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Caine, Isaacs among 'Cars 2' voice cast

Sir Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer and Jason Isaacs will lend their voices to Pixar's upcoming Cars 2.

The British actors will also be joined by Joe Mantegna, Peter Jacobson and Thomas Kretschmann in the 3D animated sequel, which sees sports car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) take part in the World Grand Prix.

"The story of Cars 2 was sparked by the idea of taking Lightning McQueen and Mater overseas," said director John Lasseter. "Lighting McQueen is invited to compete in the World Grand Prix to race against the fastest cars in the world in three fantastic locations: Japan, Italy and the UK.

"Of course Mater, who has never left Radiator Springs, is completely out of place in these iconic international cultures, which leads to hilarious comedic moments."

He continued: "The World Grand Prix is just the setting for our real story: Mater is unknowingly embroiled in a case of international espionage! Cars 2 is also a full-on spy movie with state-of-the-art gadgets, thrilling action and a cast of new and exciting characters like British agents Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell, and great car villains. It's totally different and so much fun."

Caine and Mortimer will voice Finn and Holley respectively, while Mantegna is Grem, Jacobson Acer and Kretschmann Professor Z.

"I started movies playing Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File,” Caine commented. “Now as a grandfather, I have become Finn McMissile in Cars 2 - another spy in a great series - it's wonderful for my grandchildren and me."

Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub and Cheech Marin will reprise their roles from 2006's Cars.

Cars 2 will open on June 24 in the US and July 22 in the UK.

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Denis Leary wanted for 'Spider-Man' reboot

Denis Leary is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, it has been claimed.

The Rescue Me actor is wanted to play police captain George Stacy, father of Peter Parker's love interest Gwen (Emma Stone), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In both the classic and Ultimate versions of the comic, George is killed while trying to save a child caught up in the collateral damage of Spider-Man's quest to protect New York, which ultimately turns Gwen against the superhero.

Starring alongside lead actor Andrew Garfield in the Marc Webb-directed picture are Martin Sheen, Sally Field and Rhys Ifans.

The as-yet untitled film is due to be released on July 3, 2012.

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Robert Downey Jr exits 'Gravity'

Robert Downey Jr. has left the cast of Alfonso Cuaron's sci-fi drama Gravity, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Iron Man star's departure is the latest setback for the Warner Bros project, which has struggled to find an actress to fill the lead role after Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman turned it down.

Sandra Bullock is still in negotiations to star in Gravity, which centres on a female astronaut who must survive being stranded alone in space after her crew is wiped out by debris.

Downey Jr. was to have played a fellow astronaut who only figured briefly in the story. He is now eyeing 20th Century Fox's How To Talk To Girls.

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Clooney to be 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'?

George Clooney has reportedly entered talks to star in Warner Bros' The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

According to The Playlist, Clooney is eyeing a reunion with director Steven Soderbergh on the spy remake. The pair previously worked together on Out Of Sight, the three Ocean's movies, Solaris and The Good German.

They also co-owned Section Eight, the production company behind Clooney's first two directorial efforts Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind and Good Night, And Good Luck.

Clooney's role has not been revealed, although he is likely to take on the part of lead spy Napoleon Solo. Robert Vaughn portrayed the character in NBC's original espionage show.

Warner Bros executives have allegedly approved Soderbergh's Man From U.N.C.L.E. storyline, which will shun a contemporary setting in favour of keeping the action in the '60s.

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Hardy's 'Dark Knight Rises' role revealed?

Tom Hardy is rumoured to have been cast as Dr Hugo Strange in director Christopher Nolan's film The Dark Knight Rises.

Total Film reports that the upcoming sequel will be based on the graphic novel Prey and feature Batman being pursued by Hardy's deranged police psychiatrist.

Prey's storyline follows Dr Hugo Strange as he hypnotises a police officer into becoming a vigilante in an attempt to bring Batman out of hiding.

The movie's cinematographer Wally Pfister recently revealed that sections of The Dark Knight Rises will be filmed in IMAX.

Nolan is thought to be still searching for a leading lady.

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Superman' casting search begins

Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan have started casting for the new Superman movie.

According to Deadline, a "wide net" has been extended to find a Man of Steel for the superhero reboot. Snyder, Nolan and Warner Bros are allegedly looking to find an up-and-coming actor or TV star between 28 and 32 to fill the iconic comic book role.

Although auditions have yet to take place, actors such as Armie Hammer (The Social Network), Joe Manganiello (True Blood) and Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) have been named as potential stars.

Snyder will direct the untitled Superman movie from a script by David Goyer. Nolan, Emma Thomas, Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven will serve as producers.

Production on Superman is due to begin next June for a 2012 release. Warner Bros is eager to start shooting the movie soon as in 2013 some of the rights will revert back to the heirs of creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

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DC planning 'Aquaman' film?

Smallville's Alan Ritchson has claimed that a movie based on DC's Aquaman could be in the works.

In an interview with CBR, the actor - who plays the king of the seas in the television series - said that a solo film featuring the character is "very much a reality".

"A movie, on the other hand, I think is very much a reality. In fact, I think there's one in the works," he said. "Some people in LA are starting to get the ball rolling on that."

However, the star did not reveal if he has been approached to appear in such a project. "I don't know what my involvement would ever be in that, but, yeah, I think it would be cool to see that happen," he added. "But it's just so expensive to do. It's hard to say if it's really going to happen."

Ritchson made his Smallville debut as Arthur Curry and his aquatic alter ego in 2005, before reprising the role two years later. He also revisits the character in the latest episode of the show.

A pilot episode for a live-action Aquaman television series titled Mercy Reef was made in 2006, but never commissioned.

An official announcement regarding a cinematic outing is yet to be made.

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Denzel Washington 'wants superhero role'

Denzel Washington has revealed that he would "love" to star in a comic book movie.

The actor explained that he is impressed by the standard of superhero films today.

Absolute Now quotes him as saying: "I think that comic book movies now are what comics were 30 years ago.

"I think now with the technology it's like comic books on steroids and I’m very excited about that.

"I'd love to be a part of something."

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Dolph Lundgren cast in 'Dungeon Siege 2'

Dolph Lundgren has seemingly confirmed rumours that he is to star in a sequel to the 2008 box office bomb In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.

According to Screen Junkies, Lundgren claims that he has been cast in the sequel as a war veteran who is pulled into a power struggle and seeks redemption.

"It's a role I just wanted to play," Lundgren explained. "It's fun to exercise my acting chops once in a while."

Work on a sequel to the film was confirmed earlier this month after a teaser image was unveiled at the American Film Market.

The original film was inspired by the Dungeon Siege video game series and starred English actor Jason Statham.

Directed by controversial filmmaker Uwe Boll, In The Name Of The King received overwhelmingly negative reviews upon its release and was listed in Time magazine's top ten worst video game films.

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Dawson 'playing it cool for Trek role'

Rosario Dawson has claimed that she recently met Star Trek director J.J. Abrams but attempted to downplay her desire to star in the film's sequel.

The actress recently admitted spearheading a Twitter campaign in an attempt to win herself a role in the upcoming movie.

"We flew on the same flight together but we ended up talking about politics and t-shirts," Dawson told The Hollywood Reporter of her encounter with Abrams. "I'm trying to be cool about it."

The actress also claimed that she had now revealed her desire for a role to Star Trek lead Chris Pine, after previously hiding her self-confessed 'trekkie' status.

Dawson will next appear alongside another Star Trek actor, Zachary Quinto, in the first exclusively online-distributed film Girl Walks Into A Bar.

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Whedon 'wants Jolie for Wonder Woman'

Joss Whedon has declared that he would love Angelina Jolie to play Wonder Woman.

Whedon, who will begin shooting The Avengers in early 2011, spoke to Entertainment Weekly about who he would like to see as the famous superheroine.

"For me, Wonder Woman was basically Angelina Jolie," Whedon said. "She spends a lot of time flying around. She works in a lot of different countries. She’s very global. And she’s appalled by the way people treat each other."

Whedon also revealed that he wrote a Wonder Woman script five years ago that was never produced, and that he modelled the character on Jolie, claiming that she was what he imagined a real Amazonian goddess would be like.

The Avengers is scheduled to be released on May 4, 2012.

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Downey Jr to produce 'How to Talk to Girls'?

Robert Downey Jr is in talks to produce the film adaptation of the book How to Talk to Girls.

Downey Jr, who recently left the upcoming movie Gravity, is considering producing the project along with his wife Susan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

How to Talk to Girls is a guide written by 9-year-old Alec Greven containing advice on dealing with girls. It started out as a school project, but ultimately Greven received a publishing deal. He has written three other How to Talk to books since then.

The venture has a first draft, courtesy of Ben Karlin and Stu Zicherman. However, if Downey Jr were to join, the film would reportedly be redeveloped.

Downey Jr's next picture is expected to be Oz: The Great and Powerful. Oz is scheduled to begin shooting in summer 2011.

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Bale claims 'Batman 3' is the last

Christian Bale has reiterated that the next Batman film - The Dark Knight Rises - will be the last in the series.

Bale spoke to MTV News about the highly-anticipated superhero sequel, declaring that he is determined to make the last film in the series the best one.

"[I'm] very excited, because if Chris [Nolan] maintains, this will be the last one," Bale said. "We've got to up it."

However, Bale confessed that he has not yet begun preparing for his last outing as the Caped Crusader.

"It just hasn't been necessary yet," Bale stated. "I know [Chris]'ll give me plenty of time to prepare for whatever I need to, and I'll discover it. He's a pretty damn good filmmaker. I trust that he's going to come up with something wonderful."

Production is believed to begin in New Orleans in April of next year.

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Whedon has "mixed emotions" about new Buffy

Joss Whedon has admitted that he has "mixed emotions" about Warner Bros' planned big screen remake of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Whedon penned the script for the 1992 Kristy Swanson movie before creating the 1997 TV series, which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as the titular vampire killer.

"This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths - just because they can’t think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself," he joked to E! Online.

Whedon explained that he had "always hoped that Buffy would live on even after my death. But, you know, AFTER".

"I don't love the idea of my creation in other hands, but I'm also well aware that many more hands than mine went into making that show what it was," he continued. "And there is no legal grounds for doing anything other than sighing audibly. I can't wish people who are passionate about my little myth ill."

Yes Man actress Whit Anderson will write the new Buffy movie with Charles Roven (Batman Begins) producing.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer' gets movie remake

Warner Brothers has revealed that it will remake Buffy the Vampire Slayer into a movie.

The Buffy reboot was announced back in May 2009, but it had yet to find a studio. The project will not involve Joss Whedon, who wrote the screenplay for the 1992 movie and created the 1997 TV series. When the update was first revealed, Whedon stated that the project would fare better without his participation.

"I think that's something better left untouched by me. So, I wish them luck," he said.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer tells the story of a teenage girl who discovers that her calling is to defend the world from vampires and other demons. Kristy Swanson played Buffy in the original movie, while Sarah Michelle Gellar portrayed the vampire slayer in the TV series.

According to the Los Angeles Times, actress Whit Anderson (Yes Man) will be writing the new movie's screenplay.

"I didn't really watch much television at all, but I always watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That was the one show I would watch when I got home," Anderson said.

She added: "I just loved this character. I was the same age as Buffy, and it was so rare to have a female lead character on TV in those days who was strong and capable and smart but also allowed to be feminine."

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Renner hints at 'Mission' franchise takeover

Jeremy Renner has confirmed that he could take over the Mission: Impossible franchise from Tom Cruise.

The Oscar-nominated Hurt Locker star suggested to MTV that groundwork is being laid for his character Brandt to replace Cruise's IMF agent Ethan Hunt.

"It's a franchise to potentially take over," Renner said. "I can't predict the future and what they want, but that's certainly the idea."

Renner remained tight-lipped on the storyline for the fourth outing in the series, titled Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.

"I can't really go into the details of the script, because that's still evolving," he explained. "It's Tom's baby. He's the engine behind the thing. What happens after that, we'll see."

Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Josh Holloway, Michael Nyqvist, Léa Seydoux and Anil Kapoor are among the cast for director Brad Bird's new Mission: Impossible, due out in cinemas in December 2011.

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Wahlberg confirms 'Uncharted' film role

Mark Wahlberg has confirmed that he will star in the Uncharted movie.

The Three Kings actor said he has agreed to play series protagonist Nathan Drake in the film helmed by David O. Russell.

"David is one of the best writer/directors I've ever worked with. The idea that he has is just insane," he told MTV.

Wahlberg said that discussions have begun on casting Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro for the film.

"That's who [O. Russell] wants to write the parts for. I talked to Pesci about it and I know David's people have talked to [Robert De Niro].

"I'm obviously in whatever David wants to do, but the idea of it is so off the charts: De Niro being my father, Pesci being my uncle."

He added: "It's not going to be the watered-down version, that's for sure."

Wahlberg hopes that filming will begin next summer.

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Watchmen' actor sought for 'Superman'?

Matthew Goode is rumoured to be the frontrunner for the lead role in Zack Snyder's Superman reboot.

According to Movie Newz, the Cemetery Junction star is the favourite to portray the Man of Steel in the DC Comics adaptation.

Goode and Snyder have previously worked together on Watchmen, in which the actor played Adrian Veidt and his alter ego Ozymandias.

The report went on to say that Superman's physical appearance will be created using CGI effects, so extensive body building may not be required for the lead actor. A similar technique is being applied during the production of Green Lantern.

Snyder's Superman is scheduled to arrive in 2012.

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Stone: 'I want to please Spider-Man fans'

Emma Stone has admitted that she wants Spider-Man fans to embrace her portrayal of Gwen Stacy.

The Easy A star told MTV that she has avoided reading feedback about her casting on the internet because she wants to form her own version of the webslinger's love interest.

"There's a part of me that really wants to please people that love Spider-Man or Gwen Stacy and want her to be done justice. I hope they'll give me licence to interpret her my way. But that fanbase, I'm one of them, so I completely understand why they would be judgemental of certain things," she said.

"I try not to look [at stories on the internet] because I do care and I don't want to psych myself out. I kinda have to stay off the internet. I'm not thick-skinned enough. I get too sensitive. I don't want it to affect what I'm doing."

Discussing her preparations for the comic book film, which casts British actor Andrew Garfield as the Marvel hero, Stone revealed that she has returned to her natural blonde hair colour to match Gwen Stacy.

"I looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh my god, it's me again, it's been so long!' she commented. "We're finalising the visual stuff. And I think we'll start actually rehearsing, because we start shooting in two weeks.

"Andrew and I went and learned about science yesterday. Gwen really likes science, so we learned about science. I was home-schooled, so I never went to chemistry class in a traditional setting like Gwen is into. That was really beneficial."

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Hathaway may play Lois in new 'Superman'

Anne Hathaway is the latest actress linked to the iconic role of Lois Lane for Zack Snyder's new Superman film.

What's Playing claims Hathaway is currently being considered for the part of Clark Kent's famous love interest.

The news is supported by Hathaway's declaration to the LA Times that she wants a break from starring in romantic comedies and may be looking to take on a science fiction film instead.

It was also recently revealed that director Zack Snyder is searching for an unknown actor to play the film's titular character.

Superman: The Man of Steel is scheduled to begin filming in June 2011

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