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Hudgens to shoot, fight in 'Sucker Punch'

Zack Snyder has promised that fans of Vanessa Hudgens will be stunned by her transformation in his upcoming movie Sucker Punch.

The High School Musical actress has been cast opposite Emily Browning and Jena Malone in the movie, which sees a group of institutionalised girls retreating into a fantasy world in order to escape.

Speaking to MTV News, he said: "You’re going to see her shooting machine guns, fighting, beating the s**t out of people.

"It’ll allow her to stretch herself and do whatever she wants, and not be too exposed by the movie - but also, on the other hand, do things that people have never seen her do... She has a big part, but she’s not the centre of the movie."

Snyder added that his decision to cast Hudgens had made him very popular with his young family, joking: "They try and be cool about [their dad hanging out with Vanessa], they try and be like, 'Yeah, whatever'. But the truth is, they’re really into it."

Sucker Punch is scheduled for release in 2011.

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Jackman, Cyrus to remake 'The Bodyguard'?

Hugh Jackman and Miley Cyrus will star in a new film loosely based on The Bodyguard, it has been reported.

The pair are said to be attached to the project, tentatively titled Personal Security. The proposed movie musical has been likened to the 1992 film that starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, says Contactmusic.

Earlier this year, Variety suggested that Jackman was to feature in the picture as "a tough Gotham police detective forced into bodyguard duty for a spoiled teen heiress who is receiving kidnapping threats".

Further speculation that the two may be working together was fueled after they were spotted enjoying a "business lunch" in California.

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Bay: 'LaBeouf almost cancelled Transformers'

Michael Bay has admitted that Shia LaBeouf’s injuries almost cancelled production on Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.

The actor injured his hand after he was involved in a car crash last year, while bosses had considered scrapping the entire sequel, STV reports.

Bay revealed that the film, which grossed $200 million (£120 million) at the US box office this past weekend, was lucky to be made at all.

He said: "I actually read it on CNN online and was like, 'This can't be true'. I called my line producer Ian Bryce and he said 'It's true', and I was like 'Oh, my God'. He said 'Let's shut down', and I said 'We can't shut down!'"

The filmmaker decided to shoot around the star's injury and even incorporated it into the follow-up's plotline.

He added: "I immediately had them find the best people in the world to make a special cast that had never been made, with the Kevlar fingers. It was very thin, so you could photograph it. The problem was, if he were to jam his fingers, he could have lost his fingers forever, so we had some experts of the world come up with this design."

LaBeouf recently revealed that he would never regain full use of his damaged hand.

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Cohen faces further 'Bruno' lawsuit?

Sacha Baron Cohen may be faced with another lawsuit tied to his movie character Bruno, it has been reported.

An elderly woman filed legal documents against Cohen earlier this month, claiming that she suffered "life-altering" injuries following a prank he filmed for his new comedy.

The New York Daily News reports that comedian Pauly Shore has threatened to sue Cohen over similarities between Bruno and his 2007 film Adopted, and a scene in which the gay Austrian journalist adopts an African baby, making quips about Angelina Jolie and Madonna.

The Encino Man actor has claimed that the sequence bears a striking resemblance to the tagline and trailer of his picture, about the public's fascination with stars adopting foreign children.

Shore is said to have contacted an attorney regarding the matter.

Bruno opens in cinemas on July 10.

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'Twilight 3' handed summer filming dates

The third instalment in the Twilight franchise will reportedly begin filming this summer.

According to Comingsoon.net, vampire romance Eclipse will shoot from August 17 until October 31 at the Vancouver Film Studios in Canada.

The reported filming dates mean that the highly-anticipated movie will have finished shooting before sequel New Moon is released this November.

Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, has grossed over $370 million worldwide since its release last year. Eclipse is scheduled to hit cinemas in summer 2010.


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'Deadpool' is most wanted 'X-Men' tie-in

Deadpool is the "most wanted" X-Men spinoff project, suggests an online poll on MTV's online comics section Splash Page.

According to the web survey, 30% of readers chose the recently-announced Ryan Reynolds project as their most-anticipated, giving it the edge over a follow-up to this year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

A sequel to Logan's solo outing accounted for 28% of the votes, followed by Josh Schwartz's X-Men: First Class with 21%. David Goyer's X-Men Origins: Magneto finished bottom of the pile with 20%.

MTV reported that "a fairly large number of voters" took part in the survey, but several readers were unhappy with the lack of options available, leaving comments requesting Cyclops and Gambit spinoffs.

X-Men: First Class is slated for a 2010 release, followed by X-Men Origins: Magneto in 2011. Fox is currently recruiting writers for the Deadpool spinoff.


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Timberlake to star in Ritchie movie?

Justin Timberlake has reportedly promised Guy Ritchie that he will star in one of his upcoming movie projects.

The pair are said to have made the agreement at Ritchie's Punch Bowl pub in Mayfair on Monday night, The Sun reports.

Ritchie is reportedly currently working on remakes of musical Guys And Dolls and war movie Wild Geese.

A source said: "Work is really taking off for Guy at the moment and he is lining up talent for projects in the pipeline.

"Guy and Justin have known each other for a while through Guy's ex-missus Madonna. Guy rates Justin as an actor. He thought he was impressive in Alpha Dog. He likes his personality."

Alpha Dog was a 2006 movie directed by Nick Cassavetes which starred Timberlake as gang member Frankie Ballenbacher.

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Bill Nighy joins cast of 'Deathly Hallows'

Bill Nighy has confirmed that he will be appearing in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

Speaking to The Independent, the actor announced that he had just been offered a role in the final instalment of the magical franchise.

"I don't think I'm allowed to say it but I'm going to be in the next Harry Potter film," he is quoted as saying.

"I won't say which character, but he's a goodie. I just got the gig."

The Boat That Rocked star, who has been linked with the role of Rufus Scrimgeour, went on to admit that he had not read the books by J.K. Rowling but insisted that they were definitely on his agenda.

He added: "It's rather like being in a Shakespeare that way, you know?"

Nighy had previously joked that he was "the only British actor that hasn't been asked to appear in Harry Potter".


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Applegate, Day join 'Going The Distance'

Christina Applegate and Charlie Day have been added to the cast of romcom Going The Distance, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie centres on a couple (played by Drew Barrymore and Justin Long) who struggle to make their long distance relationship work. Applegate will star as Barrymore's sister, with Day playing the best friend of Long's character.

Nanette Burstein will direct the movie from a script by Geoff LaTulippe, with Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot producing.

Going The Distance is expected to open in cinemas in 2011.

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Andersson: 'Mama Mia! was surreal'

Benny Andersson has said that it was surreal to watch famous actors singing his songs for the soundtrack of Mamma Mia!.

The former Abba songwriter told Metro that he and ex-bandmate Björn Ulvaeus had a unique experience seeing the likes of Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth performing their hits.

Andersson said: "It was probably the most surreal moment of my life. Björn and I were on one side of the studio and on the other side were James Bond and Mr Darcy singing the chorus to 'Waterloo'.

"They were probably thinking: 'What am I doing here?'"

Andersson and Ulvaeus recently unveiled their first co-written pop songs as a partnership for over 15 years.

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Transformers' clings on to UK BO top spot

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is the number one film at the UK box office for the second week running.

Michael Bay's robot sequel pulls in £4 million less than last week, but its final total is still enough to secure the top spot ahead of The Hangover.

New releases Year One and My Sister's Keeper enter the chart at number three and four respectively, while Night At The Museum 2 rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, anime adaptation Blood: The Last Vampire opens at number seven, Kabir Khan's Bollywood film New York is at nine and Sunshine Cleaning lands at ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:

1. (1) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen - £4,368,024

2. (2) The Hangover - £1,910,025

3. (-) Year One - £978,008

4. (-) My Sister's Keeper - £922,947

5. (3) Night At The Museum 2 - £492,990

6. (4) Terminator Salvation - £424,277

7. (-) Blood: The Last Vampire - £232,190

8. (5) Angels & Demons - £166,253

9. (-) New York - £157,524

10. (-) Sunshine Cleaning - £125,795

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George Clooney signs exclusive Sony deal

George Clooney has signed a two-year filmmaking deal with Sony Pictures, the studio has announced.

Smokehouse Pictures, which Clooney runs with Grant Heslov, will relocate from Warner Bros to Sony, bringing projects including The Challenge, Farragut North, The Tourist and The Innocent Man to the studio.

"Warner Bros. has been a great place to work and I've felt like part of a family for almost 20 years. So in moving on, I'm leaving a terrific company and a lot of dear friends. They're a class act," Clooney said.

"In looking ahead, I'm tremendously excited to be working at Sony Pictures, and we all feel like it's a perfect match for Smokehouse. Grant Heslov and I hope to deliver the kind of films that will make them proud."

Clooney and Heslov have previously collaborated on the Oscar-winning Good Night, And Good Luck, Leatherheads and the upcoming Men Who Stare At Goats.

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Cotillard: 'I love extreme scenes'

Marion Cotillard has revealed that she loves filming extreme scenes in her movies.

Speaking at the press conference for

"It think it might be like when you do sport and you have a competition like the 100 metres. After that you feel tired and empty, but also fulfilled because you did something that was intense."

She continued: "The difficulty of the scene was that when you have very emotional, violent scenes, you really can't think of the technique, and I had to keep this Midwestern accent.

"It was really difficult because I had to give up the technique and really let it go, but at the same time not think about it but feel it."

Cotillard added that while she is usually 100% devoted to a character, story and director, with Michael Mann that commitment was "1000%".

"I really love him as a person and as a director. I wanted to be perfect for him," she said.

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Johnny Depp: 'I was box office poison'

Johnny Depp has said that he was thought of as a failure by the movie industry before taking the part of Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean.

The actor told reporters at the press conference for Public Enemies that he never expected his shift in status when he was cast in the film.

Depp said: "I went through 20 years of what the industry basically described as failures. For 20 years I was defined as box office poison.

"I didn't change anything in terms of my process, I didn't change a thing. But that little film Pirates Of The Caribbean came round and I thought, yeah, it'll be fun to play a pirate for my kiddies."

He added: "I created the character the same way I created all the other ones and I nearly got fired, and thank God they didn't.

"It changed my life. I'm hyper, super-thankful that radical turn happened, but it's not like I went out of my way to make it happen."

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New 'Batman' movie shooting next year, Gary Oldman says

While speaking at the Comic-Con panel for his new movie, The Book of Eli, Gary Oldman told the crowd that the next Batman film will start shooting in 2010, scheduled for release in 2011. "You didn't hear that from me," he added. Oldman played Commissioner Gordon in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. EW trying to confirm with Warner Bros. Check back for more details...

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Tarantino 'eager to make a Western'

Quentin Tarantino has revealed that he has plans to make a Western movie.

Speaking to Empire at the UK premiere of Inglourious Basterds, the acclaimed director said that he is eager to make a classic American genre film.

"Well I still want to do a Western, I haven't done a Western yet," said Tarantino. "I keep flirting about with it, but I haven't done it yet."

The filmmaker is also juggling projects including a remake of Hong Kong action thriller Come Drink With Me and a new take on Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, but hasn't decided which he will make next.

"Well I won't be able to do anything in ten months from now, because I don't even know what the next movie's gonna be," he added.

Tarantino's new film Inglourious Basterds will open in UK cinemas on August 21.

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David Hackl to return for 'Saw VII'

David Hackl has signed up to direct Saw VII, reports Variety.

The latest sequel in Lionsgate's popular horror franchise, which revolves around the Jigsaw Killer (Tobin Bell), will begin production in January for an expected October 2010 release.

Hackl served as production designer on the second, third and fourth Saw films before moving on to direct the fifth.

Series regulars Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are also returning to write the screenplay for movie number seven.

Saw VI will open in cinemas on October 23.

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Price auditions for 'Sex And The City 2'

Katie Price has tried out for a role in the second Sex And The City movie.

The glamour model has previously said that she hopes to be as successful an actress as Angelina Jolie.

She told Galaxy FM: "I recently went to LA where I was doing my acting lessons for Sex And The City Part 2.

"They want a big-breasted English glamour girl and I have had the audition."

Price has also been tipped to star in a UK version of Baywatch.

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Megan Fox turns down Bond girl role?

Megan Fox has rejected the chance to portray the next Bond girl, it has been claimed.

The Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen star passed on playing Daniel Craig's love interest in the 23rd 007 adventure, the Daily Star reports.

"She'd rather be a more central part of the movie," a source told the newspaper.

It was previously reported that the follow-up to 2008's Quantum Of Solace will feature the secret agent on a mission in Afghanistan.

Actor Michael Sheen is said to be in talks to resurrect famed bad guy Ernst Stavro Blofeld, while Peter Morgan has been confirmed as co-writer on the upcoming instalment.

The next James Bond film is scheduled for a 2011 release date.

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Megan Fox Denies Turning Down Bond Role

Megan Fox has shot down claims she turned down a role in the next James Bond film.

The Transformers star, 23, was said to have been sounded out by Bond bosses for a forthcoming 007 movie in which she would have starred opposite Daniel Craig as one of his conquests.

“Megan might be interested in a villainous role if it was a central part of the movie but she is not interested in being just your usual type of Bond girl,” a source revealed. “She did consider an approach but she won’t be doing Bond while she’s so busy with other projects. She might consider it again in a few years time.”

But a spokesman for Megan has spoken out to set the record straight.

“The report about Megan Fox turning down a Bond movie is completely not true,” the rep said. “There have been no discussions nor any offers. Megan is a fan of the Bond movies.”

Fox is slated to attend Comic Con in San Diego this week, to do publicity for her films Jonah Hex and Jennifer’s Body.

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