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'Pirates 4' finds new leading lady

Astrid Bergès-Frisbey has joined the cast of Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Disney has announced.

French actress Bergès-Frisbey will star as Syrena, a mermaid who encounters Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow.

The 23-year-old's previous screen credits include Bruc and La Première Étoile. She has also appeared on stage in the French production of Equus.

Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush and Stephen Graham will star in On Stranger Tides, with Rob Marshall and Jerry Bruckheimer serving as director and producer respectively.

Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom have stepped aside from the fourth nautical blockbuster.

Disney plans to shoot the new Pirates film in June for a May 2011 release.

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Joss Whedon rewriting 'Captain America'?

Joss Whedon is in talks to rewrite the script for Marvel's The First Avenger: Captain America.

According to Pajiba, the Dr. Horrible creator has been tapped to polish the upcoming superhero movie's screenplay.

Earlier this week, it was reported that Whedon is in final negotiations to direct Marvel's Avengers movie and to rewrite that film's script.

Marvel Studios has yet to comment on the claims.

The Dollhouse producer has written for the Marvel comic books Runaways and Astonishing X-Men.

The Captain America movie hits US cinemas in July 2011. The Avengers is scheduled for a May 4, 2012 release.

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Eva Longoria Parker for 'Tenement'

Eva Longoria Parker has signed to star in upcoming horror movie Tenement.

Illegal Tender helmer Franc Reyes will direct the Desperate Housewives star in the project, reports Coming Soon.

"If I had to point to one film that had the full impact of story, writing and genius directing on me it has to be The Exorcist," Reyes said, according to backer Alumbra Films' blog.

He added: "Telling the story of Tenement fuses The Exorcist, Amityville Horror and Rosemary's Baby."

Production will start next month in New York.

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Kirsten Dunst attached to 'Melancholia'

Kirsten Dunst has reportedly agreed to appear in Lars Von Trier's next film Melancholia.

According to Deadline, the Spider-Man actress is taking the part that Penelope Cruz was eyeing before she joined Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Dunst joins Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgaard, Stellan Skarsgaard and Udo Kier in director Von Trier's sci-fi disaster movie.

The picture will begin production in July in southern Sweden.

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De Niro 'interested in Taxi Driver 2'

Robert De Niro has admitted that he would like to make a sequel to Taxi Driver.

The Martin Scorsese-directed cult classic was nominated for four Oscars upon its release in 1976. De Niro has now revealed his ambitions to play protagonist Travis Bickle for a second time.

He told MTV: "I have talked to writer Paul Schrader and Marty. We've spoken about what would happen to Travis these years later.

"We had a thing and we tried to figure it out; Paul was trying to come up with something. And it just didn't seem to work."

While director Lars Von Trier was forced to shoot down speculation in February that he had teamed up with Scorsese to start work on the project, De Niro explained that the chance still remains for a second movie to be made.

He added: "You never know - something could come up. I thought it would be interesting to find a way to bring Travis back all these years later - maybe with something ironic about where he'd end up, as he did in the first one. All these years later, maybe we could. It's still possible."

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Jackson, Lutz for 'Deathgames'

Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz are in talks to star in action film Deathgames.

Lutz will play a man who is kidnapped and is forced to compete in a gladiatorial fight to the death that is broadcast across the internet. Jackson is to play the man who organises the arena battles.

Visual effects supervisor Jonah Loop will make his directorial debut from a script by Michael Hultquist, Robert Martinez and Tony Giglio, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The $10 million-budgeted Deathgames will begin production next month in Louisiana.

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Hudgens: 'HSM spinoff will be awesome'

Vanessa Hudgens has revealed her excitement at High School Musical co-star Ashley Tisdale landing her own spinoff movie.

It was recently announced that Tisdale will reprise the role of Sharpay Evans for the Disney Channel movie, which sees her character relocating to New York after being discovered by a talent scout.

Speaking to MTV News, Hudgens - who played Gabriella - said: "I'm stoked for her and it's going to be awesome.

"The fact is kids love Sharpay and I did love Sharpay too, her costumes and her clothes and everything. It's so much fun, so I'm really glad she's doing it."

When asked if she might make a cameo appearance, she replied: "Maybe! If she's like, 'Hey!' I'd be like, 'OK!' Well, she's my best, best friend. I don't know."

The spinoff is scheduled to premiere next summer.

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Munn cast as The Wasp in 'Iron Man 2'

Olivia Munn will play Janet Van Dyne/The Wasp in Marvel's upcoming Iron Man 2, reports Forces of Geek.

The Attack of the Show star and director Jon Favreau have remained tight-lipped concerning Munn's role in the film.

In March, she revealed that her original part in the superhero sequel was scrapped and that she was called in to reshoot her scenes as "another character from the Marvel universe".

According to the site's source, Munn has been cast as the socialite-turned-superhero who, in the comics, is part of the Avengers team that includes Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America.

Iron Man 2 arrives in US cinemas in May.

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Arterton: 'I'm lucky in my film choices'

Gemma Arterton has said that she is lucky to have the chance of starring in both large and small-budget movies.

The former Bond girl told BBC News that she relished the opportunity of starring in films like The Disappearance of Alice Creed.

Arterton said: "These are the sort of movies I am proud of and I will continue to make films like this. This is the sort of movie I always imagined I'd end up doing.

"This is the sort of movie I'd go to see in the cinema. It's basic, there's no frills with this sort of thing - it's refreshing for you when you're involved in the Hollywood machine."

Of her casting in films with a larger budget, she added: "I've been very lucky in what I've been offered, and didn't know I'd get Prince of Persia and that kind of movie."

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Arterton: 'Creed role was demanding stuff'

Gemma Arterton has revealed that she attempted to reassure the crew during the filming of harrowing scenes for her new movie The Disappearance Of Alice Creed.

The British actress plays the titular victim of a brutal kidnapping in the film.

She told DS: "It was demanding stuff and there weren't many girls on set. It could have felt really awkward, but it was actually quite weird because there was so much attention on making me feel okay that it felt like I was in control.

"I was going, 'It's alright everyone, chill out, it's fine', and I was trying to make people laugh and trying to diffuse the situation. All these guys, especially J [Blakeson, writer-director], were going, 'Sorry Gemma, I wrote you this part! Actually, I'm the one responsible'."

Arterton, best known for her roles in Quantum Of Solace and St Trinian's, added: "When I was cast in this that's what I agreed to do so I just did it. You don't want to cause a fuss."

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Sutherland confirms '24' movie series

Kiefer Sutherland has revealed that a 24 movie franchise will be launched now that the series has been axed.

The actor confirmed that a feature film and sequels are in the works, with the first taking Jack Bauer outside of the US.

"The film will be a two-hour representation of a 24-hour day, so all of a sudden, the restrictions of the real-time aspect are lifted. Which is huge," he told Total Film.

"To put it in context, in the series, every crisis had to come to us, because we couldn't move. Who wants to see Jack Bauer sit on a plane for four hours? But in the format of the film, it will be very feasible to go from Eastern Europe to London in the space of 24 hours, so all of a sudden there is so much more latitude. The skies have opened up!"

The final season of 24 is currently airing on Sky1 in the UK and Fox in the US.

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Verhoeven quits 'Thomas Crown Affair 2'

Pierce Brosnan's upcoming The Thomas Crown Affair sequel has been thrown into doubt after director Paul Verhoeven quit the project citing script disputes.

The actor announced plans last year to reprise his role as a high-class art thief in a sequel to the 1999 thriller, which was a remake of the 1968 Steve McQueen original.

Brosnan confirmed that he had begun work on the picture in February, insisting movie bosses had "a script and a structure that is good".

However, the production has now suffered a major setback after Total Recall filmmaker Verhoeven walked out on the film - blaming his exit on a "regime change" as well as a decision to go with a different script.

He told Moviehole: "I am not [involved] anymore. Things happened there, the regime changed. The initial ideas that they had about Thomas Crown 2 were interesting I thought.

"There was a script written by two young writers that used the fact that now we're living 15, 20 years later. Ultimately, [the studio]

decided not to [use] that script anymore. Then there was a regime change. And basically I felt that I could not [continue]."

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Sam Claflin lands key 'Pirates 4' role

Actor Sam Claflin has signed to star in the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Disney announced today.

The 23-year-old will play "the key role of Philip, a youthful missionary," in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, according to the studio.

Claflin joins another recent cast addition, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, in the swashbuckling sequel.

Johnyy Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush and Stephen Graham have also agreed to appear in the picture, directed by Rob Marshall and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom have opted not to reprise their roles from the previous Pirates films.

Production begins in June for a May 2011 release.

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50 Cent confirms removal of tattoos

50 Cent has confirmed reports that he is removing several tattoos for his latest role.

The rapper-turned-actor, who will play a high school football player stricken with cancer in the drama Things Fall Apart, has also said that he plans to keep his iconic '50 Cent' body artwork.

The 34-year-old told People: "It cuts down on the amount of time I have to spend in make-up covering them up."

Earlier this year, 50 Cent reportedly announced plans to shed 65lbs for the upcoming role.

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Jackson: 'Hobbit hasn't been delayed'

Peter Jackson has dismissed claims that The Hobbit movies have been delayed.

Speaking to Moviefone, Jackson said that his Lord Of The Rings prequels have yet to be greenlit by studio MGM and talks of production problems are inaccurate.

"Well, it's not really been delayed, because we've never announced the date," he said. "I mean it's sort of interesting because the studio has never greenlit The Hobbit, so therefore The Hobbit has never been officially announced as a 'go' project, nor have we ever announced a date.

"But there's so much interest that people - newspapers and magazines, of their own account, say, 'Ah, it's likely to film in May, it's likely to film in June, it's likely to film in September.' People make this stuff up. And then if it's not filming in June, you get a story saying, 'The Hobbit's been delayed.' But it's never actually been announced"

Jackson did confirm that both Hobbit scripts have been delivered to MGM and the Guillermo del Toro project is currently in the budgeting stages.

Andy Serkis, who played Golum in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, recently told DS that he expected The Hobbit to begin shooting later this year.

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Noah Ringer joins 'Cowboys & Aliens'

Noah Ringer has reportedly been cast in upcoming adventure film Cowboys & Aliens.

According to Variety, the Last Airbender actor will join Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in the comic book adaptation.

Star Trek screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman penned the script. Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau is directing the picture, based on the graphic novel series created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg.

Cowboys & Aliens is scheduled to arrive in US theatres July 29, 2011.

The Last Airbender opens July 2.

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Rutger Hauer joins 'Hobo With a Shotgun'

Rutger Hauer has signed to star in upcoming feature Hobo With a Shotgun, reports Aint it Cool News.

The film is based on a fake trailer that played during some screenings of the 2007 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez film Grindhouse.

Hauer will play the lead role in director Jason Eisener's movie.

The Nova Scotia filmmaker created the original trailer as a contest entry for a 2007 South by Southwest film festival competition. The trailer was selected to be a part of Grindhouse.

Production is set to begin Tuesday with Hauer in the lead role.

The actor who played the lead in the trailer, David Brunt, will also appear in the picture.

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Harrelson, Foster in talks for 'Rampart'

Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster are in talks to co-star in upcoming crime drama Rampart, reports Production Weekly.

The film would reunite Harrelson and Foster with filmmaker Oren Moverman, who directed the stars in 2009's The Messenger.

Rampart centres on the corruption that takes place at a Los Angeles Police Department precinct in the 1990s.

Harrelson was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role in The Messenger.

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'Bond 23' put on hold "indefinitely"

The next James Bond instalment has reportedly been put on hold for an indefinite period of time by MGM.

The studio was apparently forced to postpone the release, tentatively called Bond 23, due to its ongoing financial troubles.

EON Productions executives Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced the delay in a statement released to Variety.

"Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended development on Bond 23 indefinitely," the two explained.

"We do not know when development will resume and do not have a date for the release of Bond 23."

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Earlier this month, MGM dismissed rumours that screenwriter Peter Morgan had quit the Sam Mendes-directed project. In October, star Daniel Craig claimed that the picture would start shooting at the end of this year.

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Pitt, Portman attached to 'Artifacts'

Director Greg Mottola will helm upcoming feature Important Artifacts with Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman attached to star, says Paramount Pictures.

The movie is based on the book Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton.

The story is centred on the estate auction catalogue of personal items from the four-year romance between a photographer (Pitt) and a food columnist (Portman).

No production start date has been announced for the movie.

Mottola's previous films include Adventureland and Superbad.

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