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Samuel L. Jackson skips 'Thor'

Samuel L. Jackson will not appear in the forthcoming Thor movie.

Insiders confirmed that the actor will not reprise his role as Nick Fury in the latest Marvel adaptation, reports The Wrap.

The character featured in both Iron Man and its 2010 sequel, and is expected to return for the Captain America and Avengers movies.

Marvel's recent films have featured repeat cameos from characters in the run up to the ensemble Avengers movie.

It has been rumoured that Jeremy Renner will guest star in Thor as Hawkeye.

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Pitt signs up to star in 'Cogan's Trade'

Brad Pitt has reportedly signed up for heist comedy Cogan's Trade after having been rumoured for the film's lead role for a number of months.

According to Variety, Pitt commenced negotiations for the film in November after enjoying the Andrew Dominick script.

The actor has previously worked with director Dominick on the 2007 film The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.

Pitt will also produce the film along with a number of representatives from his own production companies Plan B and Chockstone Pictures.

Cogan's Trade is due to begin filming in March this year.

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Dark Knight Rises' to shoot in LA, UK

Warner Bros has confirmed that The Dark Knight Rises will shoot in Los Angeles and the UK.

Scene Magazine recently spoke with Ravi Mehta, senior vice president of production at Warner Bros, who addressed rumours about where the third Batman movie will be filming.

"I know they are going to the UK, LA and there will be a third city," said Mehta.

The third city has not yet been revealed, but rumoured locations include Detroit and New York.

In the previous two movies, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, the city of Chicago provided the backdrop for the fictitious Gotham City in which the films take place. Chicago has not yet been confirmed as a shooting location for The Dark Knight Rises.

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Jackson, Wilson join 'Meeting Evil'

Samuel L. Jackson and Luke Wilson have joined the film Meeting Evil.

According to Scene Magazine, the movie, based on the 1992 novel by Thomas Berger, will shoot in New Orleans. It also stars Leslie Bibb, who played Christine Everhart in Iron Man and Iron Man 2.

Wilson will play a real estate salesman named John Felton that loses his job. Following his dismissal, Felton meets a stranger named Richie, played by Jackson, who slowly brings out the character's dark side.

Meeting Evil will begin shooting on January 8

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Portman denies 'Superman' casting rumor

Natalie Portman has denied that she has been cast in any role in either The Dark Knight Rises or The Man Of Steel.

The actress was heavily rumoured to be up for the part of Lois Lane in Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman film franchise, but Coming Soon claims that Portman has now dismissed the rumours in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

"What is that?" Portman said when questioned about the film. "No, I haven't heard anything."

Portman also denied that she would star in Christopher Nolan's third Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, claiming that she knew nothing about the project.

The actress recently received critical acclaim for her performance in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan.

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Olivia Wilde joins 'Welcome To People'

Olivia Wilde has been announced as the latest addition to the cast of the upcoming DreamWorks drama Welcome To People.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress will play the girlfriend of a businessman - played by Chris Pine - who is grieving the loss of his father while also caring for an alcoholic sister (Elizabeth Banks) and her child.

Star Trek writer Alex Kurtzman wrote the script with collaborators Jody Lambert and Roberto Orci.

Production will begin in Los Angeles later this month with a tentative release date set for 2012.

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Sam Rockwell 'wants superhero role'

Moon star Sam Rockwell has admitted that he wants to play a superhero.

The actor, who portrayed villain Justin Hammer in last summer's blockbuster Iron Man 2, told Empire that he believes he would make a "great" comic book hero.

He said: "I'd love to play a superhero. I know it'd take some doing to convince some people, but I think I'd be a great one."

The 42-year-old added that he has already played Batman in the spoof short film Robin's Big Date.

"I've played Batman, but I've never had superpowers and I'd love to get some. It's about time."

Rockwell was reportedly in the running to play Tony Stark in Iron Man before Robert Downey Jr. was cast in the role.

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January Jones "intimidated" by 'X-Men' role

January Jones has admitted that she had reservations about playing X-Men: First Class character Emma Frost.

The Mad Men star told the Los Angeles Times that she was initially reluctant to sign up for the mutant role because the prequel film's storyline takes place in the same decade as her AMC show.

"When I heard that this instalment of X-Men was going to take place in the '60s I was like, 'Oh my God, you must be kidding me!'" Jones said. “But I read the script and familiarised myself with the character of Emma Frost. She’s so, so far from Betty and from Mad Men, and it takes place in that time but it doesn’t feel like a period movie."

Jones added that Frost's skimpy costumes in the Marvel comics books left her feeling intimidated.

"It's a lot of very body-conscious stuff," she commented. "If you look at the comic book, she’s barely dressed. She’s got quite the bod, which is very intimidating."

X-Men: First Class will open in cinemas this summer.

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Jolie's 'Cleopatra' eyes Paul Greengrass

The Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass is reportedly the frontrunner to direct Angelina Jolie in Cleopatra.

According to Deadline, producer Scott Rudin and several of the filmmakers are in favour of Greengrass taking the director's chair for the 3D historical epic, which studio bosses at Sony Pictures are already comparing to Gone With The Wind.

Rudin revealed that the project will be a "revisionist" and "grown-up sophisticated version" that bears little resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor's 1963 biopic.

"She's not a sex kitten - she's a politician, strategist, warrior," he said. "In the Joseph Mankiewicz movie, Elizabeth Taylor is a seductress, but the histories of Cleopatra have been written by men. This is the first to be written by a woman."

Speaking about the source material for the film, Stacy Schiff's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Cleopatra: A Life, Rudin said: "It felt like such a blow-the-doors-off-the-hinges idea of how to tell it - impossible to resist. We're pretty close. A lot of directors want to do it, but there is only a handful we'll make it with."

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Roven: 'No Batman, Superman crossover'

The Dark Knight Rises and Superman producer Charles Roven has dismissed the possibility of a crossover between the franchises.

Speaking with Shock Till You Drop, Roven confirmed that Zack Snyder's Superman reboot will not take place in the same universe as Nolan's third Batman film.

"Right now the Batman lives in his world and the Superman lives in his world," he said. "Those stories are those stories and we haven't thought beyond each individual picture."

The producer went on to say that neither project has entered pre-production yet. "They're both going to be long shoots," he added. "I'm sure there's going to be some overlap, but hopefully there'll be as little overlap as possible."

The Dark Knight Rises is scheduled to arrive in theatres in July next year. Superman will follow in December 2012.

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Sam Rockwell joins Pitt in 'Cogan's Trade'

Sam Rockwell has reportedly signed to appear in upcoming film Cogan’s Trade.

The Iron Man 2 actor joins Brad Pitt in the project from writer-director Andrew Dominick (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford).

The movie takes place during a high-stakes poker game. Pitt will play an enforcer named Jackie Cogan who is investigating a heist.

Details of Rockwell’s role have yet to be released, reports Deadline.

The film is based on a novel by George V. Higgins.

Dominick is also reportedly looking to cast Casey Affleck, Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem in the ensemble project.

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GI Joe' sequel loses director Sommers

Director Stephen Sommers has allegedly quit Paramount's sequel to 2009 blockbuster GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the studio has approached two agents representing other filmmakers to come on board and steer GI Joe 2. Sommers will not have any involvement in the follow-up.

During production of the first GI Joe, reports surfaced claiming that Sommers had clashed with his producers and Paramount. Last August it was suggested that he would return to direct the sequel.

GI Joe, starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller and Christopher Eccleston, grossed more than $300 million at the worldwide box office on a budget of $175 million

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Scream 4' plot details revealed?

Plot spoilers for Wes Craven's Scream 4 have leaked online.

According to Shock Till You Drop, the horror sequel will reportedly screen to test audiences tonight in Pennsylvania, who have been provided with a story synopsis.

Scream 4 will allegedly find Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, return to Woodsboro to complete her promotional tour.

Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and reporter Gale Weathers Riley (Courteney Cox) are now married and still living in the town. Sidney revives her friendship with the pair and meets her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell).

Sidney's return coincides with the reappearance of killer Ghostface, who puts the population of Woodsboro in danger.

Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Nico Tortorella, Adam Brody and Marley Shelton are among the new cast additions to the slasher franchise.

Scream 4 will open in cinemas on April 15.

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Eminem plans movie return with 'Violence'?

Eminem will reportedly make his big screen return with 20th Century Fox crime thriller Random Acts Of Violence.

According to Vulture, the musician is attached to star in and produce the project with his Shady Films partners Paul Rosenberg and Stuart Parr. Eminem last appeared on screen in 2002's acclaimed drama 8 Mile.

Random Acts Of Violence originated as a crime film with a similar plotline to video game Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar Games refused to sell Fox the movie rights and the studio subsequently hired Seraphim Falls director David Von Ancken to rework the script.

The revised version reportedly contains the "grit and realism" of 8 Mile and has been compared to The Town and Martin Scorsese's The Departed.

Von Ancken is expected to direct the movie later this year.

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Elijah Wood to return for 'The Hobbit'

Elijah Wood will reportedly reprise his role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.

According to Lord Of The Rings website The One Ring, Wood could potentially be seen reading from the fictional Red Book Of Westmarch to introduce viewers to the world of The Hobbit.

The report added that Frodo will likely appear in the opening sequence of The Hobbit and could open the door for Sean Astin's Samwise Gamgee and hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) to return.

Orlando Bloom was recently rumoured to be reprising his role as Legolas from the original Rings trilogy, while Cate Blanchett has been confirmed to return as Galadriel.

Part one of The Hobbit, starring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, will open in cinemas in December 2012. The sequel is expected to follow in 2013.

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Brad Pitt eyeing John Lennon role?

Brad Pitt is allegedly in "secret talks" to play John Lennon in a biopic of the late Beatles star, according to the Daily Express.

The actor, who reportedly wants to produce and act in the feature, is said to have "won over" Lennon's widow Yoko Ono when the pair met recently to discuss the project.

Pitt is supposedly intending to sing Lennon's songs himself instead of using backing tracks.

"Brad already has a writer working on the script. And Yoko has given the project her blessing so long as it's true to John's life," an insider is quoted as saying.

"Brad wants to do all the singing himself and plans to take voice lessons. If he can't pull it off they'll use John's own voice. Brad has also been immersing himself in videos and books so he can get Lennon's mannerisms down pat."

Previous actors to have portrayed Lennon include Ian Hart (The Hours And Times, Backbeat), Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) and Christopher Eccleston (Lennon Naked)

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Nolan won't rule out 'Inception' sequel

Christopher Nolan has refused to completely rule out revisiting Inception for a sequel.

Nolan, who wrote and directed last summer's Leonardo DiCaprio thriller, said that he has "always liked the potential of the world" he created.

"It's an infinite, or perhaps I should say an infinitesimal world that fascinates me," Nolan told Deadline. "At the moment, we're exploring a video game, which is something I've been very interested in doing for a number of years. This lends itself nicely to that."

The filmmaker explained that, although Inception was designed as a one-off film, he doesn't know where his "creative interests" will take him in the future.

"As far as sequels go, I think of Inception as one film, but that's how I approach all my films," he commented. "When I was making Batman Begins, I certainly didn't have any thoughts of doing a second Batman film, let alone a third.

"You never quite know where your creative interests are going to take you, but when I was making Inception I viewed it as a stand-alone movie."

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Knoxville, Samberg to star in 'Stooges'?

Johnny Knoxville and Andy Samberg could reportedly star in Fox's upcoming Three Stooges movie.

The Jackass star and the Saturday Night Live cast member are on the shortlist to feature in the project, reports The Wrap.

Australian comic Shane Jacobson has also made the list of potential actors to appear in the movie about the famous comedy trio.

Peter and Bobby Farrelly are directing the film from a script they co-wrote with Mike Cerrone.

The movie would be split up into three 27-minute segments featuring physical comedy.

The project has been in development for more than ten years. It was being developed at MGM before Fox picked up the rights.

Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Jim Carrey were previously attached to star as the film's leads in the early stages of the venture's creation.

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Mark Wahlberg confirms 'Uncharted' role

Mark Wahlberg has once again confirmed that he is attached to star in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Speaking to Moviehole, the actor - whose attachment to the film has been a point of speculation recently - reaffirmed his commitment to the project.

"David O. Russell is writing right now and hopes to direct. It’s myself, Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro," Wahlberg is quoted as saying.

The star of The Fighter is in line to portray Nathan Drake in the feature film based on the video game series.

Wahlberg also claimed that production could begin this summer.

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Ron Howard: 'I won't helm Arrested movie'

Ron Howard has insisted that he will not direct a possible Arrested Development movie.

Speaking to Coming Soon, the filmmaker said that he expects a film based on the short-lived Fox comedy to get made "sooner rather than later".

Howard served as executive producer on the series as well as narrator.

"I won't be directing the Arrested Development movie, but [the creator] Mitch Hurwitz is determined," he said.

Howard added: "I know we've been saying this for a while, but I'd be really surprised if we didn't have an Arrested Development movie sooner rather than later."

Arrested Development starred Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, David Cross and Will Arnett.

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