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Gemma Arterton will portray demi-goddess Io in the Clash Of The Titans remake.

The Quantum Of Solace actress, who picked up the best newcomer prize at last night's Empire Awards, described the role as "the coolest part".

"Io's not in the original film," she told Empire. "Perseus falls in love with her... It's a really great part."

Arterton added that the Warner Bros remake will shift focus on to the character of Perseus, to be played by Sam Worthington.

"It's much more about Perseus's mission, and how he deals with being the son of Zeus, and things like that. So it feels a little more about him, and about the issues around that," she said.

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Amber Tamblyn is in talks to join the cast of Main Street, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Last week, it was announced that Orlando Bloom is eyeing the part of a local police officer in the drama, written by late playwright Horton Foote.

Tamblyn is being lined up to play the lead role in the movie, about the impact a stranger's arrival has on residents in a tightly-bound community.

British theatre director John Doyle is making his feature film debut on Main Street. His ensemble cast includes Andrew McCarthy, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson and Colin Firth.

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Michael Sheen has admitted that he would be tempted to reprise his role as legendary football manager Brian Clough.

Speaking to DS at the 2009 Empire Awards, the Damned United star said that he is interested in portraying an older Clough during his glory days at Nottingham Forest.

"Yeah, I mean it's a great story, isn't it?" Sheen remarked. "Now that I've played him for the period of time I have it's really tempting to keep going. We'll have to get someone to write the script first."

Click below to watch our chat with Michael Sheen, including his thoughts on playing Tony Blair for the third time in The Special Relationship and the casting of Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton.


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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has adapted quickly to becoming a stepmother - insisting new husband Tom Brady's son with actress Bridget Moynahan is "100 per cent" her child.

The Brazilian beauty has been dating Brady since the American football star split from ex-girlfriend Moynahan in 2006. The actress discovered she was pregnant with their child, 17-month-old John Edward Thomas Moynahan, weeks after the break-up.

But Bundchen is so close to the boy, she considers him her own.

She tells America's Vanity Fair magazine, "I want him to have a great relationship with his mum, because that's important, but I love him the same way as if he were mine. I already feel like he's my son, from the first day. When we are in L.A. (Los Angeles), we have Johnny 50 per cent of the time. He's a little angel - the sweetest, most cuddly, loving baby. I feel blessed to have him in my life.

"I understand that he has a mum, and I respect that. But to me, it's not like because somebody else delivered him, that's not my child - I feel it is, 100 per cent."

But the Victoria's Secret model admits she was stunned when she first heard Brady's ex was expecting a baby out of wedlock.

She adds, "It was definitely a surprise for both of us. In the beginning, you're living this romantic fantasy; you're thinking this can't be true, it's so good! And then, whoops - wake-up call! He's Catholic. His parents have been married 40 years."

Bundchen and Brady wed in Santa Monica, California in a small Catholic ceremony on 26 February.

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Sarah Jessica Parker has declined to give any hints about what will happen in the sequel to the movie Sex And The City.

The actress revealed to Us magazine that the film will attempt to be recession-friendly to fit in with the economic climate.

However, she refused to deliver any secrets about how Carrie Bradshaw's relationship with Mr Big (Chris Noth) will develop. "In a million years I'm not going to give you an indication," she said. "I want someone to show up that first weekend."

Asked if children might be on the cards for the on-screen couple, Noth teased: "[Producers] are probably thinking about that, but I don't know."

Cynthia Nixon, who has also signed up to the second instalment along with Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis, revealed her hopes for her character Miranda Hobbes.

"I would love to see her and Carrie and Charlotte and Samantha all go off on some wild madcap adventure somewhere," she said.

Michael Patrick King has been working on a script and filming will reportedly begin this summer for a 2010 release.

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Terry Gilliam has said that he has not wasted a moment of Heath Ledger's life in his upcoming movie The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus.

The film will be Ledger's final movie and features the late Dark Knight star in the lead role, with the part completed by Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law after Ledger died during filming, thisisbristol.co.uk reports.

Gilliam said: "The main thing is that it really works and that was what I was concerned about and I can say, hand on heart, that it's really good.

"I just didn't want to waste any moment of Heath in life or on screen and that's Parnassus."

He added: "It was very difficult but somehow we got adrenaline going and everybody was so determined to make it work, and we did it - and it ended up in some ways a more extraordinary film because of that."

Gilliam also denied reports that the film would not get a US theatrical release, and insisted that "the film will come out in the autumn".

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Jason Isaacs has admitted that he is "absolutely heartbroken" at the prospect of the Harry Potter series coming to an end.

The actor, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the wizard franchise, told DS at the 2009 Empire Awards: "I'm absolutely heartbroken, are you kidding? At some point it was going to come to an end. I'm glad it's spread itself out by making two films out of the last [book]."

Speaking about his upcoming movie, Isaacs said that he had high hopes for Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass's Green Zone.

"It's an edge-of-your-seat thriller, and it's Paul Greengrass doing what he does best," Isaacs explained. "Both elements of what he does best, the reality and the excitement."

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Harry Potter star Tom Felton has confessed that he enjoys playing "solemn villains".

Speaking to DS at the 2009 Empire Awards, Felton expressed his delight at the prospect of filming the two-part Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows for over a year.

"It's quite upsetting that this is the last one, so we want to make sure we make the most of it," he said. "The fact we're going to be there for over a year is a great thing. I'm really looking forward to it."

When asked if he wanted to take on more clean-cut parts after finishing his Draco Malfoy role in the Potter series, he replied: "I'm happy either way. I love playing the solemn villain so if they're offers to extend it further I'd love to. Equally I'm keen to try other stuff as well."

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Paramount has signed up Star Trek team Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to pen a sequel to this summer's sci-fi blockbuster.

Orci and Kurtzman wrote the script for the new movie, while Lindolof is a producer on Star Trek and co-created Lost with director J.J. Abrams.

No deal is in place for Abrams to return to the Trek director's chair, though he is expected to produce the follow-up through his Bad Robot firm.

Speaking to Variety about the sequel, Kurtzman said: "Obviously we discussed ideas, but we are waiting to see how audiences respond next month.

"With a franchise rebirth, the first movie has to be about origin. But with a second, you have the opportunity to explore incredibly exciting things. We'll be ambitious about what we'll do."

Star Trek is released in cinemas on May 8, with the sequel targeted for a summer 2011 debut.

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Drew Barrymore has signed up to star opposite Justin Long in rom-com Going The Distance.

Barrymore, who is reportedly dating her He's Just Not That Into You co-star, will play a woman who considers ending a long-distance relationship to look for a boyfriend closer to home.

Nanette Burstein (American Teen) is directing the movie from a script by newcomer Geoff LaTulippe, reports Variety.

Barrymore can next be seen in Jackie Onassis movie Grey Gardens, while Long will appear in Sam Raimi horror Drag Me to Hell, released in the UK on May 29.

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Miley Cyrus's The Last Song will be helmed by first-time feature director Julie Anne Robinson.

According to Variety, the project casts Cyrus as a rebellious teenager who spends the summer with her father. Nicholas Sparks penned the movie based on his own novel.

The Disney project has been tailored specifically for Cyrus, who will act and not sing in the drama.

British director Robinson won a BAFTA for directing the pilot for BBC series Viva Blackpool. She has since had a succesful career Stateside, working on Big Love, Weeds and Grey's Anatomy.

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Jackie Chan has claimed that the Karate Kid remake will be renamed Kung Fu Kid.

The Rush Hour star, who will play martial arts mentor Mr. Miyagi in the '80s reworking, told 3 News: "They don't want to call it Karate Kid anymore. They want to call it Kung Fu Kid."

Jaden Smith, the son of actor Will, will take on the role made famous by Ralph Macchio in the original movies.

Harold Zwart (The Pink Panther 2) is directing, with Will Smith acting as producer

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Harold Ramis has confirmed that Bill Murray will join Dan Aykroyd and himself in the upcoming Ghostbusters sequel.

The writer-actor told MTV News that Murray is definitely "in" for Ghostbusters 3, although the pair had not yet discussed the project.

Ramis said: "Gene [Stupnitsky] and Lee [Eisenberg], both of whom I mentored, are now writing the new Ghostbusters.

"I'm consulting with them, as is Dan Aykroyd and Ivan Reitman. Bill Murray is just waiting for the truckload of money to arrive to get him out of his office."

He added: "I haven't talked to him about it. I want to talk to him about it eventually. I think we just need a script, because he's the thorniest of the group."

Ramis added that neither he nor Reitman are planning to direct the movie because it would be "a lot of work".

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Twilight has become the top selling DVD of the year.

The blockbuster vampire movie surpassed animated children’s sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as the most popular DVD release of 2009, WENN reports.

Twilight, which stars Robert Pattinson as a teen bloodsucker, sold 5.6 million DVD and Blu-Ray discs in its first week of release to US audiences.

The success of the film’s DVD release follows its huge take at the box office, where it achieved estimated worldwide earnings of $376 million.

New Moon, the highly anticipated sequel to Twilight, is due out later this year

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Miley Cyrus has admitted that she is unlikely to star in another Hannah Montana movie.

The actress, who plays a student moonlighting as a popstar in the Disney series, told E! News that the upcoming Hannah Montana: The Movie has stretched the franchise as far as it can go on the big screen.

"We were really lucky to have enough material to make one movie. To do another one takes away a lot of the reality. Normal high schoolers see Hannah's blonde wig and say, 'That's not reality'," she explained.

However, the 16-year-old reiterated her desire to continue with the TV series, saying: "We didn't make [the plot] in a way that makes another season unrealistic.

"We're all doing a season three, and we all wish to do a season four. So I don't know if I would do another film, but we would love to do another season."

Hannah Montana: The Movie is released in the UK on May 1.

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Best pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are looking to reteam for a new movie - so they can "hang out" together.

The Hollywood stars, who won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, have been busy working on their own projects in recent years.

Affleck turned director for 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, while Damon has been spearheading the Bourne franchise, with a fourth installment of the spy thriller due in 2010.

But the famous friends are planning to clear their schedules so they can reunite on the big screen - and spend some quality time together.

Los Angeles-based Affleck tells People.com, "Supposedly we're doing this thing next year.

"Matt is always pretty busy but claiming that he's going to try and slow it down a little bit... I would love to (work with Damon again), it's great, (but) we're both busy.

"Matt lives in Miami, so it's hard to get a chance to see him. If we work together it's an excuse to hang out."

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The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks has created a new role specifically for Miley Cyrus.

The celebrated novelist wrote The Last Song with the teen sensation in mind - and now she's set to star in the film.

Cyrus tells WENN, "Nicholas Sparks wrote the movie The Last Song for me and you never hear that the movie is written before the book. He wrote it with me in mind.

"I've always been lucky to play parts that relate to me and this doesn't at all. I have my issues but not as bad as this chick (in the movie), so I'm happy to play someone that's just kind of out there and not someone I like, so I can actually see if I'm a good actress or not.

"So we'll see how that goes!"

Cyrus will play a rebellious teenager sent to spend the summer with her estranged father in the film, which will mark Julie Anne Robinson's big film directorial debut

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Hollywood bosses are hoping that William Shatner will make a cameo appearance in a future Star Trek movie.

A highly-anticipated prequel to 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis is due for a global release on 8 May.

But officials at Paramount Pictures are so sure the picture will be a hit, they have commissioned a script for a follow-up - and are reportedly keen to get Shatner, who starred as Captain James T. Kirk in the original 1960s show, to be in the movie.

A source tells Britain's Daily Express newspaper, "It's well known Bill was disappointed not to get a cameo (in the 2009 film). But now Paramount Pictures has been given the go-ahead for a sequel and there are hopes he'll make a brief appearance."

The new big screen version of the iconic space series sees young actor Chris Pine take on Shatner's role.

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Jennifer Hudson has admitted that she is eager to reprise the role of Carrie Bradshaw's assistant in the sequel to Sex And The City: The Movie.

The former American Idol winner starred as Louise from St. Louis in the big screen adaptation of the HBO series, which saw her character eventually leave New York for Missouri.

Speaking to Access Hollywood, she said: "I would love [to play Louise again]. I told [creator] Michael Patrick King that Louise has moved back to New York from St. Louis, so… I’ll be ready if that opportunity comes."

Star and executive producer Sarah Jessica Parker has remained tight-lipped over the possible storyline, admitting only that it would be a "massive romp" that was likely to take account of the current economic climate.

Filming on Sex And The City 2 is expected to begin this summer with a scheduled 2010 release date.

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Hot on the heels of the thrilling trailer for Race To Witch Mountain, Disney has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for the family movie, opening in the UK on April 10. The story centres on cab driver Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) helping two super-powered alien siblings escape the clutches of evil government agents. Click below to see the stars of Race To Witch Mountain discuss the movie.

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