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Director: 'Depp, Jolie got along well'

The director of The Tourist has revealed that Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp got along well on the film's set.

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck told MTV News that the stars had never met before the first day of the movie's shoot, but there was "instant chemistry" between them.

"Believe it or not, Angie and Johnny had never met. Through all the years that they've been king and queen of Hollywood, they had never actually physically met, so I was the first person to ever bring them together," he said.

Donnersmarck added: "They just got along so well from the first moment they met that I knew it was going to be a lot of fun making this film."

The director noted that Depp and Jolie spent a lot of time laughing during the movie's production.

"I probably have hours worth of bloopers where they were just laughing because they had so much fun inventing stuff on the fly and letting their incredible creativity run free," he explained.

The filmmaker also stated that the stars were perfect for their parts in his upcoming thriller.

"They're actors with a capital 'A', but they're much more actors than they are stars, and I think that these parts were just right for them as actors."

The Tourist will premiere in US cinemas in December.

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Dwayne Johnson joins 'Journey' sequel?

Dwayne Johnson is reportedly nearing a deal to star in the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the former pro wrestler will replace Brendan Fraser as the lead in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

Josh Hutcherson will reprise the role of Sean Anderson from the first film in the Brad Peyton-directed follow-up.

Johnson will play the boyfriend of Sean's mother, who accompanies him on his voyage to find his missing grandfather.

The film, which will be shot in 3D, is loosely based on Jules Verne book The Mysterious Island.

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Paula Patton wins 'Mission: Impossible' role

Paula Patton has landed the lead female role in the fourth Mission: Impossible movie, reports Deadline.

The Precious actress, who held off competition from Lauren German and Smallville's Kristin Kreuk to win the part, will play a young operative who works with Tom Cruise's secret agent Ethan Hunt.

Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg are also among the cast for the movie, which will jettison the Mission: Impossible 4 title and rebrand the spy series.

Brad Bird (The Incredibles) is directing the film for a December 2011 release.

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A-listers vie for Jolie's 'Gravity' role

Angelina Jolie has turned down a second offer to star in Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi drama Gravity.

According to Deadline, the $80 million Warner Bros project is in danger of collapsing because the studio are unsure about which actress to cast in place of Jolie.

The previously rumoured Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively have been confirmed as potential replacements for Jolie, while Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Naomi Watts, Marion Cotillard, Carey Mulligan, Sienna Miller, Abbie Cornish, Rebecca Hall and Olivia Wilde have all screen tested or been approached.

Robert Downey Jr. is still attached to the project in a supporting role.

Gravity, which Cuarón co-wrote with his son Jonas, is set on a remote space station and centres on a female astronaut's attempt to get home to her daughter after her crew is wiped out by falling debris.

The lead role is said to be similar to Tom Hanks's in Cast Away, focusing on the same character for the majority of the movie.

Gravity is due to begin production next year after Downey Jr. finishes filming on Sherlock Holmes

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Emma Bell lands 'Final Destination 5' role

Emma Bell has reportedly signed to star in the upcoming Final Destination 5.

The actress, who will also appear in AMC’s forthcoming series The Walking Dead, is to play the lead role in the horror sequel, reports Arrow in the Head.

Bell joins the previously cast Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ellen Wroe, Meghan Ory, David Koechner, P.J. Byrne and Tony Todd in the picture.

Steven Quale is directing the fifth instalment in the franchise. Production is scheduled to start next week for a fall 2011 release.

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Johansson, Gordon-Levitt for zombie movie?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson are reportedly "loosely" attached to star in upcoming film Breathers: A Zombie's Lament.

According to Pajiba, Diablo Cody is producing the movie, billed as a romantic comedy with zombies.

Geoff LaTulippe is writing the screenplay, an adaptation of a 2009 novel by S.G. Browne.

The story follows the adventures of a man who discovers that he is not dead and must live among regular people.

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Cruise, McAvoy vie for 'Mountains Of Madness'

Tom Cruise and James McAvoy are reportedly competing to star in Guillermo del Toro's new movie At The Mountains Of Madness.

According to Collider, studio Universal want McAvoy to lead the cast of the horror film, while director del Toro is keen for Cruise to take on the role of geologist William Dyer.

Cruise and del Toro had previously been working together on a Van Helsing project.

At The Mountains Of Madness, based on a novella from H.P. Lovecraft, centres on a group of scientists on an expedition to Antarctica discovering a chain of mountains that leads to the remains of uncharted life forms.

James Cameron is producing At The Mountains Of Madness, which will be del Toro's first 3D film

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Unbreakable 2' to be used in 'Chronicles'

M. Night Shyamalan has revealed that he will use his ideas for Unbreakable 2 in a Night Chronicles movie.

Speaking to MTV, the director confirmed that a villain he wanted to appear in his Unbreakable follow-up will be reworked for the series of horror films he is producing.

"I cannibalised the idea for the sequel to Unbreakable for one of the Night Chronicles," he said. "It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for Unbreakable, and it was too much.

"There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, 'I'll make this the second flick'. I fleshed it out more and more, and thought, 'This could be a standalone movie'."

Shyamalan added: "I'll just say it: the third Night Chronicles movie is what would have been the sequel [to Unbreakable]."

Devil, the first movie in the Night Chronicles, will open on September 17

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Kick-Ass 2' begins in nine months

Mark Millar has announced that production on the movie sequel to Kick-Ass will begin in nine months.

Kick-Ass 2 director Matthew Vaughn will begin work on the film after he has finished on Fox's X-Men: First Class, reports ICv2.

The sequel was in the works before the release of the first movie, which was based on Millar and John Romita Jr's Icon comics miniseries.

Despite the first film's disappointing performance at the box office, the sequel still looks likely to go ahead.

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Olivia Thirlby boards 'Judge Dredd' cast

Olivia Thirlby has joined the cast of DNA Films's 3D Judge Dredd movie.

The Juno star will play Cassandra Anderson, a telepathic rookie cop who teams up with the titular antihero.

Karl Urban (Star Trek) has already been cast as Dredd, the comic book law enforcer who serves as judge, jury and executioner in Mega-City One.

Brit filmmaker Pete Travis will direct the $45 million (£29m) movie in South Africa this year from a script by Alex Garland, reports Variety.

The character, created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, first appeared in a 2000AD science fiction anthology in 1977 and was played by Sylvester Stallone in a 1995 movie adaptation.

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Chloe Moretz eyes 'Hunger Games' role

Chloe Moretz has reportedly been named as the favourite to win the lead role in the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy.

The Let The Right One In star is said to have surpassed shortlisted actresses Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning to play Katniss Everdeen, a teenager fighting against a dystopian government, reports USA Today.

The 13-year-old has also expressed interest in taking part in the series, telling Shockya.com: "I really, really want to be in it.

"I would so, so, so, so, so love to be in this film. It would be such an honour to be in it."

However, no official casting announcements have been made.

The Hunger Games, written by Collins and Flightplan screenwriter Billy Ray, is due to begin production in 2011.

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Jamie Bell to star in 'Man on Ledge'?

Jamie Bell has reportedly opened talks to star in thriller Man on Ledge.

The Billy Elliot actor could join Sam Worthington in the film, directed by Asger Leth.

Anthony Mackie is also in negotiations to appear, reports Variety.

The movie centres on a former New York City police officer (Worthington) who threatens to kill himself by jumping off a ledge. A female psychologist attempts to talk him out of jumping.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian and David Ready are producing the picture.

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Liam Neeson in talks for 'The Grey'

Liam Neeson is reportedly circling the lead role in upcoming survival drama The Grey.

The Oscar winner is in negotiations to star in the picture from A-Team director Joe Carnahan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Neeson could end up replacing Bradley Cooper, who was originally attached to play the lead role in the film.

The Grey follows a man and his team of oil drillers who struggle to survive in the wild after a plane crash. They are forced to battle aggressive wolves.

Carnahan and Ian Jeffers wrote the script for the Scott Free production.

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Hardy joins 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

Tom Hardy has joined the cast of upcoming spy film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

According to The Playlist, Hardy is replacing Michael Fassbender who was originally attached to star in the picture. Fassbender reportedly left to appear as Magneto in X-Men: First Class.

Hardy has won the role of 'Tricky' Ricky Tarr, a Cold War-era British Operative. The actor joins Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Jared Harris and Benedict Cumberbatch in the movie.

Let The Right One In director Thomas Alfredson is helming the film, which is scheduled to open in US cinemas in 2012.

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Bellucci joins 'Manual Of Love 3' cast

Monica Bellucci has reportedly signed on to join the cast of Manual Of Love 3.

According to Variety, the actress will play Robert De Niro's love interest in the romantic drama, with the actors' parts spoken in both English and Italian.

Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis has suggested that the new lineup will attract a wider audience compared to the first two films, saying: "This third one, with De Niro in the cast, will have greater international ambitions."

It has also been reported that Manual Of Love helmer Giovanni Veronesi will also direct the third instalment of the franchise.

In May, Bellucci gave birth to her second child.

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Cameron 'glad Terminator sequels flopped'

James Cameron has admitted that he was relieved that the last Terminator sequels did not surpass the success of his first two instalments.

The director, who helmed Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, has revealed that he was happy when Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines and Terminator Salvation didn't out-perform his films at the box office.

The 56-year-old told Shortlist: "You definitely want to see them not do as well. With Terminator 3 and 4, because Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sam Worthington were in them, I wanted them to do well, but just not that well!"

It was reported this summer that a 3D animated Terminator movie is in the works.

Cameron recently blasted the Piranha remake, claiming that it has cheapened the 3D medium.

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Ridley Scott promises 'nasty Aliens'

Ridley Scott has teased that the prequels to his 1979 horror movie Alien will be "really nasty".

The 72-year-old director, who recently revealed plot details of the upcoming films, warned Virgin Media that his intention to explore the back story of the extraterrestrial monsters would not make for easy viewing.

"The film will be really tough, really nasty. It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"

The Gladiator mastermind added that he was determined to craft a superior product to James Cameron's own intergalactic epic Avatar.

"Jim's raised the bar and I've got to jump to it," Scott stated. "He's not going to get away with it."

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Garfield: 'I'm honored to be Spider-Man'

Andrew Garfield has described his casting as Spider-Man in the hero's upcoming film reboot as "the stuff that dreams are made of".

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, Garfield joked that he has been preparing for the role since he was a young child.

"I feel like I’ve been preparing for it for a while," he said. "Ever since Halloween when I was 4-years-old and I wore my first Spider-Man costume."

The actor stated that the superhero touches the lives of so many boys because he seeks to right the world's injustices.

He explained: "Like every young boy who feels stronger on the inside than they look on the outside, any skinny boy basically who wishes their muscles matched their sense of injustice, God, it’s just the stuff that dreams are made of, for sure."

Garfield also noted that being chosen to portray one of Marvel Comics's most iconic characters is one of his life's great honours.

"It’s a true f**king honour to be part of this symbol that I actually think is a very important symbol and it’s meant a great deal to me, and it continues to mean something to people."

The Spider-Man reboot will reportedly debut in US cinemas in 2012.

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Downey inspired Ruffalo to do 'Avengers'

Mark Ruffalo has said that Robert Downey Jr's performance in Iron Man influenced him to star in the Avengers movie.

Ruffalo was cast to play Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the Marvel film in July. The announcement was made at the annual San Diego Comic-Con.

Speaking to the Sunday Herald about the role, he said: "I probably wouldn't have done this movie in the past. But because of what Robert had done and where that genre has gone since then, I did it."

The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, will also star Downey, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth.

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Arterton 'meets Scott for Alien prequel'

Gemma Arterton has revealed that she will meet with Ridley Scott about starring in his Alien prequels.

The Tamara Drewe star told The Times that Scott requested a meeting after seeing her performance in J Blakeson's thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed.

Scott recently detailed his planned additions to the Alien franchise, saying that the two-film story will be "really tough, really nasty".

Arterton also disclosed that she has upcoming roles in The Keys To The Street, a Ruth Rendell novel adapted by Inception director Christopher Nolan and a Richard E. Grant-helmed "cowboy film" In With The Outlaws.

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