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Bieber collaborates with Will Smith's son

Justin Bieber has teamed up with Will Smith's son.

Jaden Smith, who stars in the new Karate Kid movie, joined forces with 16-year-old Bieber to record the theme tune to the film.

According to The Daily Telegraph, Bieber performs lead vocals on 'Never Say Never', with Smith providing backing singing.

Smith first appeared alongside his father in The Pursuit of Happyness in 2006, while his siblings Willow and Willard starred in 2000's I Am Legend with their dad.

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Ashley Judd joins indie comedy 'Flypaper'

Ashley Judd has chosen her first post-Harvard graduation movie role.

The actress has signed to star in indie heist comedy Flypaper, reports Variety.

The 42-year-old will co-star with Patrick Dempsey in the picture, which centres on two different groups of crooks who rob the same bank at the same time.

Dempsey will portray a man trying to save a bank teller from the robbery.

Rob Minkoff is directing the movie from a script by Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

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Sigourney Weaver for Lautner's 'Abduction'

Sigourney Weaver has signed to co-star in upcoming thriller Abduction.

The Aliens actress joins Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins in the Lionsgate feature, reports Variety.

John Singleton is directing the movie, which centres on a young man (Lautner) who discovers his baby picture on a missing persons website.

Weaver will play Lautner's character's psychiatrist.

Alfred Molina also recently joined the cast.

Abduction is scheduled for a 2011 release.

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'Logan's Run' remake to film in 3D?

Producer Joel Silver has said that he wants to film the Logan's Run remake in 3D.

Speaking to MTV, Silver revealed that he is trying to get a 3D update of the 1976 sci-fi film off the ground.

"I'd like to make Logan's Run [in 3-D]," he explained.

"It's a movie I've always been intrigued with, excited by. We're writing a script now and that should be a big 3D movie and it should be devised and shot in 3D. I think if we can pull it together, then it would be," the Matrix producer added.

The original film, based on the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, starred Michael York as a man hunted down by a force called the Sandmen in a futuristic utopia.

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Dimension: 'Aniston not joining Scream 4'

Jennifer Aniston will not appear in Scream 4, as was previously reported by Star magazine.

Studio Dimension Films has denied suggestions that the former Friends actress would play a woman who gets killed off in the movie's opening sequence, reports Bloody Disgusting.

The original casting report claimed that Aniston was taking on the role as a favour to friend and Scream series star Courteney Cox.

Scream 4, directed by Wes Craven, will also feature Emma Roberts, Lake Bell, Hayden Panettiere, Neve Campbell and David Arquette.

Production is scheduled to begin in July in Michigan.

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Jeremy Renner to join 'Avengers' cast?

Jeremy Renner is reportedly close to finalising a deal to join the cast of The Avengers.

The actor will play Hawkeye, a villain-turned-hero who quickly becomes an integral member of the team, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, and Don Cheadle have already been confirmed for the project.

Industry insiders have said that Marvel is asking actors to take pay cuts in order to assure that the film goes ahead without budget issues.

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Daniel Craig 'close to Dragon Tattoo role'

Daniel Craig is close to landing a lead role in David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, according to The Wrap.

The James Bond star is allegedly flying out to Los Angeles today to meet with Fincher about starring in Sony Pictures' Dragon Tattoo trilogy.

Craig would play a disgraced journalist who teams up with a computer hacker to solve a 40-year-old disappearance case. Brad Pitt, the star of Fincher's Se7en and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, had previously been rumoured for the role.

Carey Mulligan, Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley have all expressed an interest in playing bisexual hacker Lisbeth Salander, although it is thought that Fincher wants to cast an unknown actress in the part.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is based on the first book in Steig Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. A Swedish-language adaptation, starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist, was released earlier this year.

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Neal McDonough boards 'Captain America'

Neal McDonough is in talks to join the cast of Marvel's Captain America movie, reports Deadline.

The Minority Report actor is said to be close to signing up to play Dum Dum Dugan in the superhero feature. The character, whose real name is Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan, is a circus strongman-turned expert sniper who becomes a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Sebastian Stan and Hugo Weaving are already cast in director Joe Johnston's Captain America, which will open in cinemas in July 2011.

McDonough, whose credits also include Walking Tall and Star Trek: First Contact, was recently dismissed from ABC TV series Scoundrels after reportedly refusing to film sex scenes.

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Oldman for 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

Gary Oldman is eyeing the role of intelligence operative George Smiley in Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy, reports the Daily Mail.

The project, to be directed by Let The Right One In's Tomas Alfredson, is based on the character created by novelist John le Carré. A 1979 TV adaptation cast Sir Alec Guinness in the lead role.

Colin Firth, Michael Fassbender and David Thewlis are also said to be in discussions about filling roles as various intelligence heads and bureaucrats who the British government believe could be Russian spies.

Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) wrote the screenplay for the Working Title-backed movie, which will go into production this September.

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Bay welcomes model to 'Transformers 3'

Michael Bay has officially confirmed the casting of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley for Transformers 3.

A post on the director's official website asked fans to welcome the Victoria Secret model to the Transformers franchise.

"I would like for all you S4TE fans to welcome Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to the world of Transformers. As some of you might know, she's the new female lead in Transformers 3. She's worked with Michael before in his Victoria's Secret 'A Thousand Fantasies' ad," read the statement.

Huntington-Whiteley will replace Megan Fox as Shia Labeouf's love interest.

The sequel began production earlier this month in Los Angeles.

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Whitaker, Willis, Akerman for 'Catch .44'

Forrest Whitaker, Bruce Willis and Malin Akerman have all signed to star in indie drama Catch .44.

First-time director Aaron Harvey is helming the picture and also wrote the script, reports Variety.

The story centres on three women (led by Akerman's character) involved with a crazy hitman (Whitaker), a trucker and a delusional line cook.

Willis will play a crime boss who manipulates everyone.

Filming is scheduled to begin in Louisiana on July 11.

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Christopher Nolan: 'No Joker in Batman 3'

Christopher Nolan has reportedly revealed that the Joker will not return for the director's third Batman movie.

Speaking to Empire, Nolan said that the DC villain played by the late Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight will not be a part of his upcoming sequel.

"No," he answered when asked if the Joker is to return.

"I just don't feel comfortable talking about it," the director added.

Nolan's next Batman is tentatively scheduled for a July 20, 2012 release.

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Biel: 'The A-Team made me feel powerful'

Jessica Biel has revealed that filming The A-Team made her feel "powerful".

The actress, speaking to reporters at the film’s Hollywood premier, said that she loved filming "physical" scenes.

She told PA: “It was so much fun, I really like doing physical stuff. It's so much fun to learn the routines and you learn how to use your body in a way you don't normally do." she said. "It's a powerful feeling at the end of the day!"

The actress also insisted The A-Team isn’t a boys-only film.

"This is a movie for the girls because women like action too," she said. "I play a really cool woman who is empowered and strong and smart and I think someone that women can relate to and be proud of."

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Rachel Weisz: 'I needed lighter material'

Rachel Weisz has revealed that she accepted her role in The Brothers Bloom because she was attracted to her character's quirkiness.

The actress, who won an Academy Award in 2005 for her performance in The Constant Gardener, said that she also found the rom-com appealing due to its "light" subject matter.

Speaking to Empire, Weisz said: "I just got into a mindset where, for a short time, I turned down all the drama I was offered, the stuff I'd usually do. I wanted to do something light, then this script came along and it seemed very original.

"It was a fun female character, too. It wasn't just a romantic comedy. She was kooky and weird and surreal."

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Jane Campion's heroines always seem to labor under the weight of suffering womanhood, even when they're empowered and supposedly in control (witness the prickly discomfort of "In the Cut's" Meg Ryan) but her latest, Fanny Brawne (played with dazzling excellence by Abby Cornish), in "Bright Star" is warm, confident, passionate: a woman unafraid to bask in her own self-made happiness. Fanny's introduction into the story belies her raison d'e^tre; the camera zooms in on her fingers, pushing a needle through a piece of fabric, over and over. Could this be a prelude to yet another Campion femme, forced into household drudgery by some ham-fisted, chauvinistic goon? But no — "Bright Star" wastes no time in depicting Fanny as a talented seamstress whose dress designs bring her a modest but adequate income. Her wardrobe is all her own creation and the striking colors and bold, fun designs (the triple mushroom collar would make Jil Sander envious) are a perfect match for her vivid personality.

Fanny is one half of the centerpiece of "Bright Star," an imagined love story between her and John Keats (Ben Whishaw), one of England's greatest poets. The two meet in 1818 when Fanny was 18 and John was 23. She was, literally, the girl next door and also the daughter of John's landlady (Kerry Fox). Despite the versatility of his pen, John hardly made enough to sustain himself and, at this time, was sharing extremely cramped living quarters with his friend Charles Armitage (Paul Schneider), while supporting his ill brother Tom. John was, in fact, the epitome of the starving artist (Whishaw's extreme thinness is very effective here). Fanny, on the other hand, is drawn as a strapping young woman with a saucy manner that caused the possessive Charles (Paul Schneider) to remark with a sneer: "She's made a religion out of flirting!"

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Two of the original stars of the The A-Team have criticised the new film adaptation.

BA Baracus and Dirk Benedict, who played Mr T and Templeton 'Faceman' Peck, respectively, starred in the TV show from 1983 to 1987.

According to the Sunday Express, BA Baracus said: "They offered me a cameo role but I turned it down because I knew what was coming.

" People die in the film and there’s plenty of sex but when we did it no one got hurt and it was all played for fun and family entertainment. These seem to be elements nobody is interested in any more.

"It was too graphic for me. I’ve no doubt it will do big business at the box office but it’s nothing like the show we turned out every week.”

His co-star Dirk Benedict has a cameo in the new film and said: "If you blink, you’ll miss me. I kind of regret doing it because it’s a non-part. They wanted to be able to say, ‘Oh yeah, the original cast are in it’, but we’re not. I’m on for a mere three seconds and I find that kind of insulting."

The film is released on July 30 in the UK.

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Kim Kardashian to be next Lara Croft?

Kim Kardashian is reportedly being considered for the lead role of the new Tomb Raider film.

According to Global Grind, the 29-year-old reality star has allegedly begun negotiations to play Lara Croft in the new 3D movie.

A source said: “Kim is wanted to play a far more comic-strip version of Lara which would be shot in 3D and aimed at a teen audience.”

Angelina Jolie, who played Croft in the first two films in the franchise, and Megan Fox are also speculated to be under consideration for the role.

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Bloom 'did Pirates for Johnny Depp'

Orlando Bloom has revealed that he decided to appear in Pirates Of The Caribbean because of Johnny Depp.

The actor, who confirmed earlier this year that he will not be appearing in the next instalment of the franchise, insisted that he quickly changed his mind and accepted the role of Will Turner upon learning that Depp would star in the film.

According to STV, in an open lecture at New York's Rockefeller University, Bloom said: "I always had actors to look up to, like Johnny. I got the offer for Pirates Of The Caribbean while I was shooting Ned Kelly with Heath Ledger in Australia. I was like, 'I'm filming the coolest cowboy movie right now, why would I want to go be a pirate in a Disney flick?'

"And then they said, 'Okay, but Johnny Depp is doing it', and I was like 'Sign me up! I'll be there as soon as I can'."

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Felton's girlfriend 'to appear in Potter'

Tom Felton has reportedly confirmed that his real-life girlfriend has a cameo in the epilogue for the Harry Potter franchise.

The actor, who plays Draco Malfoy in the wizarding series, told MTV News that Jade Olivia will play his character's wife in the final moments of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

"The producers actually came to me about six months ago and asked me. I was a bit like, 'OK, I'll ask her'. She was slightly reluctant, but I pulled her arm and twisted it," he explained.

"She was filming with me for three days at Kings Cross. Very excited. She plays my wife. We had a kid together. It was all very rush, rush. We were married for three days. It was all very fun."

Felton picked up the 'Best Villain' gong for his work in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles over the weekend.

He previously spoke with Digital Spy about the epilogue, which takes place when the main characters are around 35 years old.

"Dan [Radcliffe] and I are very excited to see each other as old men!" he joked. "They're doing it with prosthetics, with me at least. No digital enhancements, it's all real stuff. I'm hoping it's going to be flattering, we'll see!"

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One is released in November.

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John Carpenter to direct 'Dracula' update

Horror icon John Carpenter will direct a modern update of Bram Stoker's Dracula story titled Fangland, says Coming Soon.

The movie is based on a 2007 novel by ex-60 Minutes producer John Marks. It finds New York TV producer Evangeline Harker heading to Transylvania to interview an Eastern European arms dealer, who turns out to be a present-day incarnation of Dracula.

Hilary Swank is reportedly attached to the Harker role.

Friday The 13th screenwriter Mark Wheaton has penned the adaptation.

Carpenter, whose credits include Halloween, The Thing and Escape From New York, recently completed filming on ghost tale The Ward. It is his first movie since 2001's Ghosts Of Mars.

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