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'Karate Kid' sequel already in the works

A sequel to the Karate Kid remake is in the works, according to Deadline.

Backer Sony Pictures is allegedly seeking out writers to pen a follow-up to the Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan family film.

The studio has been buoyed by the idea of a Karate Kid sequel after seeing the revamp pull in an impressive $56 million on its opening weekend in the US - more than the big screen A-Team spinoff. The Karate Kid cost $40 million to produce.

It is unclear if Smith, Chan or director Harald Zwart will be back for the second installment.

The Karate Kid will open in the UK on July 28.

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'Bronson' helmer wants to make 'Wonder Woman'

Bronson director Nicolas Winding Refn has revealed that he wants to make a Wonder Woman movie.

The Danish filmmaker, known for his dark films such as the Pusher trilogy and Valhalla Rising, told Movieline that DC's flagship heroine would be his ideal choice to make "a $200 million extravaganza".

Refn compared his take on Wonder Woman to Christopher Nolan's Batman revamp, saying: "You need a great, extravagant, marketable action film - and everything that comes with it. But I think that when Christopher Nolan did the Batman movies, I think he very cleverly went back to the source material and took themes that had maybe not been exercised."

The director disclosed that his main objective would be to create a formidable villain for the movie, as Wonder Woman doesn't "have a Joker or those classic Batman guys".

He explained: "That's when it gets interesting, because you have to create a great countervillain to her. They tried in Catwoman - with not particularly good results. The trick with Wonder Woman is to find that antagonist who worked so well in the Batman concept - his villains are equally if not more exciting than Batman himself.

"Here, it's basically coming up with who would be a great counterpart to Wonder Woman. Is it her mother who's the real enemy? Something that’s biblical in a sense."

A Wonder Woman film had previously been in development with Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon attached to direct.

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Rupert Grint eyes "dark, insane" role

Harry Potter's Rupert Grint has revealed that he hopes to play a completely different role in his next movie projects.

The 21-year-old actor, who is best known for playing Ron Weasley in the wizard films, admitted that he wants to find an "escape" from being "typecast" over the part.

Speaking to PA, he said: "I'd do literally anything, anything that's quite different with big characters would be good - someone dark and insane would be quite cool.

"As we're closing to an end now, we're about to step out into the real world, which is quite a scary thought. We're looking to keep going and find different roles and a way to escape getting typecast. But with Ron, I think I'll be okay."

Grint stars in the forthcoming hitman comedy Wild Target, which is released this Friday in the UK

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Martin Sheen for thriller 'The Double'

Martin Sheen has signed to co-star in upcoming thriller The Double.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the veteran actor joins a cast that includes Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Stephen Moyer and Stana Katic.

Michael Brandt is directing the picture, which centres on a CIA operative (Gere) and a young FBI agent (Grace) investigating the mystery surrounding a senator's murder.

Sheen will play the director of the CIA in the Hyde Park/Imagenation project.

Production is scheduled to begin next week in Detroit.

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Miley Cyrus to star in teen horror trilogy

Miley Cyrus will star in a movie adaptation of Lisa McMann's paranormal thriller novel Wake, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The 17-year-old is attached to the Paramount and MTV Films project, which follows a teen girl called Janie who finds herself pulled into people's dreams without warning. Disturbia's Christopher Landon has been hired to write the script for the feature.

Wake is the first book in McMann's New York Times best-selling trilogy. Its sequels, titled Fade and Gone, explore Janie and her boyfriend Cabel's investigations into their school teachers.

The backers are hoping that Wake will be the first movie in a franchise.

Cyrus can next be seen starring opposite Demi Moore in LOL: Laughing Out Loud.

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'Green Hornet' IMAX release announced

Sony Pictures has announced that it will release The Green Hornet to IMAX cinemas on the same day as the movie's US 2D and 3D January 2011 launch.

The superhero update's image and sound will be digitally remastered for IMAX 3D presentation.

Michel Gondry is directing the picture from a script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, based on characters created by Fran Striker and George W. Trendle.

The film stars Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos and Jay Chou.

The Green Hornet opens January 14, 2011 in US cinemas.

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Cast unveiled for Spielberg's 'War Horse'

Steven Spielberg has assembled the cast for his drama War Horse, reports Empire.

Stage actor Jeremy Irvine will make his film debut as Albert, the owner of a horse called Joey who is dispatched to the battlefields of France during World War I. Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel and subsequent play, the story tracks Albert's quest to reunite with his beloved steed.

Peter Mullan and Emily Watson will play Albert's parents, while Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Kennedy and Stephen Graham are being lined up to portray soldiers in the British army. A Prophet's Niels Arestrup has been confirmed as the grandfather of Celine Buckens's French girl Emilie, who takes in Joey.

In addition to the previously announced Tom Hiddleston - David Kross, Rainer Bock, Nicolas Bro and Leonard Carow are expected to join the supporting cast for Spielberg's latest.

War Horse, written by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, will be Spielberg's first movie since 2008's Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

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Nolan 'refuses to read Batman web rumours'

Batman director Christopher Nolan has said that he avoids reading online casting rumors about the superhero franchise.

Speaking at the Los Angeles Times's Hero Complex Festival, the filmmaker admitted that gauging fan opinion on the web does not aid him in making decisions.

"Honestly, I don't really look at the Internet," he commented. "I think at a very early stage in taking on Batman, I realized it wasn't going to be helpful to look at what they say. I've always taken the view that everybody feels very passionate about these characters and they have a lot of ideas and a lot of thoughts on what should or shouldn't be done."

Nolan claimed that he has stopped using emails or carrying a mobile phone after backers Warner Bros quizzed him over rumors that he would cast Cher as Catwoman in the Dark Knight sequel.

"You'll hear things from the studio sometimes, it's clear that they've been reading stuff online, but you have to just sort of [let it go]," he explained. "I got a call saying, 'Why did you cast Cher?'. So I actually don’t have email or a cell phone. It gives me a little more time to think."

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Baker, Bettany for financial crisis drama?

Simon Baker and Paul Bettany are in talks to co-star in upcoming indie thriller Margin Call.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie centres on the employees of an investment bank on the eve of the recent financial crisis.

Mentalist star Baker is eyeing the role of a powerful and ruthless securities broker who is in charge of employees played by Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto and Stanley Tucci.

Bettany would play a top stock trader.

The film, co-produced by Quinto, is scheduled to begin shooting next week in New York.

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Slater joins 'Guns, Girls And Gambling'

Christian Slater has agreed to play an Elvis impersonator in Guns, Girls And Gambling.

The actor joins Gary Oldman and Dane Cook in the upcoming crime thriller from writer-director Michael Winnick, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie will feature Slater's Elvis wannabe, modern cowboys, a six-foot-tall blond assassin, a corrupt sheriff and gangsters hunting for a priceless artefact.

Production is scheduled to begin in early July.

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Lauren Graham confirms 'Scream 4' role

Lauren Graham has confirmed her casting in Scream 4.

The former Gilmore Girls star revealed on The Tonight Show that she will play Kate, the mother of Emma Roberts's character Jill, in Wes Craven's horror sequel.

She said: "I'm really excited to be in Scream 4. I play Emma Roberts's mum and that's all I know because it's that scary!

"They don't tell you anything because they're afraid it'll get out on the internet. I am signed to do a movie I haven't [read the script for]. I'm probably the killer!"

Graham will star with Roberts, Rory Culkin, Lake Bell, Hayden Panettiere and Nico Tortorella in the latest Scream, alongside returning cast members Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette.

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Sam Worthington in talks for 'War'

Sam Worthington has reportedly been offered a starring role in upcoming action comedy This Means War.

The Avatar star could join Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine in the McG-directed picture, reports Vulture.

The 33-year-old is in talks to star as Pine's character's best friend. The two have a falling out when they fall for the same girl (Witherspoon) and wage a black ops-style war against each other.

Seth Rogen, Martin Lawrence and Bradley Cooper were previously attached to the project.

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Stewart plays down 'Wanted 2' rumours

Kristen Stewart has played down speculation that she will star in Wanted 2.

The Twilight actress, who was recently linked to the sequel following Angelina Jolie's departure, told MTV that she has not signed up for the action movie.

She said: "It's weird to answer questions like this, the only two projects that I am confirmed in now are On The Road and Breaking Dawn."

Stewart admitted that she was a fan of Wanted and would be interested in starring in the sequel if a good story was in place.

"Wanted was a great movie. James McAvoy makes that movie different from most other action movies because he's a real guy - you're so with him," she said.

"I feel like most action movies don't have that. So if it had that, definitely. But I wouldn't just want to be in a mindless blow-up movie. I'm not into it."

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Jonah Hill 'not pressured to branch out'

Jonah Hill has said that he does not feel pressure to branch out into non-comedic roles.

The actor, who stars in the upcoming film Cyrus, insisted that he chooses roles based on the strength of the script and not the project's genre.

"I never go, 'Oh, man, I've done all of these comedies, I need people to take me seriously'," he told Vanity Fair.

"It's never like that. You just always want to do things that interest you and you think will be good. Also, you really want to try and challenge yourself to do something different."

Hill added that he is currently working on a remake of 21 Jump Street.

"It's not like an exact remake. It's not like the same characters or anything. It's basically just about young-looking cops that go back to high school. It's not a spoof, but it is a comedy. The big idea that we came up with that we really fell in love with was: What if these guys, who are insecure in high school, grow up and become cops?

"They gather this confidence but they look too young to be taken seriously as cops. So they get sent back to high school to solve these crimes that have been going on. But, instead of having that confidence they immediately revert back to the way that they were in high school."

Cyrus hits theatres on June 18.

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Benjamin Walker nabs 'X-Men' Beast role

Benjamin Walker has been offered the role of Beast in X-Men: First Class, according to Showbiz 411.

Walker, the star of New York stage show Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, is circling the role of Henry Philip McCoy, a scientist who possesses superhuman strength and a blue, cat-like appearance.

Kelsey Grammer played the Beast role in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand.

Julliard graduate Walker has previously appeared in Kinsey and Flags Of Our Fathers.

Matthew Vaughn is directing the X-Men prequel for a summer release next year. James McAvoy has already signed up to star as a young Professor X.

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Ashton Kutcher auditioned for Superman

Ashton Kutcher has said that he screen tested for the role of Superman.

Speaking to MTV, the Killers star revealed that he auditioned to play the superhero and also tried on Superman's blue and red suit.

"I wore the Superman suit. I did a screen test in the Superman suit," the 32-year-old said.

The actor added that he is not certain which director he auditioned for.

"I forget who it was... I think it was [Brett] Ratner," he said.

"There is [footage of my audition out there], with Keri Russell, who was reading Lois [Lane]. There's me in a Clark Kent outfit, and then there's me in a Superman outfit."

Kutcher said that the role and suit "did not feel right" and that he looked "like a rail with fake muscles".

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'Airbender' release moved up

Paramount has moved up the US release date of M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming film The Last Airbender.

Producer Frank Marshall revealed the news on Twitter earlier this week.

"LAST AIRBENDER release date moves up to July 1st," he wrote.

The movie was originally scheduled for a Friday, July 2 release.

Marshall also tweeted that the picture would be rated PG.

The Last Airbender stars Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Pelts, Noah Ringer and Cliff Curtis

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Director uncertain about 'Toy Story 4'

Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has admitted that there are currently no plans to make a fourth movie in the Pixar series.

However, in an interview with MSN, Unkrich confirmed that the animated characters will return in a short feature that will screen before Cars 2 in 2011.

He said: "I really tried my best to end the story of Andy and his toys and bring that story to a close in a really nice way at the end of this film. That being said, we know that people love the characters, love Woody and Buzz, and would hate to say goodbye to them completely.

"I don't know that there would ever be a Toy Story 4. We don't have any plans for one - but we are trying to find ways to keep the characters alive. We have announced we're going to do a short film in front of Cars 2 that uses the Toy Story characters. We're going to keep them alive; they're not going away forever."

Toy Story 3 opens in the US today and will bow in the UK on July 19.

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Hanks, Berry, McAvoy offered 'Cloud' roles

A number of stars including Tom Hanks and Halle Berry have reportedly been offered parts in upcoming feature film Cloud Atlas.

Run Lola Run helmer Tom Tykwer is directing the picture, based on David Mitchell's novel of the same name.

Matrix directors Andy and Lana Wachowski are producing the project.

According to Production Weekly, James McAvoy, Ian McKellen and Natalie Portman have also been offered roles in the film, which features six central characters and spans thousands of years.

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Fassbender in talks for Magneto role?

Michael Fassbender is in early negotiations to play Magneto in X-Men: First Class.

According to Heat Vision, the actor is in talks with Twentieth Century Fox about portraying the mutant in the comic book prequel.

It was previously reported that Benjamin Walker has been cast as Beast in the film. James McAvoy will star as a young Professor Xavier.

Fassbender has also been linked to the role of an unnamed villain in Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man reboot.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn, X-Men: First Class is expected to shoot in August.

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