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Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon will star in DEVIL'S KNOT, based on the true story of three Memphis teens who were convicted of the murder of three 8-year-old boys and spend 18 years in prison before DNA evidence cleared them last year. Atom Egoyan is directing.
Rooney Mara will join Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Steven Soderbergh's THE SIDE EFFECTS, about doctor addicted to prescription drugs who gets into a relationship with a colleague while waiting for her husband to be released from prison.
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PIRATES 4: Depp, Cruz, Rush, McShane, Marshall, et al
JULIA'S EYES: Morales and Rueda
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I N T H E U K . . .
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LIKE CRAZY.
INTRUDERS.
ACTS OF GODFREY.
MERCENARIES.
HOUSE OF TOLERANCE.
POLISH ROULETTE.
HAYWIRE.
ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED.
PUSS IN BOOTS.
J EDGAR.
WAR HORSE
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HOW MUCH DOES YOUR BUILDING WEIGH, MR. FOSTER?
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS.
THE IRON LADY.
CORIOLANUS.
ULTRASUEDE.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED.
ALBATROSS.
WAR HORSE.
THE GREY
Will Smith and Russell Crowe will team up for the fantasy-thriller WINTER'S TALE, the story of a thief who meets a guying girl while robbing a mansion in Manhattan. Writer Akiva Goldsman is making his directing debut on the film, which shifts between the present day and the 19th century.
Meanwhile, Crowe is also Darren Aronofsky's first choice to play the title role in his biblical epic NOAH. Yes, it's about the ark and the flood. And Liam Neeson is also being pursued for a role in the film, which was recently rewritten by John Logan.
Emma Watson will reunite with Harry Potter director David Yates to play the lead in YOUR VOICE IN MY HEAD, about a suicidal young woman who meets a psychiatrist who has terminal cancer. Tom Hanks and George Clooney are the leading contenders for the other main role.
Gary Oldman will play the villain in MOTOR CITY, a revenge thriller starring Dominic Cooper as a guy who is framed and sent to prison, then vows to get revenge when he's released. Amber Heard costars in the film, which is being directed by Albert Hughes.
Vera Farmiga will play Fleetwood Mac musician Christine McVie in THE DRUMMER, which follows the last six years in the life of the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson (Aaron Eckhart). Randall Miller (Bottle Shock) is directing.
Adam Sandler will star in a film based on the board game CANDY LAND. There's no word on a plot, but the script is being written by Zohan screenwriter Robert Smigel. Kevin Lima is directing.
Wes Bentley and Frank Langella will star in THE TIME BEING, about a struggling artist who takes on a series of strange commissions from a dying millionaire. newcomer Nenad Cicin-Sain is directing from a script cowritten with producer Richard Gladstein (Pulp Fiction).
Mos Def and John Hawkes will team up for SWITCH, based on the Elmore Leonard novel that introduced the characters played by Samuel L Jackson and Robert De Niro in Jackie Brown (based on Leonard's Rum Punch). In the story, the two men team to kidnap the wife of a corrupt property developer, then are stunned when he refuses to pay the ransom.
And Alan Arkin, Al Pacino and Christopher Walken will team up for the caper comedy STAND UP GUYS, about a retired hitman who is hired to kill his best friend, but decides to have a wild night on the town together first. Fisher Stevens is directing.
Kate Winslet, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Banks and Paul Reubens have joined the cast of Charlie Kaufman's next film, the Hollywood musical satire FRANK OR FRANCIS. It's about a filmmaker (Steve Carell) who becomes obsessed with a blogger (Jack Black). Costars include Nicolas Cage and Kevin Kline.
Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska will team up for Jim Jarmusch's ONLY LOVES LEFT ALIVE. a romantic horror film about two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence will star in SERENA, a late-1920s drama about a newlywed couple that isn't afraid to crush the competition in order to build their timber empire. But things take a dark turn when the wife discovers that she can't have children, and that her husband has an illegitimate son. Susanne Bier is directing.
Meanwhile, Lawrence will also be back for a sequel to X-men: First Class, which will reunite her with Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and the rest of the original cast, as well as director Matthew Vaughn.
Monty Python alumni John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and possibly Eric Idle will reunite for the sci-fi comedy ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, about a group of aliens that uses an earthling as a toy. Robin Williams is voicing one of the animated characters in the film, which is being directed by Jones.
Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly will team up for WRITERS, about a novelist trying to work out his relationship with his ex-wife and their two young-adult children. Newcomer Josh Boone is directing.
Denise Richards, Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts and Tom Arnold will join Tyler Perry in MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION, about a New England family that relocates to Madea's home as part of the witness protection programme. Filming starts this week in Atlanta.
Joe Carnahan will direct a remake of DEATH WISH, which may relaunch the franchise about an architect who turns into a vigilante after a brutal attack on his wife and daughter. Charles Bronson starred in the original 1974 film, which had five sequels.
And Sarah Jessica Parker will replace Demi Moore as feminist activist Gloria Steinem in LOVELACE, the biopic of pornstar turned anti-porn crusader Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried). James Franco plays Hugh Hefner in the film, which is being directed by Howl's Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
I N T E R V I E W S
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Role-sharing
Helen Mirren & Jessica Chastain
take on The Debt...
Prowling like a lion
Muscle-hunk Jason Momoa
talks Conan the Barbarian...
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NEWS SOURCES:
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Dark Horizons.
Digital Spy.
The Hollywood Reporter.
IMDb.
Moviehole.
Variety.
ALSO:
Ain't It Cool News.
Awards Daily.
British Film Institute.
CNN.
Empire.
Entertainment Weekly.
Evening Standard.
Film Threat.
The Guardian.
indieWire.
Screen International.
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Rotten Tomatoes.
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