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Gemma Arterton in talks for 'Alien' prequel

Gemma Arterton has confirmed the recent rumours surrounding her involvement in an Alien prequel.

The actress, who has starred in Prince of Persia and The Disappearance of Alice Creed, has admitted to EW that she has been contacted by Ridley Scott (who directed the first Alien) for a new project.

"The honest truth is that Ridley Scott has approached me to meet with him about something in the next few weeks," said Arterton. "He saw Alice Creed and loved it."

Though Arterton is not sure what role she will be playing, she does have some suggestions. "Maybe I’ll be playing an alien!" the actress enthused. "I wouldn’t mind that, actually. I like dressing up. That’s why I became an actor in the first place.

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Christian Slater joins horror 'Playback'

Christian Slater has signed to star in forthcoming horror film Playback.

According to Variety, the actor will play a sinister cop who works to unearth a town's dark secrets.

Slater joins Johnny Pacar, Toby Hemingway, Jonathan Keltz, Alessandra Torresani and Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell in the project, produced by John M. Bennett and Lawrence Robbins.

The movie centres on a group of high school students who unlock an evil that preys on their classmates while digging into their town's past.

The film is directed and written by Michael A. Nickles.

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Two more join 'Johnny English Reborn'

Dominic West and Rosamund Pike have been added to the cast of the Johnny English sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The British duo will join Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson and Daniel Kaluuya in the spy spoof, titled Johnny English Reborn.

The story centres on Atkinson's bumbling secret agent trying to foil an assassination attempt on the Chinese premier.

St Trinian's helmer Oliver Parker is directing the Universal/Working Title project based on a script by Hamish McColl and William Davies.

Johnny English grossed a modest $28 million at the US box office in 2003, but turned a profit after taking an impressive $161 million in ticket sales worldwide.

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Milla Jovovich confirms 'Resident Evil 5'

Milla Jovovich has confirmed that a fifth Resident Evil movie will be made.

The actress told Vulture that director Paul W.S. Anderson is planning to seek fan input to assemble the storyline for the Afterlife sequel.

"So we're definitely going to make another one," she said.

"We’ve been talking to a lot of fans on Twitter and stuff, so it’s probably going to be one of the first movies where we really talk to fans to see what they want, and what characters they want to see. It's going to be a more interactive process."

Resident Evil: Afterlife topped the US box office over the weekend, taking in $27 million.

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Rihanna 'enjoys filming first movie'

Rihanna has announced that she is "really enjoying" filming her first feature film.

The singer was cast in the upcoming movie Battleship back in July. Based on the Hasbro board game, Battleship is the story of a naval force that defends Earth from an alien invasion.

"It's really good, really good," Rihanna told MTV. "I'm really enjoying it, actually. I like it."

The movie also features Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch, model Brooklyn Decker and True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård. The popstar spoke highly of all her co-stars, but stated that she is particularly impressed with Skarsgård.

"He's really cool, just laid back. He doesn't get in the way," Rihanna said. "[He's] not very talkative, but he's a really cool guy and that's [to] everybody - not just the cast."

Battleship is expected to hit theatres on May 25, 2012.

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Applegate: 'Anchorman cast all in for sequel'

Christina Applegate has claimed that the main cast members of Anchorman are all desperate to star in a sequel.

The 38-year-old, who played hotshot reporter Veronica Corningstone in the 2004 comedy, explained that the reluctance of distributor Paramount to provide financial backing for the film had become the sole issue halting its production.

When quizzed on the status of recent negotiations, Applegate told WENN: "Your guess is as good as mine. The whole cast is in. But it's up to monetary costs."

Applegate's Anchorman co-stars Will Ferrell and Steve Carell have previously expressed their desire to return for a sequel.

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McKellen offers 'Hobbit' shooting update

Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that The Hobbit could begin shooting in the New Year.

The actor, who will reprise his role as wizard Gandalf if the Lord Of The Rings prequels get the green light, told The Bolton News that he will not be "sitting waiting" for shooting.

"The aim is to start filming in January," he said of the new proposed start date.

Peter Jackson is rumoured to be stepping back into the director's chair for the two J.R.R. Tolkien prequels, but the fantasy films will be unable to move forward until backers MGM resolve their financial problems.

British actor Martin Freeman is said to be in negotiations to lead the Hobbit cast as Bilbo Baggins, although his involvement is dependent on scheduling the part around the next series of Sherlock.

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Pacino, De Niro back together for 'Irishman'?

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro may reunite on screen to star in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

According to Deadline, Joe Pesci is also circling a role in the crime drama, which tracks the true-life story of union official-turned-mob hitman Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran.

Steve Zallian penned the script for the film based on Sheeran's book I Heard You Paint Houses.

Pacino and De Niro appeared in The Godfather Part II and shared the screen in Heat and Righteous Kill.

Pesci, meanwhile, has worked with De Niro and Scorsese before on Goodfellas, Casino and Raging Bull.

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Demi Moore, Kate Bosworth join 'Bunch'

Demi Moore, Kate Bosworth and Thomas Haden Church have signed to star in upcoming comedy The Reasonable Bunch.

The actors join a cast that includes Martin Landau, Ellen Barkin and Ellen Burstyn, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie centres on disgruntled exes and arguing family members disrupting a wedding. Sam Levinson, son of Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, is directing the picture.

Shooting is scheduled to begin later this month in New York.

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Reynolds: 'Deadpool will be emotional filth'

Ryan Reynolds has compared his upcoming Deadpool movie to Mickey Rourke's film Barfly.

Reynolds told the Los Angeles Times that he is hoping to make the Marvel Comics project, about an unstable mercenary, "a nasty piece of work".

"It's just based in so much emotional filth, completely. It’s like Barfly if it were a superhero movie," he said, referring to the Charles Bukowski biopic.

"It sort of treads into the world of an emotionally damaged person. I always say that Deadpool is a guy in a highly militarised shame spiral."

The actor admitted that the movie represented a risk because it goes in a different direction to traditional superhero pictures.

"There’s a gamble to it: you’re going to lose a few people right at the beginning," he explained. "But you take the gamble and know that eventually you’re going to win them back. You gotta eat the nastyburger to get to the cookies!"

Sin City director Robert Rodriguez is rumoured to be circling the director's chair for Deadpool.

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Renner: 'Joining M:I4 a dream come true'

Jeremy Renner has said that joining the cast of Mission: Impossible IV fulfills a lifelong dream.

The Hurt Locker actor told Access Hollywood that being able to work with the franchise's star Tom Cruise is a goal he has wanted to accomplish since childhood.

"It's great fun getting to run around with Tom and learn all these fantastic moves," he said. "It's like 14-year-old boys' dreams."

Renner noted that the idea of taking over as the action series's main star in the future intrigues him, but he is unsure if it will ever happen.

"That's obviously really exciting, but I don't know. I'd love for that to happen, but I can't talk about it - it's so far in the future."

He continued: "I'm going to do the task at hand, do the best I can and then on to the next. But the idea of it is fantastic."

Renner also acknowledged that one benefit of Mission: Impossible IV's physically demanding action sequences is that they will get him in shape for his next film The Avengers.

"Lucky enough, I get to do Mission: Impossible [IV] before [The Avengers] so I get to get in pretty decent shape. I'll still probably have to workout a bit to be superhero-esque and not the lazy couch potato that I feel like I am," he said.

Mission: Impossible IV will premiere in US cinemas in 2011.

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Jones, Brolin for 'Men In Black 3'

Josh Brolin has confirmed that Tommy Lee Jones will return for Men In Black 3, despite previous reports suggesting that Brolin would take over the role of Agent K.

Last year, it was reported that the Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps actor would play a younger version of Jones's K, with a time-travelling element added to the story.

However, speaking to MTV, Brolin announced that he would play the character alongside Jones's portrayal.

He explained: "I don't know what the balance is yet. I'm not replacing Tommy, that I know. There's more suggestion going on than anything."

Joking about studying his No Country For Old Men co-star's previous performances, Brolin said: "I feel like I spend too much time with Tommy anyway.

"But now I'm looking at it from a different perspective. It's very, very interesting. As you can tell I get nervous talking about it because I'm not there yet and hopefully it'll be alright. I think it's going to be a lot of fun."

Jones's original co-star Will Smith is also due to appear in the film, which is slated for a 2012 release date.

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Jennifer Garner eyes 'Chemistry' role

Jennifer Garner is in talks to star with Jeremy Renner in Better Living Through Chemistry, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Juno actress will play a trophy wife who has an affair with Renner's unhappily-married pharmacist. The pair begin to indulge in prescription drugs together, then hatch a plot to kill Garner's husband.

Screenwriters Geoff Moore and David Posamentier are to make their directorial debut on the project.

Garner's upcoming movies include satire Butter and the Arthur remake opposite Russell Brand.

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Olivia Wilde joins 'The Change Up'

Olivia Wilde has been added to the cast of Universal comedy The Change Up, reports Deadline.

Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds are already signed up for the David Dobkin-helmed movie, which centres on a family man who somehow switches bodies with his best friend.

Wilde has been cast as a co-worker of Bateman's law firm employee, while Reynolds is his slacker friend.

The Hangover duo Jon Lucas and Scott Moore wrote the script for Change Up, which goes into production this autumn.

In between her recent House filming schedule, Wilde has shot roles in Tron Legacy and Cowboys & Aliens.

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Reynolds: 'Lantern suit is woven misery'

Ryan Reynolds has described his Green Lantern suit as miserable.

Reynolds, who has been filming Green Lantern since February, spoke to GQ about his experience on set, declaring that the motion capture suit was the worst part of the shoot.

"It's made of actual woven misery," he said. "Whatever material they've used, they've managed to make it the most heat-conducting substance known to man. I literally begged them to just put me in a non-breathable rubber unitard.

"It was like shooting an entire movie inside Alec Baldwin."

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Bieber, Will Smith 'team for new project'

Justin Bieber has reportedly joined a Will Smith film project.

Speaking to Teen Vogue, Bieber's manager Scooter Braun revealed that the teen popstar is teaming with Smith to star in "a fictional piece that may have similarities to his life".

It is unclear if Smith will produce the venture or star in it alongside Bieber.

Bieber and Smith's son Jaden teamed up earlier this year for 'Never Say Never', a track from The Karate Kid.

The project won't be the singer's first foray into acting, after he recently guest starred on an episode of the hit crime drama CSI.

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Jon Hamm comments on 'Superman'

Jon Hamm has revealed that he hasn't been contacted about starring in the new Superman movie.

Hamm has been linked to the Man of Steel role in Warner Bros's franchise reboot. However, the Mad Men actor claimed that rumours surrounding his potential casting are untrue.

"Those are the internet things that one person says, and then 15 more people Twitter it, and then it becomes this sort of phenomenon. It's news to me," he said on Live With Regis And Kelly.

Hamm confessed that he would be keen to play Clark Kent, adding: "If the powers that be are thinking that, I'd like them to get in touch with me. We can maybe discuss it!"

The Dark Knight team of Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer are steering the new as-yet-untitled Superman picture.

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Fox: 'Seeing Transformers will be weird'

Megan Fox has revealed that she plans to see Transformers 3 despite no longer being involved in the film.

The actress left the franchise earlier this year after it was announced that her contract was not renewed.

Speaking to MTV News, she said: "I will see it. I'm gonna see it.

"I might be a little jealous when I see somebody kissing my Shia [LaBeouf], wearing my jeans that I... already had been fit for. It's kind of weird, actually."

Fox went on to comment on the differences between herself and her replacement Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

"She's six feet tall also, so maybe they're not the exact same jeans. But it will be strange," she explained.

Transformers 3 will be released on July 1, 2011.

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Jennifer Garner joins 'The Odd Life'

Jennifer Garner has landed a part in upcoming drama The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

According to Vulture, the film is a modern-day fable about a child prodigy musician.

Garner will play the prodigy's mother in the movie directed by Peter Hedges.

Mark Wahlberg is reportedly in talks to play the father, and Joaquin Phoenix is also rumoured to be circling the role.

The movie is based on an original idea by Frank Zappa's son Ahmet

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Kate Beckinsale boards 'Contraband'

Kate Beckinsale has joined upcoming thriller Contraband.

The Underworld actress is to star with Mark Wahlberg in the picture, reports Latino Review.

The movie is based on a 2008 Icelandic film about a former smuggler and a security guard who are tempted to break the law by a friend.

Baltasar Kormakur, star and producer of the original Icelandic production, will direct the Working TItle movie from a script by Aaron Guzikowski.

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