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Sir Ben Kingsley in talks for sci-fi thriller 'Ender's Game

Sir Ben Kingsley is close to signing up for Ender's Game, a report has claimed.

The actor is in talks to reunite with his Hugo co-star Asa Butterfield in the sci-fi thriller, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Kingsley is said to be considering the part of a war hero in Ender's Game, which is adapted from a 1985 Orson Scott Card science fiction novel.

The novel and its sequels have also been turned into various Marvel Comics miniseries.

True Grit actress Hailee Steinfeld is circling the part of Petra Arkanian, while Harrison Ford has also recently been linked with a starring role in the Summit Entertainment production.

Directed by X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Gavin Hood, Ender's Game is believed to be entering production in February 2012 ahead of a scheduled release date of March 15, 2013.

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Harrison Ford wanted to play Branch Rickey in baseball biopic '42'

Harrison Ford has been offered a role in baseball biopic 42.

Legendary Pictures wants the actor for the role of Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey in the movie, reports Deadline.

In 1947, Rickey hired baseball legend Jackie Robinson, a star of the Kansas City Chiefs who had been barred from the major leagues because of his race.

Brian Helgeland (LA Confidential, Mystic River) is writer and director on the long-gestating project, which has been developed in collaboration with Robinson's widow Rachel Robinson.

Robert Redford was attached to the role more than a decade ago, with a string of top actors rumoured for the part since.

Ford has also recently been sought for roles in Black Hats and Ender's Game.

Sir Ben Kingsley is also in talks to appear in the sci-fi adaptation Ender's Game

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Guy Ritchie revives 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

Guy Ritchie will adapt The Man From U.N.C.L.E. as his next project.

The director will team up with his Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows producer Lionel Wigram once again on the adaptation of the 1960s television show, reports Deadline.

The movie will be based on the spy series, which followed the adventures of Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum)'s United Network Command for Law Enforcement.

Steven Soderbergh was previously attached to direct the film, but recently left the project when it went over budget and ran into casting difficulties following the departure of George Clooney.

Ritchie recently described his marriage to Madonna as "a soap opera".

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows premiered on Thursday night in the UK and will be released in cinemas on December 16.

It will debut on December 26 in US cinemas.

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Hot Fuzz' sequel to start shooting in 2012, says Nick Frost

Nick Frost has revealed some of the plans for the follow-up to Hot Fuzz.

A draft has been completed for the third film in Frost and Simon Pegg's 'Cornetto Trilogy', which has the working title of The World's End.

"There is a draft out there, which I've read, and it's great, and I think our plan is to crack on and shoot next year," Frost told Coming Soon.

"Touch wood. They move and they change but we definitely want to get on with it."

Edgar Wright will return to direct the third film.

Frost and Pegg leant their voices to the role of the Thompson Twins in The Adventures of Tintin, which was written by Wright, Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) and Steven Moffat.

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Steven Spielberg: 'Jurassic Park 4 on schedule'

Steven Spielberg has promised that Jurassic Park 4 is "on schedule".

The director hinted that the sequel may follow his work on Lincoln.

"I haven't been active in the last year because I've been so busy obviously on War Horse, Tintin and now I'm currently shooting Lincoln, but right now, it's on the schedule to bring out another Jurassic Park," Spielberg told Coming Soon.

He would not confirm whether the movie would be a sequel or reboot of the franchise, saying: "It's just another boring secret."

Spielberg began hinting that he would make a third follow-up to the hit 1993 movie at Comic-Con International in San Diego last July, saying that it should be made within two to three years.

He has promised a better story for the third film.

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Gary Oldman: 'Dark Knight Rises is my last Batman movie

Gary Oldman has suggested that he will not star in any future Batman films after The Dark Knight Rises.

Oldman will reprise his role as Commissioner James Gordon in Christopher Nolan's third superhero epic The Dark Knight Rises, but told Crave Online that the film will likely mark the end of his involvement with the Batman franchise

"For us I think it's the end. Whether they will make more, my guess is probably. I mean, they don't have [Harry] Potter anymore. So, there could be a Batman 4 and 5," the star noted.

Oldman continued: "It may be Chris [Nolan] overseeing it in a producorial position, but for us and for Chris I think that's it. It's a great way to go out though. It's a great story. Epic, epic thing it is."

The actor also explained that he's been very impressed by Nolan's vision for The Dark Knight Rises.

"I think Chris strikes me as someone who's too smart and he's sort of too classy to just sort of make a third for the sake of making it. I don't think that's who he is," Oldman said.

He added: "I remember way back saying to him, ''Is there going to be a third?' He said, 'If I can get the story right. I've got to outdo myself. I've got to do it better than The Dark Knight. I've just got to get it right'.

"He set the bar very high, and so he said, 'If I can find a story that interests me I will do it.' I think also it's genius that he's picked Bane as the villain, that he didn't go with The Riddler or The Penguin. I think [that] right there is a wise choice."

Nolan recently described the prologue to The Dark Knight Rises as "breathtaking".

The Dark Knight Rises prologue will be screened before Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol from December 16 in the US and December 21 in the UK. The film opens on June 20, 2012.

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Indiana Jones 5': George Lucas seeks MacGuffin plot device

George Lucas is yet to settle on a MacGuffin for Indiana Jones 5.

The writer/producer said that he is still considering the plot device for the sequel.

Lucas told Vulture that partner Steven Spielberg's claim that the concept was settled was not quite accurate.

"Actually, I told him I didn't have it yet," Lucas said. "I told him about the story, but I really haven't found the MacGuffin yet.

"I mean, I know what it's about, but I just have to find a MacGuffin that fits into the arena we're working in."

A term popularised by Alfred Hitchcock, a 'MacGuffin' is a device that drives the plot and draws the viewers' attention but has no true significance beyond this purpose.

Spielberg had previously told Entertainment Weekly: "We have already agreed on the genre of the fifth movie, we already have a concept in mind."

Harrison Ford has said that he would be "delighted" to return to the Indiana Jones franchise for a fifth film, but is not sure if the sequel will go ahead.

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Daniel Craig 'to become longest-serving James Bond under new deal'

Daniel Craig has reportedly been offered a multi-million pound deal to star in five more James Bond movies.

The mooted deal will see the 43-year-old star in a total of eight Bond pictures, overtaking Roger Moore as the actor to have spent the longest time playing the spy.

Moore starred as James Bond a total of seven times between 1973 and 1985, starting with Live And Let Die and ending with A View To A Kill.

Craig made his debut as the iconic character in 2006's Casino Royale, which was followed by Quantum Of Solace in 2008 and the upcoming 23rd film in the series Skyfall, due for release on October 26, 2012.

"Daniel's been a terrific Bond, a superb actor and a ­terrific man," producer Michael G Wilson told The People. "The fans love him and I don't think there's a better actor to play the part. It's certainly something we'll be ­discussing with him once we finish shooting Skyfall."

He added: "Filming has gone very well so far and I'd love Daniel to surpass Roger's record and do eight pictures. Daniel's been an absolute pleasure to be around because he takes the role so seriously.

"There's really no-one more passionate about making these films work than him - he's a filmmaker's dream. A lot of people have said Daniel's been their favourite Bond since Sean Connery and I can't argue with them. He's doing a great job."

Craig revealed this week that he also wrote parts of Quantum Of Solace due to the writer's strike of 2007 and 2008.

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Matt Damon 'expects to return to Bourne franchise

The We Bought a Zoo star, who revealed in October that he hopes to do another Bourne movie, insisted that if the The Bourne Legacy does not perform well, it will not affect the success of any future films in the series.

"I think if [Bourne Legacy] doesn't work, we can just ignore it and pretend it didn't happen, and that'd be fine," Damon told KCRW's The Business. "But I expect that it will work and only help us if we did another one, which I'd love to do."

The Bourne Legacy will feature Jeremy Renner in the lead role. Damon was initially expected to star in the film, but his character was reportedly written out of the movie.

Damon went on to explain his recent comments about director Tony Gilroy. The actor blamed the troubled production of 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum on a "terrible" rough script submitted by Gilroy under a big-money deal.

"It was idiotic of me to say anything," he admitted. "At the end of the day, it's between me and Tony, and we'll figure it out or we won't."

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Vin Diesel has confirmed two further sequels for the Fast and Furious franchise.

The sixth movie will be split into two separate films, bringing the running total to seven.

"With the success of this last one, and the inclusion of so many characters, and the broadening of scope, when we were sitting down to figure out what would fit into the real estate of number six, we didn't have enough space," the Fast and Furious star and producer told The Hollywood Reporter.

"We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages. The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'"

Fast & Furious 5 saw the franchise move from the racing to action-adventure heist genre.

The closing scene of the film teased the return of Eva Mendes and Michelle Rodriguez to the franchise.

Universal Pictures had been said to be considering filming the sixth and seventh sequels back-to-back.

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Tom Cruise: 'Future Mission: Impossible movies a possibility

Tom Cruise has revealed that he is open to future films in the Mission: Impossible franchise.

The Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol actor revealed that he has had "a blast" working on the action-packed projects, but wants to be sure that future instalments uphold certain standards before signing on.

"[I'll return] if I can make 'em at a level I want to make 'em," Cruise told MTV News.

"Thing is, I've never wanted to compromise. If we can figure that out, I love making them. As a producer, they're a lot of fun. As an actor, they're really a blast and challenging."

Cruise went on to say that his inspiration for the Mission: Impossible films is based in a deep fondness for the material upon which the movies are based.

"I just remember watching it at home on television. I loved the music and the whole thing with the gadgets and the team and the places they would go to," Cruise explained.

"It was kind of a family event for us. When I went to Paramount the first time to produce it, they weren't really turning TV series into movies, but I was pretty excited about it. To be today at #4 is pretty cool."

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Tom Cruise: 'Top Gun sequel could be really fun'

Tom Cruise has suggested that he would have "fun" starring in a Top Gun sequel.

Cruise recently fuelled rumours of a potential continuation to the 1986 action film, when he said that he'd sign on for the project if the script was right.

While promoting his new movie Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Cruise commented that he's been giving serious thought to reteaming with Top Gun director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

"You know, Tony and I and Jerry, we never thought about it. We never thought we could," he revealed to Access Hollywood. "But I love working with those guys and we've just been exploring stories."

Cruise added of his enthusiasm for Top Gun 2: "Got to get back in those airplanes on Top Gun. That could be fun. If we could figure that out, that'll be fun."

The original Top Gun is in the process of being transformed into 3D for a possible 2012 cinema re-release.

Cruise's current movie Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opens in wide release today (Wednesday) in US cinemas and on December 26 in the UK.

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Game of Thrones' Alan Taylor to take 'Thor 2' director's chair?

Alan Taylor is thought to be taking the director's chair for Thor 2.

The Game of Thrones director is believed to have been offered a deal for the role, beating out Daniel Minahan, according to Deadline.

Minahan has also directed three episodes of the HBO fantasy drama, in addition to series such as True Blood and The Good Wife.

Taylor - who has also directed episodes of Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men and the pilot of The Playboy Club - was first linked with the vacancy earlier this month.

Monster director Jenkins originally signed on to take charge of Thor 2 in September, but left the project earlier this month due to "creative differences" with the studio.

Kenneth Branagh, who directed the first Thor movie, turned down the sequel due to a scheduling conflict.

Thor 2 is due to be released on November 15, 2013 and will see Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston reprising their roles from the first movie.

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Seth Rogen joins 'The B Team

Seth Rogen has signed on to The B Team.

The Green Hornet star will serve as a producer on the Disney project, according to Variety.

Rogen could also potentially star in the spy comedy, which is currently in development.

The B Team focuses on a kidnapped secret agent who must rely on his tech support team to rescue him.

Earlier this month, Rogen hinted that he would be interested in making a Pineapple Express sequel.

The actor will host next year's Independent Spirit Awards, to be held on February 25, 2012.

In October, Rogen married his longtime girlfriend Lauren Miller.

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Jeremy Renner not replacing Tom Cruise as 'Mission: Impossible' lead

Jeremy Renner has denied speculation that he will replace Tom Cruise as star of the Mission: Impossible franchise.

The Hurt Locker actor stars alongside Cruise in Ghost Protocol, the fourth instalment of the series.

Renner's character William Brandt has since been tipped to take over from Cruise's Ethan Hunt in future Mission: Impossible movies, but the 40-year-old insisted that there is no truth behind the claims.

"I heard that. I hear lots of rumours," he told Reuters. "No, it's not true about Mission: Impossible. There's no taking over. It's not happening."

Renner has described Cruise as an "inspiring" person to work with, claiming that he is "very generous with time and compliments... and makes you feel part of it".

Cruise himself stated that he would be open to filming more Mission: Impossible sequels.

Renner replaced Matt Damon as lead of the Bourne franchise for the action franchise's fourth entry The Bourne Legacy, due for release in August 2012.

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Robin Williams eyes Albert Einstein, Teddy Roosevelt movie parts

Robin Williams has set his sights on playing Albert Einstein and Teddy Roosevelt.

The Oscar-winning actor, who most recently starred in Happy Feet Two, said he hopes to portray either the scientist or former US president in the future.

Williams told Bang Showbiz: "At some point I would love to play Einstein. I would love to play him at some place, some how.

"Or Teddy Roosevelt because he's so fascinating, a really interesting guy. He shot every animal he saw!"

The 60-year-old, who underwent heart surgery in 2009, insisted that he will not leave acting in the near future.

The star added: "I just want to keep acting for as long as possible, I'm still enjoying it. I don't have any plans to retire at all."

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Robert Downey Jr to get shoe lifts for 'Iron Man 3'?

Robert Downey Jr is reportedly getting shoe lifts for Iron Man 3.

The 46-year-old's stylist has allegedly requested shoes with three-inch built-in lifts for the actor to wear while filming the third instalment in the superhero franchise, according to Us Weekly.

"They're working on a special pair just for him," a source told the magazine. "The lift insole needs to be concealed in a high-top shoe or boot. The highest that's offered the general public is two inches."

The actor recently told Men's Fitness that he was surprised to be cast in the role of a superhero.

"I guess I had some notion about it," he said. "I've always really enjoyed that genre, but I mean, it's pretty outlandish. I'm not particularly tall or strong or fast or aggressive. Yet, I'm not faking it. To me, it's a cosmic chuckle."

In the same interview, Downey Jr joked that he would kill to protect his two kittens.

The actor is currently expecting a baby boy with wife Susan Downey.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Black Sands' gets supernatural storyline

The Arnold Schwarzenegger film Black Sands has received a new title and storyline.

The former California governor first became attached to the action project, in which he was reported to play a "loner who wages war against a ruthless weapons manufacturer and his private army in the Southwest", in October, according to Deadline.

Now, however, the movie has taken on a supernatural twist in the vein of the Keanu Reeves film Constantine.

"I'm a kind of angel," Schwarzenegger told TheArnoldFans fansite. "I can not currently say more about this film."

In addition, the film has been renamed Black Sunday. It begins shooting on April 1, 2012.

It was recently reported that Maria Shriver having second thoughts on divorcing Schwarzenegger. She is allegedly reluctant to part with the actor due to her religious beliefs.

Schwarzenegger will next be seen in The Expendables 2, opposite Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Mickey Rourke, among others.

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