down and having a coffee, we were already talking like we were shaping and workshopping everything and anything that was possible with these guys."

Downey Jr also admitted that he was lobbying for Law to land the role of Dr Watson to help him "share the load".

He added: "That, to me, was the whole point. The realisation I had was that Holmes and Watson were the first action duo, I thought, 'Wow, this really is a two-hander'.

"While the script had the relationship there... maybe it was, partially, to share the load, or take off the pressure, but I think more so because it was my first instinct, I said, 'Well, this is a movie about two guys'."

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

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Wahlberg talks possible 'Entourage' movie

Mark Wahlberg has revealed more details on his plans to turn Entourage into a movie.

The executive producer, who recently hinted that a movie could be in the works, has insisted that the HBO television series will most likely transition to the big screen "after a couple more seasons", STV reports.

Wahlberg said: "Quite possibly, yes. We still have a couple more seasons to do, but yeah. We'd like to follow in the Sex And The City footsteps and do a movie.

"People have always complained that the episodes are too short. And that the seasons aren't long enough, and they want more."

The 38-year-old claimed that he has been forbidden to suggest possible storylines.

He added: "I can't tell you which storylines we'd leave unresolved. I'm sworn to secrecy. There are so many different directions to go."

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Cameron 'has story for 'Avatar' sequels'

James Cameron has revealed that he already has storylines worked out for two more Avatar movies.

Speaking at the sci-fi film's UK press conference, the director said that making sequels to the upcoming blockbuster will be less costly and time-consuming because much of the design for the story's setting, the alien planet Pandora, was completed for the first movie.

"When I pitched it to Fox, they said, 'We've spent a lot of money creating all these assets, all these CG mountains, plants, trees, leaves, flowers, bugs'. Everything you saw up there on screen had been made by people at workstations over a period of years and so they have value," Cameron explained.

"So in terms of the pitch it was, 'Okay, you've spent a lot of money on the first one, on the second one we'll be able to amortise it and focus on the story and all that...' and they bought that."

Avatar opens in cinemas on Thursday.

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Cameron "relieved" to release 'Avatar'

James Cameron has said that he is "relieved" to finally release Avatar after working on the film for more than a decade.

The filmmaker, who conceived the story of humans attempting to displace the indigenous population of an alien planet in the '90s, told journalists at the movie's UK press conference that it was only just completed in time for release.

"[I'm] so relieved. We can hold our heads high. We got the picture done on time by the skin of our teeth," he said. "It's been a four and a half year process. We're pulling the cover back to show the world.

"It's a huge relief to let people see it and stop talking about it. There's a huge buzz about this thing so now we can put the rumours to bed and actually deal with the movie itself."

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Blunt left numb filming 'Victoria'

Emily Blunt has revealed that her body was left numb during filming for The Young Victoria.

The award-winning actress, who played the former British queen in the film, said that the corsets she wore were so tight that she couldn't feel her body.

"I learned how to survive when they lace you tight. It takes getting used to. You must inhale so your rib cage expands. This way, after you're all done up you can have room to breathe," Blunt told the New York Post.

"After a day's shooting, I'd instantly put on sweat pants. I needed something comfy. I needed to feel my inner organs working again!

"We wore flats under those huge, voluminous gowns, which, in fact, they actually did in the early period. They wore ballet boots."

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DiCaprio to star in Gibson Viking drama

Leonardo DiCaprio and Mel Gibson have teamed up to make a period drama about Vikings.

Gibson is to direct and DiCaprio will lead the cast of the film, which is expected to begin shooting late next year. The Departed screenwriter William Monahan and its producer Graham King, who worked with DiCaprio on the Boston-set crime drama, are also involved in the new venture.

"This will be an awe-inspiring story, created with some of the industry’s finest cinematic talent, and I am just over the moon to be making this film with Mel, Leo and Bill," King told Variety.

DiCaprio can next be seen starring in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception.

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Disney axes Williams comedy 'Wedding Banned'

Disney has pulled the plug on its Robin Williams comedy Wedding Banned, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Anna Faris and Diane Keaton were to star in the romantic comedy, which involved a divorced couple kidnapping their daughter on the day of her wedding to stop her making the same mistake they did.

The decision to axe the film was made by Disney's new chairman Rich Ross, but production company Mandeville Films is free to pitch the project to other studios.

Disney recently cancelled production on its 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea remake.

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Pattinson, Stewart 'keystones of Twilight'

Kellan Lutz has reportedly suggested that co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are the "keystones" behind the success of The Twilight Saga.

The actor, who plays Emmett Cullen, told Zap 2 It that he believes the duo's on-screen chemistry is a large factor in the franchise's popularity.

"The rest of us, we could suck probably. It's Rob and Kristen who have the amazing chemistry," he explained.

"Without those two keystones, Twilight could have flopped. It really could have."

Lutz also reportedly added that he would love Breaking Dawn, the fourth instalment in the series, to be split into two films.

"They haven't told the rest of us actors yet. I have read that they are talking to Rob, Taylor [Lautner] and Kristen to negotiate to make Dawn into two movies. I'd love for it to be two films."

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is in cinemas now.

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Disney reveals 'Tron: Evolution'

Disney Interactive Studios has unveiled new game Tron: Evolution, which will act as a prequel to the forthcoming Tron movie.

Officially announced at Spike TV's 7th Video Game Awards, Tron: Evolution will be released in autumn next year on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Developed by Turok studio Propaganda Games, the game is set prior to events in new 3D film Tron: Legacy.

A sneak preview of the title posted on Gametrailers depicts third-person action sequences mixed with combat-orientated racing on motorbikes.

Click here to view a trailer for Tron: Legacy, which opens in December 2010.

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Pitt, Cruise, Hanks want Yimou film role?

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks all want to be cast in Chinese director Zhang Yimou's  Thirteen Women of Nanjing, say reports.

According to Cinematical, only an A-list actor will lead the cast in some capacity and producer Zhang Weiping has named the three men as interested possibilities.

One of the men could appear as a pastor in the film, which takes place in a Nanjing church during the Japanese invasion of 1937. The 13 women are said to be prostitutes who seek shelter in the holy establishment.

Weiping added that she is on the hunt for unknown actresses with "good foreign language skills" so that they can play opposite a big Hollywood star.

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'Dexter' star joins 'Hungry Rabbit' cast

Jennifer Carpenter has joined dramatic thriller Hungry Rabbit Jumps.

The Dexter actress will team up with Nicolas Cage, January Jones and Guy Pearce in the Roger Donaldson-directed project, reports Empire.

The story centres on a man (Cage) who joins a vigilante group after his wife (Jones) is assaulted.

Carpenter is to play the wife's best friend.

The 30-year-old is also due to star in forthcoming crime film The Factory.

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Del Toro wants Serkis for 'Hobbit'?

Director Guillermo del Toro would like Andy Serkis to reprise the role of Gollum in his Hobbit movies, it has been reported.

In a message posted on The One Ring, del Toro said that he "cannot imagine Gollum being played by anyone but Andy".

Serkis portrayed Gollum in all three of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films with the help of motion capture technology. The actor has not been officially cast in del Toro's forthcoming prequels, based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Del Toro also hinted that two other stars from the previous Rings films are likely to appear in The Hobbit.

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Tobey Maguire to play Bilbo Baggins?

Tobey Maguire is rumoured to be in line for the title role in The Hobbit.

According to Cinema Blend, the Spider-Man star's agent has already set up meetings with director Guillermo del Toro.

Maguire reportedly confirmed that he and del Toro have something planned at a recent press junket for his new movie Brothers. Further, agents at CAA announced that the two have been meeting.

Insiders added that this news jinxes reports that Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5 will shoot back-to-back, as Maguire would have to take time off to fit the Tolkien classic into his schedule.

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Russell circles Portman's 'Zombies'?

David O. Russell is reportedly in line to direct Natalie Portman's Jane Austen-inspired Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.

The Three Kings helmer is close to signing a deal to steer the movie, which is based on Seth Grahame-Smith's book, according to website Pajiba.com.

Grahame-Smith's story reimagines Austen's literary heroine Elizabeth Bennet as a zombie-slaying young woman who finds herself caught in a viral outbreak in the 19th century.

Russell, whose last film was 2004's I Heart Huckabees, recently worked on political comedy Nailed with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel. However, the project collapsed mid-shoot due to financial problems.

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Cameron "ready to go" on 'Battle Angel'

James Cameron has revealed that his big screen adaptation of Yukito Kishori's manga Battle Angel Alita is nearly ready to film.

Speaking to MTV, the Avatar director said that he has already assembled test footage for the science fiction blockbuster.

"We've got a very good script, we've done about a year of production design, and we've put together an art reel that shows the arc of the film," he explained. "It's pretty much 'just add water' and we're ready to go."

He added of the 3D technology he hopes to employ: "Shooting live stuff in 3D and then adding CG characters and landscapes beyond that is a little tricky."

Avatar opens in cinemas worldwide this week.

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Mel Gibson takes 'Summer Vacation'

Mel Gibson will star as a career criminal in action-drama How I Spent My Summer Vacation, reports Variety.

Gibson, who recently confirmed plans to make a Viking movie with Leonardo DiCaporio, has also written the screenplay for the film. The story follows a man who gets sent to a violent prison in Mexico and learns how to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

The actor will reunite with his Apocalypto team on Summer Vacation. His first assistant director on the Mayan epic Adrian Grunberg will direct the film, while Stacy Perskie is to serve as producer.

Gibson recently visited a Veracruz prison to scout locations for the production. Ignacio Allende prison will reportedly be emptied to make way for the movie crew.

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Shock character return for 'SATC 2'?

Sex And The City star John Corbett will rejoin the cast in the upcoming movie sequel, according to new reports.

The actor starred as love interest Aidan opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in the hit TV show, and previously admitted that he would "relish" the chance to appear in a film instalment, following last year's big screen debut outing.

Speculation that he had signed up for Sex And the City 2 was triggered earlier this year when he was spotted in Morocco around the same time that the movie was being shot in the region.

Parker would not "confirm nor deny" whether Corbett would appear in the 2010 picture, but according to Gossip Cop the actor has a significant role in the new movie.

The website reports that he will have "an indiscretion" with Parker's character, according to a script they have obtained.

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