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12/15/2004 12/14/2004 Robert Duvall and Katie Holmes have joined director Jason Reitman's "Thank You for Smoking." Aaron Eckhart had been previously cast in the indie satire. 12/09/2004 The "O.C.'s" Mischa Barton is in negotiations to join "The Decameron" for Dino De Laurentiis. 12/08/2004 Dakota Fanning, who will next be seen opposite Robert DeNiro in "Hide and Seek," has signed on to "Charlotte's Web." 12/06/2004 David Arquette and Kristin Davis have joined Robert Rodriguez's "The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl." Read More... 12/04/2004 Director Chris Columbus will take the helm of the "Sub-Mariner" movie, based on the Marvel Comics superhero. Read More... 12/04/2004 Christian Bale, Eva Longoria and Freddy Rodriguez will star in the indie film, "Harsh Times," for David Ayer. Read More... 12/02/2004 "The Notebook" director Nick Cassavetes has signed on to direct "Iron Man" for New Line Cinema. No word yet on who will play the title character. Read More... 11/29/2004 Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener and Frances McDormand are eyeing roles in "Friends with Money" for Nicole Holofcener. Read More... 11/23/2004 Jonathan Silverman joined the cast of "Angel on My Shoulder," the remake of the classic 1946 film which starred Paul Muni and Anne Baxter. 11/22/2004 Aaron Eckhart has signed on to two upcoming indies. Eckhart will star in "Conversations With Other Women" and "Thank You For Smoking." Helena Bonham Carter will star opposite Eckhart in "Conversations." 11/21/2004 Dax Shepherd will face off against Dustin Hoffman in the comedy, "Car Wars," for Warner Bros. Pictures. Read More... 11/18/2004 Dennis Hopper, Ann-Margret, and Billy Zane have been cast in the independent film, "Memory," to be directed by Bennett Davlin. 11/16/2004 Fresh off of finishing her work in "Ocean's 12," Catherine Zeta-Jones will star in "The Ivy Chronicles" for producer Jerry Weintraub and Warner Bros Pictures. 11/15/2004 Newsweek breaks the story Tom Hanks appears to be first in line for "The Da Vinci Code." Read More... 11/12/2004 Catherine Keener (best known for roles in indie films) will star opposite Steve Carell in "40 Year Old Virgin." Read More... 11/10/2004 "X-Men 2" co-star Shawn Ashmore has signed on star in "3 Needles," for writer/director Thom Fitzgerald. 11/09/2004 Nick Flynn's best-selling novel "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City" is coming to the big screen as Columbia Pictures has made a deal for the rights to make the film version. 11/09/2004 Elizabeth Perkins is joining the cast of "Must Love Dogs" after Kyra Sedgwick had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. 11/08/2004 "Scary Movie" star Anna Faris is in talks to join Ryan Reynolds for the romantic comedy, "Just Friends." Roger Kumble will direct the film for New Line Cinema. 11/05/2004 Donald Sutherland and Ralph Fiennes will star in "Land of the Blind," a dramatic film about a prisoner who recounts the story of his life as a soldier. 11/02/2004 Justin Theroux will co-star with Julie Delpy in the supernatural thriller, "The Legend of Lucy Keyes." 11/01/2004 Gerard Depardieu and Giancarlo Esposito have signed on to "The Last Holiday," starring Queen Latifah and LL Cool J. 10/29/2004 Producer Scott Rudin is looking to bring "The Blob" back into theaters. The producer is also responsible for remakes of "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The Stepford Wives." Read More... 10/29/2004 Mark Ruffalo has joined the all-star cast of "Every Word is True." "Every Word is True" is the true story of Truman Capote during the period while he was writing "In Cold Blood." 10/25/2004 LL Cool J will be joining Queen Latifah for the remake of the comedy classic, "Last Holiday." Read More... 10/25/2004 Myriad Pictures snatched up the rights to "Copying Beethoven," starring Diane Kruger and Ed Harris. The film tells the story of Beethoven's love for his assistant which developed while he was working on Symphony No. 9. 10/22/2004 "Alfie's" Sienna Miller is in talks to star in "Factory Girl." The indie film revolves around a love triangle between Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and musician Bob Dylan. 10/21/2004 Jake Gyllenhaal has taken the lead role in "Jarhead" for Universal Pictures. Jamie Foxx and Lucas Black are also set to take part in the dramatic screen adaptation of Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Read More... 10/20/2004 Jennifer Garner is going to revisit the romantic comedy genre with "Catch and Release" for Columbia Pictures. Read More... 10/20/2004 Judd Apatow will direct "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" from a script he co-wrote with Steve Carell. Carell will play the lead in the coming-of-age comedy for middle-aged men. 10/19/2004 Jamie Foxx is definitely striking while it's hot. Foxx has just signed on to star in the thriller, "The Executioner's Game." Read More... 10/18/2004 Djimon Hounsou and Steve Buscemi have joined Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson for "The Island." 10/17/2004 Nicole Kidman joins fellow Aussie Russell Crowe for "Eucalyptus," co-starring Geoffrey Rush. Read More... 10/16/2004 Burt Reynolds landed the role of Boss Hogg in the upcoming big screen treatment of "The Dukes of Hazzard." Read More... 10/14/2004 Mark Wahlberg is in talks to join director John Singleton in "Four Brothers." Read More... 10/12/2004 Allan Graf (2nd Unit Director for "Friday Night Lights"] will make his directorial debut with "Turning the Tide," a project he co-wrote with John Papadakis. 10/11/2004 Dax Shepard's taking his "Guerrilla Photographer" script to Revolution Studios. "Guerrilla Photographer" is about a serious photographer who has to turn to celebrity photos to make money. 10/11/2004 Shawn Hatosy, Ben Foster, and Dominique Swain are in talks to join "Alpha Dog," for director Nick Cassavetes. 10/08/2004 Tom Shadyac and Michelle McGrath are teaming up with Universal for "Chip on the Old Block," a comedy about a man who returns to his hometown to teach. 10/07/2004 Johnny Depp is set to star in and produce "Shantaram," based on the Gregory David Roberts novel. 10/05/2004 Kyra Sedgwick has signed on to play Diane Lane's sister in the Warner Bros. movie, "Must Love Dogs." 10/04/2004 Miranda Otto and Tim Robbins are in negotiations to join Tom Cruise on "War of the Worlds," to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's version will be a contemporary take on the classic H.G. Wells story. 10/01/2004 Pop star Justin Timberlake joins Emile Hirsch for the film "Alpha Dog," based on the true story of drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood. 09/30/2004 Meryl Streep joins Sean Penn and Jude Law for the 2005 remake of "All the King's Men," to be directed by Steven Zaillian. 09/28/2004 "The O.C." star Mischa Barton has signed on to star in "Hexxx" for MGM. "Hexxx" is set in the world of voodoo in New Orleans. 09/25/2004 Dennis Hooper, John Leguizamo, and Simon Baker have taken roles in George A. Romero's next zombie thriller, "The Land of the Dead." 09/23/2004 Fresh off "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," Milla Jovovich will star with Billy Bob Thornton in "Fade Out." Michael Cristofer is directing, with the story centering around Thornton's character - a screenwriter who thinks his wife is having an affair. 09/22/2004 Rosamund Pike has joined Karl Urban in the big screen adaptation of "Doom." Andrzej Bartkowiak will direct the movie, with Dave Callaham writing the script. 09/22/2004 Eric Bana ("Troy") has won the lead role in "Lucky You," a gambling drama to be directed by Curtis Hanson. Read More... 09/17/2004 Composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard are in talks to work together on "Batman Begins," according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. 09/17/2004 "Alias" writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will work with J. J Abrams on "Mission Impossible 3." Kurtzman and Orci will write the screenplay, which has already gone through more than one set of writers. 09/17/2004 David Boreanaz ("Angel"), Henry Thomas and Vera Farmiga have signed on to "The Hard Easy," an indie heist film directed by Ari Ryan. 09/16/2004 The very busy Johnny Knoxville is in negotiations to star in "Daltry Calhoun." Knoxville would be joining Juliette Lewis and David Koechner for the directorial debut of Katrina Holden Bronson. 09/16/2004 Karl Urban ("Lord of the Rings") has scored the lead role in "Doom" for Universal Pictures. 09/14/2004 The Hollywood Reporter reports singer Jessica Simpson will be making her feature film debut as Daisy Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard." Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott will star as Luke and Bo Duke. 09/13/2004 Paramount has snatched up the rights to make a film based on the classic comic book character, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch." 09/10/2004 Michael Caton-Jones is in negotiations to direct the long-stalled sequel, "Basic Instinct 2." Sharon Stone will reprise her role as Catherine Tramell. 09/09/2004 Richard Linklater ("School of Rock") will direct the 2005 remake of "The Bad News Bears." Billy Bob Thornton will take on the role made famous by Walter Matthau in the 1976 version. 09/07/2004 Jeff Bridges will reunite with his "The Fisher King" director, Terry Gilliam, for "Tideland." "Tideland" is based on the Southern gothic novel of the same name by Mitch Cullin. 09/03/2004 Angie Harmon is said to be joining Tea Leoni and Jim Carrey in the Columbia Pictures remake of "Fun With Dick and Jane." 09/02/2004 "Anacondas" star KaDee Strickland and Ione Skye have joined "Fever Pitch," starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. Strickland and Skye will play two of Barrymore's good friends. 09/02/2004 Rachel McAdams - star of "The Notebook" - joins Cillian Murphy ("Batman Begins") for the thriller, "Red Eye," to be directed by horror movie helmer, Wes Craven. 08/30/2004 Kevin Smith is doing Mel Gibson one better. Smith's set to direct his screenplay, "The Passion of the Clerks." Miramax will distribute, with filming set to begin in January. 08/27/2004 With "Friends" over, David Schwimmer is going from in front of the camera to behind it with "Run, Fat Boy, Run," an indie feature written by Michael Ian Black. 08/27/2004 "24" star Elisha Cuthbert will star in "Dot," an indie thriller to be directed by Jamie Babbit. Cuthbert will play a popular girl from a typical mid-Western family who discovers things at home aren't exactly as they appear. 08/26/2004 "Lord of the Rings" cast members are reuniting for "Flushed Away," where the two will do voice work on the stop-motion animation. Hugh Jackman is rumored to also be joining the cast. 08/26/2004 Dakota Fanning is close to a deal to play Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" and other Alice stories from Lewis Carroll. 08/25/2004 With Philip Seymour Hoffman set to play Truman Capote in the untitled United Artists biopic, Samantha Morton and Chris Cooper are in talks to join the cast. 08/20/2004 Dakota Fanning has joined "Dreamer" with Kurt Russell for DreamWorks Pictures. 08/20/2004 Jared Leto's agreed to star in "Awake" for writer/director Joby Harold. Leto will star as the son of a weathly family who needs a heart transplant and discovers the surgical team is involved in a conspiracy to get his money. 08/19/2004 Samantha Morton will play photographer Diane Arbus in a biopic titled "Fur" for director Steven Shainberg. 08/17/2004 With "Alien vs. Predator" doing so well during its opening release, talks are now speeding up to make "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash." 08/17/2004 More signings for "BloodRayne:" Michelle Rodriguez, Matt Davis and Michael Madsen have joined Ben Kingsley and Kristanna Loken for the video game inspired film. 08/16/2004 "Ally McBeal" star Calista Flockhart is returning to film work with the independent film, "Fragile." 08/16/2004 David Foley, Lynda Carter and Bruce Campbell will take on the roles of superhero teachers in "Sky High," for director Mike Mitchell. According to The Hollywood Report, "Sky High" is a teen comedy set in a high school for teens with superpowers. 08/13/2004 Dustin Nguyen has signed on to join Cate Blanchett in "Little Fish." Nguyen will play an ex-lover of Blanchett's. 08/12/2004 The Hollywood Reporter has word Sofia Coppola will write and direct "Marie-Antoinette" for Columbia Pictures. Kirsten Dunst will star as Marie Antoinette. 08/10/2004 Director Rob Reiner is replacing Ted Griffin as the director of "The Graduate," Warner Bros. Pictures update of the classic 1967 comedy. 08/10/2004 DreamWorks thriller "Red Eye" has a director. Wes Craven will be behind the camera on the film, which follows a woman who is held captive and forced to help assassinate a businessman. 08/09/2004 Ewan McGregor will be joining Michael Bay on "The Island," a DreamWorks sci-fi film. 08/05/2004 Matt Dillon will play the villain in the new Disney comedy, "Herbie: Fully Loaded." Lindsay Lohan and Michael Keaton will star in the comedy that's set in the world of NASCAR. 08/05/2004 Rachel Weisz will be joining Hugh Jackman in "The Fountain," to be directed by Darren Aronofsky. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The Fountain" is a tale of love, death and immortality. 08/04/2004 Erika Christensen is the latest star to sign on to the cast of "Flight Plan," a thriller set to star Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard. The action takes place aboard an airplane, where Foster's daughter mysteriously disappears while in flight. 08/03/2004 "Nip/Tuck" star Julian McMahon is in talks to be the big baddie in "Fantastic Four." McMahon would take on the role of Dr. Doom. 07/30/2004 "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" writer/director Kerry Conran is in negotiations to take over the director role vacated by Robert Rodriguez on "A Princess of Mars." 07/28/2004 Derek Luke is sticking with sports movies for the time being. After finishing "Friday Night Lights," Luke will star in the basketball picture, "Glory Road," for producer Jerry Bruckheimer. 07/27/2004 Billy Bob Thornton is preparing to become "Mr. Woodcock" for New Line Cinema. The comedy will star Thornton as a gym coach about to marry the mother of one of his ex-students. 07/26/2004 Ben Affleck is set to star in "Nowhere Men" for Disney. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Nowhere Men" is a mixture of "Ocean's Eleven" and "Men in Black." 07/25/2004 Hottie Rufus Sewell has signed on to "Legend of Zorro," the much-anticipated sequel to "Mask of Zorro." Sewell will be joining returning "Zorro" stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas. 07/23/2004 With "Friends" now over, Jennifer Aniston is keeping busy with feature films. She's just added "Derailed" to her busy schedule. 07/22/2004 Tea Leoni is in talks to replace Cameron Diaz in "Fun With Dick and Jane." 07/20/2004 Director Joe Carnahan has left the Tom Cruise movie, "Mission Impossible 3." The search is now on for a replacement. 07/20/2004 McG has left "Superman" and it now looks "X-Men" director Bryan Singer will be directing the long-delayed Warner Bros. Pictures' superhero movie. 07/19/2004 Russell Crowe reunites with his "Proof" director Jocelyn Moorhouse for "Eucalyptus," based on Muarry Bail's award-winning book. 07/19/2004 Hot young stars Lindsay Lohan and Nick Cannon will team up for a romantic comedy for Revolution Studios. Cannon will play a blind man who is set up on a date with Lohan's character. 07/15/2004 Tobey Maguire will serve as producer on the big screen adaptation of "Everything Changes," based on Jonathan Tropper's novel. 07/14/2004 With Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Ioan Gruffudd making up 3/4 of the "Fantastic Four," it's looking more and more like Jessica Alba will sign on to complete the cast. 07/13/2004 The Hollywood Reporter is reporting Paramount Pictures will be revisiting "The Ten Commandments." 07/09/2004 Steven Spielberg is revisiting another famous battle as he unites with Clint Eastwood for a big screen adaptation of "Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima." 07/08/2004 Just when you were about to give up hope, the powers behind "Police Academy" are going to unleash the 8th sequel in theaters. 07/06/2004 Peter Sarsgaard ("Shattered Glass") is in talks to star opposite Jodie Foster in "Flight Plan" for Touchstone Pictures. "Flight Plan" takes place in air with Foster's character's daughter mysteriously disappearing while onboard a plane. 07/02/2004 Last seen on "Alias," Melissa George is now set to star in the remake of "The Amityville Horror" for MGM. 07/01/2004 Colin Hanks and Kyle Chandler have joined Peter Jackson's ape movie, "King Kong." Already onboard are Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. 06/29/2004 Scott Speedman and Nona Gaye have joined the sequel to "XXX," "XXX: State of the Union." Already onboard are Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, and Willem Dafoe. 06/29/2004 Charlie Hunnam is set to play Jennifer Aniston's love interest in the currently untitled Ted Griffin project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aniston plays a young woman who discovers her family was the inspiration for the movie, "The Graduate." 06/28/2004 Ronny Yu ("Freddy vs. Jason") will direct the New Line Cinema thriller, Snakes on a Plane. Strangely enough, the plot involved snakes on a plane. 06/28/2004 Al Pacino, Rene Russo and Matthew McConaughey will be working with director DJ Caruso on "Two for the Money," a drama centered around the world of sports gambling. 06/24/2004 Thomas Kretschmann ("The Pianist") is in talks to join Peter Jackson's "King Kong," starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. 06/24/2004 According to WENN, Gary Oldman will be the voice of General Grievous, considered to be the deadliest of the "Star Wars" villains. 06/23/2004 Tim Robbins is close to signing on to star in "Zathura," to be directed by Jon Favreau. "Zathura" is based on the novel by Chris Van Allsburg , the sequel to "Jumanji." 06/22/2004 Serendipity Point Films announced the signing of Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth to star in "Somebody Loves You," from writer/director Atom Egoyan. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Somebody Loves You" is the story of the "underbelly of fame, fortune and the mores of sexual convention". 06/22/2004 Diane Lane appears to be ready for another romantic comedy. Lane will star in "Must Love Dogs" for writer/director Gary David Goldberg. 06/21/2004 The very busy Owen Wilson has added "The Smoker" to his list of upcoming projects. Wilson will star opposite Natalie Portman as a teacher who gets a proposal from a student. 06/18/2004 Oh the horror! Ryan Reynolds will star in the 2004 remake of "The Amityville Horror." 06/17/2004 Producer Frank Marshall is in negotiations to direct "Antarctica" for Walt Disney Studios. 06/17/2004 There's lots of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" casting news. The kid roles have all been filled, with Annasophia Robb, Jordan Fry, Julia Winter and Philip Wiegratz joining Johnny Depp for the Tim Burton film. 06/16/2004 Max Minghella has been cast in "Art School" for Terry Zwigoff and as George Clooney's son in "Syriana," for director Steven Soderbergh. 06/15/2004 According to The Hollywood Report, Forest Whitaker will star in "American Gun," an indie drama from IFC Films. Donald Sutherland and Linda Cardellini are in talks to join Whitaker. 06/15/2004 Zach Braff - hot off of "Garden State" - has been tapped to rewrite the surf flick, "8 Track" for Fox 2000. 06/11/2004 Andy Serkis is reuniting with his "Lord of the Rings" director to play the giant ape in "King Kong." Serkis will also play a member of the crew of the Venture - Lumpy the cook. 06/11/2004 "The Spiderwick Chronicles" has a director. Mark Waters will take the helm of the film, which revolves around twin brothers, their sister, goblins, fairies and other creatures. 06/10/2004 David Chappelle is in talks to star in the Rick James autobiographical film, "Memoirs of a Super Freak." 06/10/2004 Andy Garcia's long-awaited "The Lost City" has a new cast member. Bill Murray will join the film, which is said to be a love story with the Cuban Revolution as the backdrop. 06/09/2004 Viggo Mortensen is in negotiations to star in New Line Cinema's "A History of Violence." Mortensen would play a family man who receives national attention after a vigilante-style self-defense killing. 06/07/2004 David Kelly has joined the cast of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," starring Johnny Depp and directed by Tim Burton. 06/03/2004 Red-hot Lindsay Lohan is in negotiations to star in "Fashionistas" as a fashion designer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 06/01/2004 Reese Witherspoon is in talks to star in "The Reckoning," a supernatural thriller her Type A Films production company would also be producing. 06/01/2004 Charlize Theron is adding another indie to her resume: "The Ice at the Bottom of the World." Theron will team with Kimberly Peirce on the film, adapted from Mark Richard's novel. 05/28/2004 "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" sequel, "How to Tell He's Not the One in 10 Days," has been optioned by Paramount Pictures. Christine Peters and Lynda Obst will produce the film. 05/27/2004 According to The Hollywood Reporter, 8 year-old Jimmy Bennett has landed the lead in the remake of "The Amityville Horror." 05/25/2004 Matt Damon and Amanda Peet have joined "Syriana," a thriller set in the world of international politics. 05/24/2004 Michael Pitt, Sarah Polley and Paul Giamatti will star in "The Hawk is Dying" for director Julian Goldberger. Based on the Harry Crews book, Giamatti will play a man who is infatuated with a student searching for a red-tailed hawk. 05/20/2004 Bill Murray will team up with director Jim Jarmusch for an as yet untitled indie film, set to start shooting this summer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, details of the script are being kept hush-hush. 05/19/2004 Diane Keaton ("Something's Gotta Give") has signed on to star in "Da Vinci's Mother." Keaton will play a mom who tries to find out more about her son after his suicide. 05/19/2004 Tony winning actress Kristin Chenoweth has joined the cast of "Bewitched," starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. "Bewitched" is based on the classic TV series, with Chenoweth set to play Kidman's nosy neighbor. 05/14/2004 Revolution Studios officially confirms there will be a "Hellboy 2," and Guillermo del Toro will return along with Hellboy himself, Ron Perlman. Read More... 05/12/2004 Tilda Swinton ("Young Adam") will be joining Shrek 2 director Andrew Adamson for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe." Swinton will star as the truly evil White Witch. 05/12/2004 After "House of Sand and Fog" director Vadim Perelman exited Steven Spielberg's pet project "The Talisman," it took almost no time at all for "The Last Samurai" director Ed Zwick to step in to the void. 05/08/2004 Red hot Rebecca Romijn-Stamos is set to star in "Alibi" for directors Kurt Mattila and Matt Checkowski. "Alibi" follows a man who runs an alibi business for cheating husbands and wives and winds up falling for a woman (Romijn-Stamos) who helps him out. 05/08/2004 "Torque's" Will Yun Lee has landed the role of the main villain in "Elektra," the "Daredevil" spinoff starring Jennifer Garner. 05/08/2004 Mike Vogel will be joining Steve Howey for "Supercross: The Movie," to be directed by Steve Boyum. Already cast are Daryl Hannah, Robert Patrick and Robert Carradine. 05/06/2004 Now that "Sex and the City" is finished, Kim Cattrall will be filling some of her free time with "Ice Princess" from Walt Disney Pictures. Cattrall will play a skating instructor who helps Michelle Trachtenberg's character become a champion. 05/04/2004 "The Amityville Horror" remake will be in the hands of first time feature film director, Andrew Douglas. Backed by Michael Bay, "The Amityville Horror" will begin shooting in July 2004. 05/03/2004 Jodie Foster has signed on to star in "Flight Plan," to be directed by Robert Schwentke. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Flight Plan" is a thriller in which a woman's daughter mysteriously disappears while on board a plane. 05/01/2004 Will the remakes ever end? It looks like Billy Bob Thornton will take on the role made famous by Walter Matthau as Thornton suits up to star in the remake of "The Bad News Bears." 04/29/2004 John Sayles is scripting "Carlisle School" for Walden Media. "Carlisle School" follows a Native Americans - including Olympian Jim Thorpe - who live together in a Pennsylvania boarding school. 04/29/2004 The cast of "Sin City" just increased by one. Nick Stahl ("Carnivale") would play dual roles in the Robert Rodriguez movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 04/27/2004 Tom Cruise will be joined by Kenneth Branagh for the third go at the "Mission Impossible" series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it's not known what character Branagh will play or whether or not he'll be a villain. 04/27/2004 Jessica Alba may soon be joining the cast of Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City." Alba will next be seen in "Into the Blue," which she just finished filming. Already signed on to "Sin City" are Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, and Elijah Wood. 04/27/2004 Jason Biggs ("American Pie") will soon begin working on "Guy X," to be shot in Iceland. 04/26/2004 "ER" star Goran Visnjic is teaming up with Jennifer Garner for the "Daredevil" spinoff, "Elektra." Visnjic will play a man Elektra falls for when she's assigned to kill him. 04/23/2004 Zach Braff, hot off his directorial debut "Garden State," will work with his brother to adapt the novel, "Andrew Henry's Meadow" for 20th Century Fox. 04/23/2004 "Hellboy's" Ron Perlman goes the indie route in "Coldwater." Perlman will play the head of a juvenile detention center where the punishment is worse than the crime. 04/21/2004 "Fat Albert" just got a little fatter. Just signed on to co-star in the live-action film are Nick Zano, Aaron Carter, and Alice Greczyn. 04/19/2004 Sissy Spacek has joined the cast of "The Ring 2," to be directed by Hideo Nakata and starring Naomi Watts and Simon Baker. 04/19/2004 After finishing "Vanity Fair," Reese Witherspoon will head off to "The Proposal," a romantic comedy she'll also be producing. "The Proposal" follows a couple as they plan their wedding. 04/16/2004 John Malkovich will play religious cult leader Humma Kavula in Spyglass Entertainment's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," to be directed by Garth Jennings. 04/16/2004 Columbia Pictures and Will Smith are working on bringing Dr. S. Allen Counter's story to the big screen. Counter is a Harvard professor and explorer and the film will center around Counter's adventures. 04/14/2004 "The Ring 2" has a new cast member. Simon Baker ("The Guardian") will join returning cast members Naomi Watts and Daveigh Chase in the sequel, to be directed by Hideo Nakata. 04/12/2004 Hot off her success in "Something's Gotta Give," Diane Keaton has just signed on to star in "Mad Money" for director Callie Khouri. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Mad Money" is a low-tech, female version of "Ocean's 11." 04/08/2004 Willem Dafoe will be working with Lars von Trier on von Trier's "Manderlay." "Manderlay" is the 2nd part of von Trier's "USA - Land of Opportunities" trilogy. 04/08/2004 Alison Lohman and Tim Blake Nelson will join Holly Hunter and Robin Williams in "The Big White," to be directed by Mark Mylod. Williams plays a travel agent and Hunter plays his crazy wife. 04/07/2004 Steven Zaillian has been named as the director of "All the King's Men," based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren. 04/07/2004 "Barbershop" director Tim Story will take on "Fantastic Four" for 20th Century Fox. 04/06/2004 David Mirkin will direct "Sports Widow," a romantic comedy set to star Reese Witherspoon who will also produce the movie. Witherspoon plays a wife who fights back by learning everything she can about football. 04/05/2004 "Alias" star Michael Vartan has signed on to star in "Monster-in-Law" with Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda. 04/01/2004 Maggie Gyllenhaal will be joined by Laura Dern, Tom Arnold, Jason Ritter, David Sutcliffe, and Johnny Galecki for "Happy Endings," to be directed by Don Roos. "Happy Endings" features three intersecting stories centering around 10 characters. 03/31/2004 Anne Hathaway ("Ella Enchanted") and Randy Quaid have signed on to Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain." They'll be joining Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal who will star as two sheepherders who fall in love. 03/31/2004 Clint Eastwood has decided his "Mystic River" follow-up project will be "Million Dollar Baby." Eastwood will star, direct and produce the film, with Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman in talks to co-star. 03/30/2004 Actor/comedian Jack Black has joined the cast of Peter Jackson's "King Kong." Naomi Watts will star as Ann Darrow, and Black will play Carl Denham, a filmmaker trying to make a name for himself. 03/29/2004 Jennifer Aniston will star in the remake of "Gambit," the 1966 Michael Caine/Shirley MacLaine caper movie. Bo Welch will direct the remake that centers around a British thief out to steal a priceless statue. 03/26/2004 Holly Hunter ("Thirteen") will star as Robin Williams' wife in the dark comedy, "The Big White," directed by Mark Mylod. Williams plays a travel agent who comes up with a bizarre scheme to get himself out of financial trouble. 03/25/2004 Claire Forlani will co-star in "Hooligans," featuring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. The movies peers into the dark world of soccer hooliganism, with Forlani playing the Woods' sister. 03/24/2004 The Hollywood Reporter announced the casting of Ed Harris and Woody Harrelson in the firefighting drama, "3000 Degrees." Danny Boyle will be directing the ensemble cast in this drama based on the true story detailed in "3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It." 03/22/2004 Will Smith will be joined by Julie Ann Emery, Eva Mendes, Amber Valletta, and Robinne Lee for the romantic comedy, "Last First Kiss," to be directed by Andy Tennant ("Sweet Home Alabama"). Smith will play a dating guru who pairs up men with the women of their dreams. 03/22/2004 Shia LaBeouf may be taking up golf for the Walt Disney Pictures movie, "The Greatest Game Ever Played." LaBeouf would star as 20 year-old U.S. Open champion, Francis Ouimet. 03/19/2004 Kevin Kline is in talks to join Steve Martin in "The Pink Panther" for MGM. Kline would play Inspector Dreyfus, the man who assigns Inspector Clouseau to the case of the missing Pink Panther diamond. 03/19/2004 Elijah Wood will star in Liev Schreiber's directorial debut, "Everything is Illuminated." Wood ("Lord of the Rings") plays a man in search of the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. 03/18/2004 Jake Gyllenhaal is rumored to be in the running for the role of the crime fighting hero in "Green Hornet," to be directed by Kevin Smith. 03/18/2004 Robert Rodriguez is hoping for a big name cast as he starts recruiting actors for his upcoming film, "Sin City." According to The Hollywood Reporter, names being batted about include Elijah Wood, Mickey Rourke, Kate Bosworth, and Leonardo DiCaprio. 03/17/2004 The cast of "Edison" is growing. Cary Elwes and John Heard will be joining Justin Timberlake, Kevin Spacey and LL Cool J for the cop drama in which Timberlake will play a journalist. 03/17/2004 Christopher Walken and Mary-Louise Parker are set to star in "Romance and Cigarettes" alongside Susan Sarandon, Mandy Moore and Kate Winslet. "Romance and Cigarettes" is a musical comedy with a love triangle to be directed by John Turturro. 03/17/2004 Steven Spielberg is thought to be on the verge of bringing "The War of the Worlds" to the big screen. "Minority Report" star Tom Cruise is rumored to be interested in starring in the movie version of H.G. Wells' classic radio show. 03/16/2004 The rock and roll drama "Vinyl" has added Shane West and Lukas Haas to the cast. Already signed on to the movie arre Dominique Swain, Thora Birch and Jena Malone. 03/15/2004 Heath Ledger ("Ned Kelly") is set to star in Disney's "Casanova," a romantic comedy about legendary lover Casanova and his desire to get the one woman who isn't interested in him. 03/12/2004 Barbra Streisand will make her return to the big screen in "Meet the Fockers," the sequel to the 2000 hit comedy, "Meet the Parents." Streisand will play Ben Stiller's mother and Dustin Hoffman will play Stiller's dad. 03/08/2004 Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis will star alongside Pierce Brosnan in writer/director Richard Shepard's black comedy, "Matador." Brosnan will play an assassin who befriends a suburban couple (played by Kinnear and Davis). 03/08/2004 Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis will star alongside Pierce Brosnan in writer/director Richard Shepard's black comedy, "Matador." Brosnan will play an assassin who befriends a suburban couple (played by Kinnear and Davis). 03/05/2004 "X-Men's" Bryan Singer is working on developing a new version of "Logan's Run" for Warner Bros. Pictures. One major change from the first movie will be the age at which a person is euthanized - the book stated it was 21, but the film changed the age to 30. Singer's movie will stick to the book's age limit of 21. 03/04/2004 Production has begun on "Batman Begins," directed by Christopher Nolan, and Gary Oldman has joined the cast as Lt. James Gordon. Read More... 03/02/2004 Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids") has signed on to direct "Princess of Mars," the classic sci-fi tale from Edgar Rice Burroughs. "Princess of Mars" is based on the first book of Burroughs' "John Carter of Mars" series, and follows Carter, a Civil War veteran, who is transported to Mars and embarks on a series of adventures. 03/02/2004 Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media have teamed up to bring "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" to the big screen. Read More... 02/28/2004 The Hollywood Reporter is reporting Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and Bryan Singer ("X-Men") are in final negotiations to write "X-Men" comics for Marvel Comics. 02/27/2004 Diane Lane ("Under the Tuscan Sun") is set to star in "Fierce People," for director Griffin Dunne. Lane would play Liz, a beautiful woman who lives a carefree life until her son has a brush with the law. 02/25/2004 "Crazy in Love" has found another star. Erica Leerhsen will join Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell in director Petter Naess' indie film about a couple who suffer from Asperger's Syndrome. 02/24/2004 "The Last Samurai's" scenes-stealer, Ken Watanabe, has signed on to play Ra's Al Ghul in the Christopher Nolan-helmed "Batman" movie. Read More... 02/24/2004 John Cusack, Monica Bellucci, and Billy Bob Thornton will be starring in "Ice Harvest," to be directed by Harold Ramis. "Ice Harvest" is a comedy set around Christmas involving a lawyer who wants to embezzle money from the mob. 02/20/2004 Elisha Cuthbert ("The Girl Next Door") is in talks to star in "House of Wax" for Warner Bros. This "House of Wax" is a remake of the classic 50s film, which starred Vincent Price. 02/17/2004 Chad Michael Murray ("Freaky Friday") is joining the cast of the remake of "House of Wax." The original starred Vincent Price as a mad professor who covered bodies with wax and put them on display. 02/13/2004 Emile Hirsch ("The Girl Next Door") and Heath Ledger ("The Order") are set to star in director Catherine Hardwicke's next movie, "The Lords of Dogtown." Based on the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys", "The Lords of Dogtown" takes a close close at the evolution of skateboarding. 02/12/2004 Liam Neeson may be joining the cast of "Batman" starring Christian Bale and Michael Caine, and directed by Christopher Nolan ("Memento"). 02/11/2004 The Hollywood Reporter is reporting the addition of Selma Blair, Clark Gregg, Philip Baker Hall and David Paymer to the cast of "Synergy," directed by the Weitz Bros. 02/11/2004 Keira Knightley is reportedly the frontrunner to become Jeannie in the big screen version of "I Dream of Jeannie." 02/10/2004 John Carpenter's classic "Assault on Precinct 13" is being remade and modernized, with Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne in the lead roles. 02/08/2004 With "Friends" drawing to an end, Jennifer Aniston has signed on to star in Ted Griffin's currently untitled next film. 02/05/2004 Hot off his role as the father in "In America," Jim Sheridan is set to star in "Cinderella Man," for Ron Howard. Sheridan would play Russell Crowe's best friend and fellow dockworker, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 02/05/2004 Hilary Duff will star in "Outward Blonde" for Miramax Films. Duff will play a New York girl who must participate in an Outward Bound program after she fails gym class. 02/02/2004 Although production has been delayed due to Russell Crowe's injury, Paul Giamatti is in talks to join the cast of "Cinderella Man," directed by Ron Howard. 02/02/2004 Helen Mirren ("Calendar Girls") and Ryan Phillippe ("Igby Goes Down") are in talks to play a mother and stepson team who work as hired hitmen in "Shadowboxer," for director Lee Daniels. 02/02/2004 Kevin Costner will star as what The Hollywood Reporter describes as a stubborn and difficult man who is hounded by a powerful woman in the romantic comedy, "Taming Ben Taylor." 01/29/2004 2003 was the year of Luke Wilson the Boyfriend. In 2004, he'll be going to sleep for a long, long time. At least that's the premise of "3001," a comedy from Mike Judge in which Wilson will play a man who sleeps for 1,000 years. 01/27/2004 Amanda Peet has been cast as Ashton Kutcher's love interest in the romantic comedy, "A Lot Like Love." 01/27/2004 Adam Sandler will join athletes and rap stars for the remake of the classic '70s film, "The Longest Yard." Read More... 01/26/2004 The Hollywood Reporter reports Bill Pullman, Clea DuVall and William Mapother have joined the cast of "The Grudge" for director Takashi Shimizu. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jason Behr are already set to star in the thriller about a powerful curse. 01/26/2004 Christopher Walken is in talks to join New Line Cinema's "The Wedding Crashers," starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Vaughn and Wilson will play wedding crashers and Walken will co-star as the father of a bride. 01/21/2004 Dustin Hoffman is set to star as Ben Stiller's dad in "Meet the Fockers," the sequel to the hit comedy, "Meet the Parents." 01/21/2004 "The O.C." star Adam Brody will take on a supporting role in the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie film, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." 01/20/2004 Actor Stephen Baldwin will make his first movie as a director with the skateboarding flick, "Robbin Hoodz." 01/16/2004 Derek Luke ("Pieces of April") is in negotiations to star in "Friday Night Lights," for director Peter Berg. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Luke would play a running back in the football film set in West Texas. 01/16/2004 Fresh off her role as a mom in "The Cat in the Hat," Kelly Preston has found a smaller film to sign on to. Preston will play a lawyer fighting to clear her client who is on death row in "Return to Sender." 01/14/2004 Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal will be working with director Ang Lee on the romantic movie, "Brokeback Mountain." The film is based on a short story by E. Annie Proulx and focuses on 2 young sheepherders who form a friendship that lasts 20 years. 01/13/2004 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jeremy Irons has joined the cast of Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven." Orlando Bloom, David Thewlis and Brendan Gleeson have already been cast in this love story set in the 12th century. 01/12/2004 Kevin Costner seems to love Westerns, and Costner's fans love to see him in Westerns, so it's only natural the actor has decided to return to the genre once again. Costner will direct and act in "Horizon," but there's no word on whether this will be his next project. 01/09/2004 Christina Milian ("Torque") and Cedric the Entertainer have joined John Travolta in the "Get Shorty" sequel, "Be Cool." F. Gary Gray ("The Italian Job") will direct, with Uma Thurman, The Rock, and Vince Vaughn also on board the project. 01/09/2004 Ben Foster and Johnny Messner have signed on to "Hostage," starring Bruce Willis and directed by Florent Siri. 01/05/2004 Singing sensation Ashanti is set to make her feature film debut with a role in "Coach Carter," directed by Thomas Carter. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, "Coach Carter" follows the true story of Richmond High School coach Ken Carter who benched his team due to poor academic performance. Current Movie News/Casting Info / 2003 Movie News/Casting Info Previous Articles |
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