By David Weiner
9:00 AM PDT, July 20, 2012
It looks like Kenneth Branagh will be pulling double duty for the new Jack Ryan movie.
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Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks is set to star in 'Cloud Atlas,' based on the novel by David Mitchell. The film is currently in pre-production and will begin filming in September.
Russell Brand
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Russell Brand will star in 'Rock of Ages' with Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin. It has also been reported that Amy Adams might be joining the cast. The film is based on the popular Broadway stage show.
Joe Pesci
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Joe Pesci will join John Travolta in the John Gotti biopic 'Gotti: Three Generations.' Pesci will play Angelo Ruggiero, who worked for John Gotti. This is not the first time Pesci plays a mobster; he won a best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of a mafioso in 1990s 'Goodfellas.'
Michael Shannon
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Michael Shannon is set to play the villain General Zod in 'Man of Steel.' Michael will join previously announced Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane as well as Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Superman's parents Martha and Jonathan Kent.
Jay Baruchel
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Jay Baruchel will play boss to Robert Pattinson in the big-screen adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel. Baruchel will also join previously announced Juliette Binoche and Paul Giamatti.
James Marsden
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James Marsden, who is currently starring in 'Hop,' will be taking on the role of notorious criminal Charles Manson in the upcoming 'Dead Circus.' The film will focus on singer Bobby Fuller's death, which was ruled a suicide, despite many believing that Manson and his 'family' were responsible. Michael C. Hall is slated to star as Fuller's manager and Melissa Leo will appear as a former member of the 'family.' Rumors have swirled that Lindsay Lohan is in talks for the role of murder victim Sharon Tate in the Manson biopic.
Sean Hayes
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Sean Hayes is the latest actor to be cast in 'The Three Stooges.' The former ''Will and Grace'' star is set to play Larry. Sean will join Will Sasso who was previously cast as Curly.
Will Smith and Jaden Smith
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Jaden Smith will star opposite his father Will Smith in an untitled M. Night Shyamalan Sci-Fi adventure.
Lily Collins
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Lily Collins will play the lead role in Relativity Media's 'Snow White'. She is the daughter of musician Phil Collins. She will join Julia Roberts and Armie Hammer who were previously announced.
Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth
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Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are the two male leads in 'The Hunger Games' . They will both star opposite Jennifer Lawrence.
John Travolta
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John Travolta has signed on to play the head of the Gambino crime family, Don John Gotti. The film will be titled 'Gotti Three Generations.'
Armie Hammer
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Armie Hammer will play the Prince in Relativity Media's 'Snow White'. He joins Julia Roberts who previously signed on to play the Evil Queen.
Jennifer Garner
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Jennifer Garner will play Miss Marple in a new movie based on the beloved detective novels by Agatha Christie.
Amy Adams
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Amy Adams is set to play Lois Lane opposite Henry Cavill in the new 'Superman' movie. The main cast also includes Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and more.
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges
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Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges is the latest celeb to be cast in the star-packed 'New Years Eve,' directed by Gary Marshall. Also included in the cast are Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Hilary Swank, Sofia Vergara and more.
Will Forte
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"Saturday Night Live" alum, Will Forte, will lend his voice to animated characters on the FOX series "Allen Gregory," Deadline.com reports. Jonah Hill executive produces the program, which has been picked up for seven episodes according to the website.
Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks has been attached to play Captain Richard Phillips in a movie that will detail the captain's heroic triumph, saving his crew by giving himself as a hostage to Somali pirates.
Liam Neeson
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Liam Neeson is expected to reprise his role as Bryan Mills in 'Taken 2' after working out scheduling difficulties, according to Deadline.com.
Jennifer Lawrence
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Jennifer Lawrence procured a starring role in 'The Hunger Games,' adapted from the best-selling book by Suzanne Collins. The movie is set for a March 23, 2012 release date.
Kevin Costner
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Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced that Kevin Costner will play Clark Kent's father, Jonathan Kent, in the next Superman movie.
Zac Efron
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Zac Efron is attached to star in 'The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman,' according to Deadline.com. Efron will play a man who subjects himself to perpetual physical assault in order to impress a woman.
Taylor Swift
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Taylor Swift will voice a character in the animated feature 'The Lorax,' based on the classic children's book by Dr. Suess.
Heather Locklear
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Heather Locklear has reached a deal to star in the CBS comedy pilot "The Assistants," a young ensemble about personal assistants who work for celebrities, according to Deadine Hollywood. The "Melrose Place" alum will play Ali -- a successful but insecure actress prone to mood swings -- who hires young assistant Mike (David Henrie), who moved to Hollywood from a small town in Pennsylvania and is trying to learn the ropes.
Ellen Page
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Ellen Page will be joining Woody Allen's next untitled film. She will join Jesse Eisenberg, Alec Baldwin and Penelope Cruz. The film will be shooting in Rome.
Eva Longoria
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Eva Longoria is set to star in 'Baytown Disco' along with Billy Bob Thornton. It is said that Eva will play ex-wife to Thornton's character.
Rebecca Romijn
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Rebecca Romijn will join 'Good Deeds' directed by Tyler Perry. Shooting is set to start in a few days in Atlanta. The film is also set to star Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Gabrielle Union, Eddie Cibrian, Jamie Kennedy and of course Perry.
Justin Long
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Justin Long will head the cast of 'Lumpy.' The indie film will begin shooting in Minnesota. Also starring in the film is Shelley Long.
Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will join the cast of 'The Dark Knight Rises' according to Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is the conclusion to the 'Dark Knight' legend. Marion and Joseph will reunite with their 'Inception' director Christopher Nolan who is also set to produce the film. 'The Dark Knight Rises' will be released on July 20,2012.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Catherine Zeta-Jones is joining the cast of 'Rock of Ages,' with Adam Shankman directing. The movie is based on the Broadway musical and is scheduled to begin shooting May 19th in Miami. Joining her will be Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti and Julianne Hough.
Vera Farmiga
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Vera Farmiga will star with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds in 'Safe House.' Production for the film is under way and will have Vera playing a CIA Operative.
Bryan Cranston
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Bryan Cranston will join the already star-packed 'Rock of Ages.' Cranston will play the mayor of Los Angeles in the Broadway musical adaptation. He joins previously announced Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta- Jones, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Julianne Hough, and Paul Giamatti, among others.
Armie Hammer
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Armie Hammer will star in '2:22' playing an air traffic controller that will investigate strange occurences. Armie was previously announced to star in the upcoming 'Snow White' and just finished filming 'J.Edgar' opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. The film begins shooting this fall.
David Boreanaz
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David Boreanaz will star opposite James Woods and AnnaLynne McCord, among others, in the indie flick 'Officer Down.' Deadline Hollywood reports that the film will begin shooting later this week in Connecticut.
Saoirse Ronan
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Saoirse Ronan, who can currently be seen on the big screen in 'Hanna,' has been cast in 'The Host.' The film is an adaptation of the bestselling sci-fi novel by Stephenie Meyer.
Malin Akerman
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Malin Akerman is the latest star to join the Adam Shankman-directed Broadway musical-to-big-screen 'Rock of Ages.' According to Deadline Hollywood, Malin will play a Journalist. She joins previously announced Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta- Jones, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Julianne Hough and Paul Giamatti, among others.
Sam Claflin
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Sam Claflin has been tapped to play the prince in the upcoming film, 'Snow White and the Huntsman,' starring opposite Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron, according to Deadline Hollywood. 'Thor' star Chris Hemsworth is rumored to be in talks to join the cast.
Kelly Preston
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Kelly Preston will get the chance to play a role she has experience with, as she's been added to the cast of the 'Gotti' biopic, Deadline Hollywood reported. She will play Victoria Gotti, the wife of John Gotti Sr., who her real-life husband John Travolta will play.
Wes Bentley
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The latest actor to join the highly anticipated film 'The Hunger Games' is Wes Bentley, which is the first of several adult roles that will be cast, according to Deadline Hollywood. He will join Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth in the Gary Ross-directed film.
Stanley Tucci and Woody Harrelson
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Stanley Tucci and Woody Harrelson will both star in ' The Hunger Games.' Stanley will play a smooth-talking interviewer. Harrelson's character is that of a drunken mentor, and is one of the latest stars to be added to the already large cast which includes Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks and Josh Hutcherson among others. Lionsgate revealed the film is set to go into production later this month and to be released in theaters March 23, 2012.
Colin Firth and Emily Blunt
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Colin Firth and Emily Blunt will team up for an untitled dark comedy. Firth will play a man who hates his life and decides to fake his death to start a new identity. Along the way he will meet a woman played by Blunt. The film will be directed by Dante Ariola.
Aaron Eckhart
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Aaron Eckhart will play Hook in the latest Peter Pan film, entitled 'Pan.' According to EW this latest version of the J.M Barrie story will have a twist. Eckhart's character will actually be the hero. The independent film will begin shooting in Europe later this fall.
David Hasselhoff
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David Hasselhoff will once again be hitting the beach, this time for 'Piranha 3DD.' He will join previously announced stars Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd and Gary Busey among others.
Katie Holmes and Chace Crawford
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Katie Holmes and Chace Crawford come together for 'Responsible Adults.' Crawford will play a 22-year-old who falls for a 30-year-old med student played by Holmes. The catch is Holmes used to take care of Crawford's character as a child. The film is scheduled to shoot in the fall and will hit theaters in 2012.
Colin Farrell
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Colin Farrell is teaming up once again with his 'In Bruges' director Martin McDonagh, for the black comedy 'Seven Psychopaths.' The film will co-star Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Christopher Walken.
Dakota Fanning
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Dakota Fanning will join Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson's younger sister Elizabeth Olson in 'Very Good Girls.' The film follows two teenagers on a quest to lose their virginities and have a falling out when they fall for the same man.
Jack Black
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Jack Black will star in 'Bailout,' the Michael Winterbottom directed comedy that will have Black playing a man who's down on his luck. The film is based on the novel The Financial Lives of the Poets and will start shooting in August.
Topher Grace
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Topher Grace will head 'Gently Down The Stream,' according to Deadline Hollywood. Grace will join Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried. Grace will play a doctor who falls in love with his adopted step brother's sister. Production is set to start in July.
Holly Hunter
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Holly Hunter has signed on to star in 'Still I Rise.' She will join already announced Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Hunter will play the head of a teachers union.
James Franco
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James Franco will star in 'Cherry,' which follows an 18-year-old girl who moves to San Francisco and becomes a porn star. Heather Graham, Lili Taylor and Dev Patel are in negotiations. The lead role has yet to be cast. The film is set to begin shooting in San Francisco in June.
Vin Diesel
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Vin Diesel will star in and produce 'The Machine.' Diesel will play a human-like machine. This is not the first time Diesel takes on the role as producer; he also produced 'Fast Five,' 'Fast & Furious,' 'The Chronicles of Riddick' and 'A Man Apart.'
Lenny Kravitz
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Lenny Kravitz has joined the cast of 'Hunger Games.' Kravitz will play Cinna, a fashion stylist who will work with Jennifer Lawrence's character in the film. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth will also star in the film.
Jeff Bridges
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Jeff Bridges will star in 'R.I.P.D.' The film is based on a comic book novel that has a law enforcement agency operated by dead people. Bridges will join previously announced Ryan Reynolds. The film is slated for a 2012 release.
Donald Sutherland
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Donald Sutherland will play President Snow in 'The Hunger Games.' Sutherland is the latest star to join the adaptation of the trilogy. Stars who have been previously announced are Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci and Elizabeth Banks among others.
Dennis Quaid
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Dennis Quaid has reportedly joined 'Jayne Mansfield's Car.' The film will be directed and star Billy Bob Thornton. The film is set in 1969 in Alabama and will be based on post-war human relationships.
Orlando Bloom
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Orlando Bloom will again be playing the role of Legolas the Elf in Peter Jackson's upcoming 'The Hobbit' films. Jackson announced on his Facebook page that he is "thrilled to be working with Orlando again." The films are currently in production in New Zealand.
Jennifer Hudson
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Jennifer Hudson joins 'The Three Stooges,' as the third nun. We can confirm that Hudson will play Sister Rosemary. She joins Jane Lynch who will also play a nun.
Susan Sarandon
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Susan Sarandon has reportedly joined the comedy 'I Hate You Dad.' Sarandon will play Adam Sandler's sexy teacher who slept with him when he was a teenager and gave birth to his child. Also starring in the film is Leighton Meester, Will Forte, and Milo Ventimiglia.
Amy Adams
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Amy Adams is set to play Philip Seymour Hoffman's wife in the untitled Thomas Anderson religious drama. The film focuses on a new belief system created by Hoffman's character designed to catch the lost souls in post-war America.
Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington has reportedly been cast to star in the latest Robert Zemeckis action film, 'Fight.' Washington is set to play a pilot who rescues his passengers from a dangerous situation that ironically he is partly responsible for. The film will reportedly begin shooting in the fall.
Bradley Cooper
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Bradley Cooper will play a rookie police officer in 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' opposite Ryan Gosling. The film has been in development since last year. Production is set to begin in late July.
Reese Witherspoon
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Reese Witherspoon reportedly plans to produce and star in the comedy 'Who Invited Her?.' The film centers around a crazy woman who forces herself into a multi-day bachelor party.
Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks is set to star in a 3D movie based on the '60s astronaut action figure Major Matt Mason. According to The Hollywood Reporter the film is one of the projects Hanks' Playtone Productions is currently working on.
Jesse Eisenberg
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Jesse Eisenberg is in talks for his next lead role in the thriller ' Now You See Me.' The film focuses on a group of magicians who reward the loyalty of their fans by sharing the money they steal from banks.
Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin
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Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin, will star in Jason Reitman's 'Labor Day.' Entertainment Weekly has learned that the movie is set to shoot in New England in 2012. Winslet will play a sad, divorced mother who decides to give a hitchhiker a ride and find out he is a convicted murder.
Evangeline Lilly
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Evangeline Lilly of 'Lost' fame has just been cast in Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit.' Jackson himself revealed this via his facebook. The film is currently shooting in New Zealand.
Penn Badgley
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Penn Badgley will star in 'Greetings from Tim Buckley.' The film is based on the true story of Jeff Buckley and the performance that launched his career as one of the greatest young musicians of his time. The film goes into production this August in New York City.
James McAvoy
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James McAvoy will star in Danny Boyle's 'Trance.' The film is a remake on the British TV drama focusing on an employee at an auction house who helps steal a painting but can't remember where he hid it due to his amnesia. The part in the film was initially intended for his fellow 'X-Men: First Class' co-star Michael Fassbender who dropped out for undisclosed reasons.
Warren Beatty
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Warren Beatty will direct and star in a Howard Hughes biopic that will focus on a single event in his later years in life. This will be the first time Beatty will be directing since 1998's 'Bulworth' and will mark his return to the big screen since 'Town and Country' in 2001.
Jennifer Lopez
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Jennifer Lopez has joined Lionsgate's 'What To Expect When You're Expecting.' She will play a woman named Holly who adopts a baby after having problems conceiving one on her own. The movie is based on the Heidi Murkoff best-selling book and is slated for a Mother's Day weekend 2012 release. Joining Lopez is previously announced Cameron Diaz.
Carey Mulligan
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Carey Mulligan will be heading to the land down under for her latest role in 'Outback.' The film will be set in the Australian outback and will be directed by Gary Ross.
Chris Hemsworth
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Chris Hemsworth has been cast in the action thriller 'Shadow Runner.' The film is inspired by the real-life assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Mabhouh. Hemsworth will play the leader of a special forces team who carry out covert missions.
Dwayne Johnson
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Dwayne Johnson took to his twitter account to announce he has been cast for 'G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes.' The film will be directed by Jon Chu and is set to be released next Summer
Ben Affleck
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Ben Affleck has just cast himself in his next project 'Argo.' The film is based on a true story focusing on a C.I.A. rescue mission in Iran that took place in 1979. Also starring in the film is Alan Arkin and John Goodman. The last time Affleck directed himself , was in 'The Town.'
Scarlett Johansson
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Scarlett Johansson has been cast in John Carney's 'Can A Song Save Your Life?' a music-oriented film, based on a former music industry agent who falls for a young singer-songwriter. The film is set to start shooting next year in New York.
Christian Slater
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Christian Slater is the latest star to join the cast of 'Bullet to the Head.' The film is an adaptation of the French comic series. It is set in New Orleans and will reportedly begin shooting in the next few weeks.
Melissa McCarthy
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Melissa McCarthy impressed Judd Apatow so much in 'Bridesmaids' that he has hired her again to star in his next project. Little is known about the film at this point. McCarthy will play a mother to a boy who attends the same school as Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann's character's son. Also attached to the Apatow project is Albert Brooks and Megan Fox.
Paul Rudd
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Paul Rudd will star in the untitled Errol Morris drama. The film is based on a TV repairman who practices Cryonics; the act of freezing people.
Kristen Wiig
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Kristen Wiig will executive produce and star in 'Imogene.' The film is based on a New York playwright who stages a fake suicide in an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend and ends up being forced into the custody of her gambling-addicted mother.
Chace Crawford
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Chace Crawford is the latest star added to Lionsgate's 'What to Expect When You're Expecting.' The film is based on the best-selling guidebook by Heidi Murkoff. It is set to begin shooting this summer. Crawford will join previously announced Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks and Brooklyn Decker.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige is the newest addition to the much talked about movie 'Rock of Ages,' which already has a star-studded cast including Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Julianne Hough, Paul Giamatti and Malin Ackerman. Blige is set to play Justice Charlier (see photo), an owner of a Sunset Strip gentlemen's club, in the highly-anticipated film.
Hilary Swank
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Hilary Swank will star and produce 'Shrapnel.' Swank will play a former Solar Alliance Marine who helps lead an uprising on Venus against the evil Solar government in 2250.
Harrison Ford
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Harrison Ford will play an aging Wyatt Earp in the film 'Black Hats.' The film also involves a young Al Capone and the son of Doc Holliday. The story will have Ford working as a PI and film Consultant in L.A.
America Ferrera
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America Ferrera will join the cop drama 'End Of Watch.' Ferrera is set to play a female cop. The film follows the friendship of two cops in the LAPD. She will join Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick who were previously announced.
Shia LaBeouf
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Shia LaBeouf has signed on to work with the great Robert Redford in 'The Company You Keep'. LaBeouf will play a journalist who forces Redford's character; a former militant Weather Underground member wanted by the F.B.I for 30 years out of hiding.
Bradley Cooper
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Bradley Cooper will play the Devil himself in the upcoming Alex Proyas adaptation of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost.' The film tells the story of a charismatic Devil who leads a failed war against God and is banished from Heaven.
John Cusack and Nicolas Cage
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John Cusack and Nicolas Cage are teaming up for 'Frozen Ground.' Cusack will play a serial killer and Cage a police office who arrests him. The film is based on a serial killer who murdered women in Alaska.
Rosario Dawson
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Rosario Dawson has joined the Danny Boyle thriller 'Trance.' The film will tell the story of an assistant at an auction house played by James McAvoy, who masterminds a heist. Boyle is set to start filming in September but the movie will not be released until 2013.
Emma Stone
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Emma Stone is set to star in the already star filled film 'The Gangster Squad.' She will reportedly play Jean, a mouthy girl who gets caught up in a love triangle between two men. The film centers around the L.A.P.D. in the '40s who try and fight off the growing influence of the East Coast Mafia. Stone joins previously announced Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin among others.
Ben Foster
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Ben Foster will play John Gotti Jr. in the much anticipated 'Gotti: In The Shadow of My Father.' The film is set to start shooting in NY early next year. Foster joins John Travolta, Al Pacino and Kelly Preston who were all previously announced.
Forest Whitaker
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Forest Whitaker has signed on to the independent horror film 'Vipaka.' Whitaker will play a man who abducts his life coach played by Anthony Mackie.
Laurence Fishburne
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Laurence Fishburne is set to star in 'Man of Steel.' Fishburne will play Perry White, the editor of the Daily Planet where Superman's alter-ego Clark Kent works. Fishburne joins previously announced Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane.
Jessica Alba and Sarah Jessica Parker
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Jessica Alba and Sarah Jessica Parker will join the animated film 'Escape From Planet Earth.' The two women will lend their voices to the 3D adventure which takes place in a fictional planet. The film is currently in production and will be released sometime next year. Also attached to the film are Brendan Fraser and James Gandolfini among others.
Russell Crowe
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Russell Crowe has signed on to co-star alongside Mark Wahlberg in 'Broken City.' Crowe is set to play a mayor who hires Wahlberg's character to investigate his wife's fidelity. After his fears are confirmed, his wife's lover turns up dead. Wahlberg is also set to produce the film.
Eddie Murphy
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Eddie Murphy is set to voice Hong Kong Phooey in the new version of the 1970s television classic. The movie focuses on a mild-mannered dog who becomes a crime fighter and has the ability to walk on his hind legs.
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy
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Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy will team up for 'ID Theft'. Bateman will also serve as one of the producers. The comedy focuses on two people who steal each other's identity.
Anna Paquin and Ryan Phillippe
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Anna Paquin and Ryan Phillippe have began shooting 'Straight A's'. The film focuses on a rehab regular who returns home after being convinced to do so by his dead mother. It is back home that he discovers the true feelings of his brother's wife. The film is being directed by James Cox.
Eric Bana
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Eric Bana is set to play Elvis Presley in Elvis & Nixon, with Danny Huston in final negotiations to play President Richard M. Nixon in the movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film chronicles the December 21, 1970, visit that The King paid to Nixon at the White House after he wrote a six-page letter requesting an invitation and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large." Bana will also executive produce the film, which marks the directorial debut of actor Cary Elwes.
Elijah Wood
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Playing a creepy killer in Sin City must have rubbed off on Elijah Wood, because now he's set to play the lead role in the indie thriller Maniac, according to Deadline.com. The diminutive Lord of the Rings star will play a serial killer who sells antique mannequins and stalks victims he finds on the Internet.
Holly Hunter
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Holly Hunter is set to star in a Dutch road movie about twin sisters who travel to America in search of their long-lost mother, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In Jackie, the siblings will be played by real-life sisters Carice van Houten and Jelka van Houten, and Hunter will play the mother. Interestingly, the movie is directed by Antoinette Beumer, who happens to be the sister of X-Men star Famke Janssen.
Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins will play legendary director Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren will play his wife Alma Reville in the film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello, the story tracks the obstacles that the master of suspense had to overcome to make a "lowly" horror movie that no studio wanted to touch. Of course, Psycho went on to become one of Hitchcock's biggest hits and one of the most influential movies of all time.
Harrison Ford
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Harrison Ford will star in the big-screen adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel Ender's Game, joining a young cast that includes Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield and Hailee Steinfeld as well as Ben Kingsley, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Set in a future when Earth is under siege by an insect-like race, Ford will play the Commander of Training for the International Fleet, a character who sees the potential of a young, bullied boy (played by Hugo star Butterfield) named Ender Wiggin who could prove to be a possible savior of mankind. X-Men Origins: Wolverine helmer Gavin Hood is directing.
Set in a future when Earth is under siege by an insect-like race, Ford will play the Commander of Training for the International Fleet, a character who sees the potential of a young, bullied boy (played by Hugo star Butterfield) named Ender Wiggin who could prove to be a possible savior of mankind. X-Men Origins: Wolverine helmer Gavin Hood is directing.
Kristen Wiig
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Bridesmaids and SNL star Kristen Wiig is in negotiations to co-star opposite Ben Stiller in his remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Stiller is starring in and directing the film about a timid magazine photo manager who fantasizes about having exciting adventures, only to find himself in the adventure of his life when he seeks out a missing negative. Wiig will play his co-worker and the girl of his daydreams.
Danny Kaye headlined the 1947 original, which was based on a James Thurber short story.
Stiller is starring in and directing the film about a timid magazine photo manager who fantasizes about having exciting adventures, only to find himself in the adventure of his life when he seeks out a missing negative. Wiig will play his co-worker and the girl of his daydreams.
Danny Kaye headlined the 1947 original, which was based on a James Thurber short story.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Arnold Schwarzenegger will reteam with his Expendables co-star Sylvester Stallone for the action-thriller The Tomb. Stallone will play "the world's foremost authority on structural security" for high-security prisons who finds himself faced with escaping from the master prison of his own design. The former Governator plays "a complex inmate with multiple shades of grey" who fights to keep the prisoners from losing their humanity in their darkest hour as they struggle together to stay alive.
Shooting in Louisiana this spring, The Tomb will be directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström (The Rite).
Shooting in Louisiana this spring, The Tomb will be directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström (The Rite).
Naomi Watts
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Naomi Watts will play the late Princess Diana in Caught In Flight, according to Variety. The film focuses on the last two years of the late princess' life and how finding true happiness for the first time allowed her to evolve into a major international campaigner and humanitarian. The film will be helmed by Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel. Of her involvement, Watts says, "It is such an honor to be able to play this iconic role -- Princess Diana was loved across the world and I look forward to rising to the challenge of playing her on screen."
Gael Garcia Bernal
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Meet the new Zorro: Gael Garcia Bernal will slash a "Z" into a new set of baddies in a planned update of the classic character, last portrayed by Antonio Banderas in two films. According to Variety, the Y Tu Mamá También and The Motorcycle Diaries star will portray the masked swashbuckler in Zorro Reborn, will is being described as a "futuristic reboot" of the franchise, scheduled for a 2014 release date. Since the Zorro movies typically take place in the 1800s, "futuristic" could be construed as contemporary – or Zorro in Space. To be determined…
Halle Berry
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Halle Berry will headline the fast-paced thriller The Hive, to be directed by The Machinist helmer Brad Anderson this summer in and around Los Angeles, reports Variety. Halle will play a 911 emergency operator who must face her own fears in order to save a teenage girl from a disturbed killer.
Jessica Biel
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Jessica Biel will join the cast of Fox Searchlight's Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, according to Deadline, as Psycho star Vera Miles, who played the investigating sister of Marion Crane (played by Scarlett Johansson), the not-so-innocent woman famously cut down in the film's shocking, iconic shower scene. Anthony Hopkins will play the legendary director and Helen Mirren will play his wife Alma Reville in the film which tracks the obstacles that the master of suspense had to overcome to make a "lowly" horror movie that no studio wanted to touch – and turned out to be one of his biggest hits and one of the most influential movies of all time.
Ben Affleck
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Ben Affleck is attached to star in the political comedy Nathan Decker, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Written by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love.), the story centers on a politician who is caught in an affair and returns to his hometown to confront his past. Affleck will reportedly not direct the film, which previously had Tom Cruise attached to star.
Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks will channel Walt Disney himself in Saving Mr. Banks, a Disney-made film about the making of Mary Poppins, reports Variety. Emma Thompson will play Poppins author P.L. Travers in a story that focuses on her trepidation -- and subsequent regret -- about bringing the whimsical character to the big screen in 1964. Disney courted Travers for over a decade to give him the screen rights to the story. The film will be directed by The Blind Side helmer John Lee Hancock.
Tina Fey
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Tina Fey will star in the upcoming comedy The Intern, to be directed by Nancy Meyers (Something's Gotta Give, It's Complicated), according to Deadline.com. The film follows Fey as the founder of a thriving online fashion business who takes on a 70-year-old male intern. At first she thinks he's a fossil, but soon comes to find him indispensable. No word yet on who will play Fey's seventysomething foil – just keep in mind that this Intern has nothing to do with the recently announced comedy The Internship, which will reunite Wedding Crashers co-stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
Russell Crowe
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It looks like Noah's ark has a captain: Russell Crowe will play the title character in Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic Noah. The film is a close adaptation of the classic tale in which Noah is given a divine mission: to build an Ark to save creation from the coming flood. The film, which will begin shooting this July in Iceland and New York, is scheduled to flood theaters on March 28, 2014.
Jonah Hill
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Following his Moneyball success, Jonah Hill has picked up another dramatic role, this time starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's upcoming The Wolf of Wall Street. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hill is in negotiations to play Danny Porush, the best friend and business partner of Long Island stockbroker Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio) in a film that chronicles the pair's meteoric rise and colossal fall amid scandal, fraud and excess in the '90s. "The film has more to do with human nature and not guiding or inhibiting some people when nature gets away with them," Scorsese tells ET. "It's a riotous story because of the humor and the madness and how these characters just run wild. You have to remember what the real drug is: money. Money's good, it's just that thing of what you do once you have it all?"
Hugh Laurie
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The new Robocop has a new villain in the form of none other than Hugh Laurie. The House star is in negotiations to play the evil and ultra-rich CEO of Omnicorp in MGM and Sony's remake of the classic 1987 sci-fi action movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Killing star Joel Kinnaman will take on the title role as cop-turned-cyborg Alex Murphy, joining a cast that already includes Gary Oldman as his scientist-creator and Samuel L. Jackson as a media mogul.
Meryl Streep & Julia Roberts
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Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep will team up for the big-screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County for the Weinstein Co., with George Clooney and his Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov producing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Tracy Letts play follows the women of a family who return to their childhood home due to a crisis. Streep will play the dysfunctional, pill-popping matriarch of the family, while Roberts will portray one of her daughters.
Jim Parsons & Rihanna
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Jim Parsons and Rihanna will lend their vocal talents to DreamWorks Animation's big-screen adaptation of the award-winning Adam Rex book The True Meaning of Smekday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The newly titled Happy Smekday! centers on a friendly alien race that invades our planet to hide from their mortal enemy. When one lowly alien accidentally notifies the bad E.T.'s of his location, he goes on the run with a teen girl across a post-apocalyptic America in a comic road trip.
Charlie Sheen
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Today, director Robert Rodriguez announced via Twitter that he's just cast Charlie Sheen to play the President of the United States in his upcoming movie Machete Kills. The film is the sequel to the director's 2010 action thriller, Machete. Coincidentally, Charlie's father, Martin Sheen, played a president for seven years on the hit drama The West Wing. There's no telling if Charlie will be able to outshine his dad in the role, but one thing's for certain: If seeing Charlie Sheen in the Oval Office doesn't get Americans into the voting booth, nothing will.
Johnny Depp
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Johnny Depp is about to become part of filmmaker Wes Anderson's rogues gallery of quirky characters. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Depp will join the cast of Anderson's next project, said to be titled The Grand Budapest Hotel, after he finishes work on The Lone Ranger. Anderson is riding high on the success of his current Moonrise Kingdom, and the new movie, which he also wrote, will mark the first time the indie director has filmed a feature in Europe. No details the movie's plot or regarding Johnny's character have been revealed yet.
Chris Hemsworth
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Chris Hemsworth might have Hollywood's hero market cornered. According to Deadline, the Australian actor has just been cast to play the lead in Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse, which would mark the fourth movie featuring the star as a comic book or fairytale hero.
Kenneth Branagh
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It looks like Kenneth Branagh will be pulling double duty for the new Jack Ryan movie. Not only is he directing the film starring Chris Pine as the title character, but now he's in negotiations to play the villain. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Branagh would play a financial wiz who masterminds a plot to devalue American currency and destroy the U.S. economy with the help of the Russian government.