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Miley Cyrus drops out of 'Hotel Transylvania', Selena Gomez steps in

Miley Cyrus has dropped out of animated vampire film Hotel Transylvania, with Selena Gomez taking her place.

The former Hannah Montana actress was due to voice Mavis, the teenage daughter of Count Dracula, in the animated 3D comedy.

However, Cyrus is no longer attached to the film, and according to E!, Gomez will now play the character.

Hotel Transylvania tells the story of a hotel that monsters and their families can enjoy together without having to worry about humans, but it is jeopardized when a normal person accidentally wanders in.

Monte Carlo actress Gomez will star alongside actors including Adam Sandler, David Spade and Kevin James.

The reason for Cyrus's departure has not yet been confirmed.

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Angelina Jolie to play Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent in Disney movie?

Angelina Jolie has fuelled rumours that she will play Maleficent in the upcoming Disney movie about the Sleeping Beauty character.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress revealed that her next role would be for the company at a press conference for her latest film In the Land of Blood and Honey in Berlin.

She said: "I haven't acted in two years, and I haven't done anything else since [In the Land of Blood and Honey]. The next thing I am looking at is a Disney movie."

In a December interview with the website, she revealed that her children want her to make the movie and even call her "mum-elicent".

Maleficent is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Walt Disney's 1959 adaptation of Sleeping Beauty.

She is the self-proclaimed 'Mistress of All Evil' who, after not being invited to the baby's christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on her 16th birthday.

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Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' casts Evan Parke

Evan Parke has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.

The Jamaican actor has signed up for an unspecified role in the spaghetti western starring Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio, reports Deadline.

Parke is perhaps best known for his role as Ben Hayes in Peter Jackson's King Kong remake. He has also appeared in a number of TV shows, including Desperate Housewives, The Young and the Restless and Without a Trace.

Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz and Kurt Russell are also among the cast of the upcoming project. Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen joined the cast as Scotty in November.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt was rumoured to have landed a role in the film last year, but his participation has yet to be officially confirmed.

Django Unchained will be released on December 25, 2012 in the US and on the following day in the UK.

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Michael C Hall, Kyra Sedgwick added to 'Kill Your Darlings' cast

Michael C Hall and Kyra Sedgwick are the latest cast additions to the upcoming Kill Your Darlings.

The Dexter and The Closer stars will also be joined by Ben Foster and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the project, reports Deadline.

Daniel Radcliffe, Elizabeth Olsen, Dane Dehaan, and Jack Huston had previously been announced as cast members for the independent film.

The Harry Potter actor will play poet Allen Ginsberg, while Foster will star as William S Burroughs

Michael C Hall will reportedly play Burroughs's longtime friend David Kammerer, whose murder inspired the Beat Revolution in 1944.

The film centres on the early days of the Beat poets and writers and the killing of Kammerer by Lucien Carr.

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Michael Bay to direct 'Transformers 4' for June 2014 release

Michael Bay will direct the next instalment in the Transformers movie series, it has been announced.

Studio Paramount Pictures confirmed the news in a press release issued on Monday evening (February 13), adding that the movie has been pencilled in for release on June 29, 2014.

Directed by Bay, the movie will reunite the filmmaking team from the hit franchise, including producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto and Ian Bryce; and executive producers Steven Spielberg, Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian," the company announced.

It was reported late last year that Bay was in 'final negotiations' to take charge of a fourth Transformers movie.

Bay has signed a two-picture deal with Paramount which also includes drama Pain and Gain.

The movie, which is due to begin production this spring, will star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Mark Wahlberg as two bodybuilders who become caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes horribly wrong.

"Michael has been working on Pain and Gain for a number of years but has patiently waited for the perfect casting to trigger a start," president of Paramount's film group Adam Goodman explained, also praising Bay's "awesome" passion for the movie.

Bay will begin work on the fourth Transformers movie as soon as he completes production on Pain and Gain. Shia LaBeouf, who starred in the first three Transformers films as Sam Witwicky, is not expected to return for further instalments.

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Dominic Cooper replaces Clive Owen in 'Cities'

Dominic Cooper has joined the cast of Cities.

He will replace Clive Owen, who is pulling out of the financial thriller due to scheduling difficulties, according to Variety.

The ensemble cast for Cities features Anil Kapoor, Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom.

Shooting on Roger Donaldson's film is expected to begin in London, Mumbai and New York over the next few months.

The movie is said to be set around the time of a record high on the Dow Jones stock market and focuses on a number of characters around the world - including a police officer in Mumbai and a New York hedge fund manager - as their stories become intertwined.

The shooting schedule for Cities conflicts with Cooper's upcoming role in Albert Hughes' action thriller Motor City.

It is unclear whether he will remain on the latter film, which will feature Gary Oldman and Amber Heard.

Cooper will next appear in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which releases on June 22 in the US and August 2 in the UK.

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Ghost Rider 3' wanted by Nicolas Cage

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance helmers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have confirmed that talks have taken place about a third film in the series.

Neveldine told The Playlist that lead actor Nicolas Cage has expressed interest in appearing in another sequel, and hinted that one could go ahead should Spirit of Vengeance prove a success.

"I know Nic wants to do it, he's very pumped about it," the director said. "We'll just to see how well [this] does."

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance sees Cage reprise his role as the Marvel Comics anti-hero Johnny Blaze, as he fights to prevent a young boy from becoming the anti-Christ.

Cage recently told Digital Spy that he drew inspiration from his pet cobra for the title character's on-screen movement. He also revealed that the sequel will be "edgier" than its predecessor.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance opens in cinemas on February 17.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' hires 'Wrath of the Titans' director

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie will be directed by Wrath of the Titans helmer Jonathan Liebesman.

The filmmaker, who also directed 2010's sci-fi war movie Battle: Los Angeles, is in final negotiations with Paramount to direct the half-shelled heroes' franchise reboot, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Transformers director Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Andrew Form and Brad Fulle will produce the film based on a script from Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec.

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a group of anthropomorphic reptiles named after Renaissance painters Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo, with a 1980s comic book series.

Three live-action films, a CGI animated feature film and several TV series followed alongside various toys, video games and other products.

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Cabin Fever: Patient Zero': Kaare Andrews in talks to direct

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is to appoint Kaare Andrews as director.

The comic book artist-turned-director is in final talks to helm the horror film, which will serve as a prequel to Eli Roth's original.

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is based on a screenplay by The Hitcher scribe Jake Wade Wall. The story sees the flesh-eating virus from the first film break out on a cruise ship, plunging the entire crew into jeopardy.

Cabin Fever producer Evan Astrowsky and his Hypotenuse Pictures will oversee the project's development with Indomina Group. Production is scheduled to begin soon in the Dominican Republic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

A second prequel titled Cabin Fever: Outbreak, written by Adam and Deborah Marcus, will be filmed back-to-back with the movie.

Andrews has illustrated several high-profile projects for Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk. He made his directorial debut with Altitude in 2010.

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Matt Bomer wanted for 'The Wolf Gift' film adaptation

Matt Bomer has been named as the preferred choice to star in a potential movie version of The Wolf Gift.

Interview with a Vampire author Anne Rice revealed that if there is a Hollywood adaptation of her latest novel, she would pick White Collar actor Bomer.

Bomer would play the role of Reuben, a reporter by day who turns into a werewolf at night.

"I see Matt Bomer [in the lead role]. I think he's a charming, wonderful actor," Rice told Good Morning America.

"I think he's so good in White Collar, so funny, and so fresh and so wonderfully handsome, and at the same time so unassuming and charming. I would love to see him play Reuben."

Rice also named Bomer's co-star Tim DeKay for a potential supporting role, adding: "I would love to see Tim DeKay play his brother Jim, the same person who plays his boss on White Collar."

Matt Bomer officially came out as gay during an awards acceptance speech earlier this week.

He will soon star in Glee as Blaine Anderson's (Darren Criss) older brother.

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Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers join 'The Colony'

Laurence Fishburne is in final negotiations for a role in The Colony.

The Matrix star is to feature in the sci-fi thriller, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Kevin Zegers (Gossip Girl) is also in line to appear in the movie.

The $16 million (£10 million) Canadian film centres around a group of Ice Age survivors who come under attack from an army of feral cannibals.

The cast list for The Colony is being kept under wraps until production begins on February 22 in Toronto, with filming anticipated to continue through to March 30.

The movie will be directed by Jeff Renfroe, who helmed Lifetime miniseries Seven Deadly Sins based on Robin Wasserman's series of young adult novels.

Fishburne appeared alongside Matt Damon and Kate Winslet in Contagion last year.

He will play Daily Planet editor Perry White in Superman: Man of Steel, which is due for release in June 2013.

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Vince Vaughn, Tony Scott to team for 'Lucky Strike'

Vince Vaughn and director Tony Scott are in talks to join action thriller Lucky Strike.

Deadline reports that the duo are close to striking up a deal to board the $80 million (£50m) project, which is under the jurisdiction of Emmett/Furla Films, Scott Free and 20th Century Fox.

Lucky Strike, scripted by Henry Bean, follows a police officer who joins forces with an infamous drug runner to take down a cartel. Production is scheduled to commence in late summer or early autumn.

Scott's last directorial outing was Unstoppable, which starred Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson. He is currently working on Hell's Angels and a remake of Walter Hill's The Warriors.

Vaughn is expected to reteam with his Wedding Crashers co-star Owen Wilson for another 20th Century Fox venture, Interns. He will also appear alongside Ben Stiller in Neighbourhood Watch.

Lucky Strike is yet to be given a potential release window.

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Josh Duhamel: 'Transformers 4 will have none of original cast'

Josh Duhamel has suggested that none of the original Transformers cast will be returning for the franchise's fourth instalment.

Paramount Pictures confirmed on Monday (February 13) that director Michael Bay would once again take the helm of its forthcoming Transformers movie. Bay has directed the three previous entries in the franchise.

However, it now appears that the film will feature none of the original cast.

"I don't think anybody's doing it," Duhamel told E! Online.

He continued: "I know Shia [LaBeouf]'s not doing it. I don't think Tyrese [Gibson] or Rosie [Huntington-Whiteley] or anybody else is doing it."

Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura told MTV News earlier this week that the project will be a reboot.

"I think we really are going to do a reboot there," Di Bonaventura said. "[But] what that's going to be, we don't even know yet…. We've got to get a story first."

Jason Statham recently addressed rumours that he will be starring in the Transformers franchise, saying that he has yet to receive an offer to join the upcoming instalment.

Transformers 4 is expected to be released in the summer of 2014.

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Dwayne Johnson: 'Fast and the Furious 6 begins shooting in May

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has opened up about the future of the Fast and the Furious franchise.

The WWE star revealed that the sixth and seventh instalments will not be shot together due to "weather issues".

"I don't think we're going to shoot them back-to-back," Johnson told MTV News

"We were going to try that because it wouldn't make sense to have the same crew and have everybody there in one place, but I think we're dealing with some weather issues.

"So from what I know we're going to shoot Fast 6 first and then worry about Fast 7 a little later."

The actor went on to say that the sixth film will begin filming in May.

"We're going to be in the UK, we're going to be in Germany, from what I know. That's the early talks," he said. "And we're going to start shooting in May."

It was previously reported that The Fast and the Furious 6 will shoot scenes in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Johnson recently revealed that he hopes to enter politics someday, adding that he wants to make a difference in the world by moving beyond his acting work.

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X-Men: First Class 2' to focus on Magneto

The X-Men: First Class sequel will focus on Magneto, according to screenwriter Simon Kinberg.

Kinberg, who is penning a script for the film in collaboration with helmer Matthew Vaughn, hinted that Michael Fassbender's villain will be taking centre stage in the follow-up.

"Magneto becomes the villain ultimately of the franchise but he's a much more complicated character as a young man. He's someone you sympathise with, you care about you root for even though might not necessarily agree with his methods, you understand his philosophy," Kinberg told MTV News.

The scribe went on to say that audiences will be "afraid" of Magneto in the sequel, but he will not be a "full-on" villain.

"I think the truth is ultimately that because Michael is such an interesting actor, he'll never be full-on anything. He'll have a villainous side and he'll have a sympathetic human side you'll be able to relate to but you'll also be afraid of him. He becomes Magneto, he says 'Call me Magneto' at the end of the first movie."

X-Men: First Class was released in cinemas in May last year. Vaughn signed on to direct the follow-up in January.

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Will Smith to return for new 'I Am Legend' film?

I Am Legend is to be given a follow-up with Will Smith potentially returning as lead.

Warner Bros has sealed a deal with Akiva Goldsman and Overbrook Entertainment to produce another instalment of the 2007 sci-fi blockbuster, Deadline reports.

The studio wants Smith to return to the property, although he is said to be waiting for the script - written by The Expatriate's Arash Amel - before signing on.

It is not yet known whether the movie will take the form of a sequel or a prequel.

Back in 2008, the original movie's director Francis Lawrence revealed that he was working on a prequel, with Smith on board to return as virologist Robert Neville.

Later, a report indicated that the project was being reworked as a sequel, before being subsequently shelved.

I Am Legend was based on Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name.

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Kyle Chandler joins Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden movie

Kyle Chandler has joined the cast of director Kathryn Bigelow's untitled Osama bin Laden movie.

The Friday Night Lights veteran will reportedly be playing a CIA agent in the forthcoming project, according to Deadline.

The project chronicles the hunt for the elusive al-Qaeda leader, who was killed on May 2, 2011.

In December, Chandler signed on to star in Broken City opposite Russell Crowe.

Chandler recently received an Emmy award for 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series' for his portrayal of Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights.

A Friday Night Lights film is currently in the works.

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RED 2' directed by 'Galaxy Quest's Dean Parisot

RED 2 will be directed by Dean Parisot.

The Galaxy Quest director will helm the action comedy sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich are expected to reprise their roles in the second film.

RED focused on a group of former CIA operatives who are classified as "retired [and] extremely dangerous".

It was based on the three-issue DC Comics miniseries by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.

Parisot's most recent feature film was 2005's Jim Carrey-starring Fun with Dick and Jane.

He has also directed episodes of TV shows including Justified, The Good Wife, Modern Family and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Filming on RED 2 is expected to begin later this year, with its release anticipated on August 2, 2013.

The script for the sequel has been written by Jon and Erich Hoeber, who penned the first movie.

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Kick-Ass 2' to shoot this summer, says Mark Millar

Kick-Ass 2 will begin filming this summer, according to creator Mark Millar.

The comic book scribe told The Daily Record that the superhero sequel will be shot alongside his other film project American Jesus, which tells the story of the second coming of Christ.

It is the reverse of the Omen, which is about a kid who finds out he is the anti-Christ. This is a kid who finds out he is Jesus Christ," he told the newspaper. "We shoot Kick-Ass 2 and American Jesus this summer."

Kick-Ass 2's future was thought to be uncertain since Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, the team behind the original, were unable to commit to the project. However, an unnamed writer and director are said to have been appointed in their place.

Millar's Kick-Ass 2 comic series debuted as a serialised strip in CLiNT magazine before being reprinted under Marvel Comics' Icons imprint. The seventh and final issue is released next month.

Kick-Ass 2's writer and director are expected to be announced soon.

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Marc Guggenheim in talks to write Robert Downey Jr's 'Perry Mason'

Marc Guggenheim has entered talks to script Robert Downey Jr's Perry Mason reboot.

The acclaimed writer, who has worked for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, will pen a screenplay based on an original story by Downey and David Gambino.

Downey is on hand to star in the project and serve as its producer. The story is expected to take place in Los Angeles of the 1930s, and the film will be distributed by Warner Bros, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Guggenheim's previous screenwriting credits include the Green Lantern movie, and the pilot episode of The CW's Arrow, a television adaptation inspired by DC's Green Arrow.

Perry Mason is a fictitious attorney created by novelist Erle Stanley Gardner in the 1930s. The character has since appeared in countless books, as well as popular TV shows, films and radio dramas.

Downey will next be seen reprising his role as Tony Stark in The Avengers, scheduled to arrive in theatres on April 27 in the UK and on May 4 in the US.

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