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Hugh Jackman is heading to China this month to star in SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN, a 19th century drama about the lifelong friendship between two women. Wayne Wang is directing. Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams and Olga Kurylenko will team up for a romantic drama by Terrence Malick. As usual with Malick, there's no word on the plot or even the premise. Kathy Bates and Whoopi Goldberg will join Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal in EARTHBOUND, about a woman who meets Mr Right just after she's been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Filming is underway in New Orleans with director Nicole Kassell and costars Steven Weber, Rosemary DeWitt, Romany Malco and Treat Williams. Taraji P Henson will join Orlando Bloom in THE GOOD DOCTOR, about a physician who manipulated a patient's treatment until he can find a cure for her kidney condition and make a name for himself. Costars include Michael Pena, Rob Morrow and JK Simmons. Ginnifer Goodwin may star in SOMETHING BORROWED, based on Emily Giffin's novel about a lawyer who falls for her best friend's fiance. Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door) is directing. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker will be back on screen for FAST FIVE. Yes, this is a fifth Fast and Furious movie, and the plot apparently has them being chased by the Feds. Director Justin Lin and screenwriter Chris Morganare back as well. Danny McBride will star in the private detective action comedy L.A.P.I., which will be directed by Jody Hill (Observe and Report). The script is by Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan, who have just written a remake of 1980s hit Brewster's Millions. Rashida Jones will star in CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER, a romantic comedy about a young couple trying to stay friends as they get divorced and start new relationships. Seth Gordon (Four Christmases) is directing. Kate Beckinsale will be back as the vampire hunter in a fourth UNDERWORLD movie, once again directed by her husband Len Wiseman. There's no word on the plot, but it will be shot in 3D. And the monster is heading back to the big screen in I, FRANKENSTEIN, based on the graphic novel in which the creature battles supernatural creatures who are trying to eliminate humanity. Underworld writer Kevin Grevioux and director Patrick Tatopoulos are on board the project.
Lindsay Lohan will join Danny Trejo in MACHETE, the Grindhouse spin-off about a gun for hire. Robert Rodriguez is directing the film, which also costars Grindhouse's Alicia Rachel Marek as Lohan's mother. Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen will star in the romantic comedy THE WALTZ, about a couple that gets involved in a love triangle. Sarah Polley is directing. Steve Carell with team up with directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (Bad Santa) and writer Dan Fogleman (Fred Claus) for a black comedy about a father who struggles to balance his failing marriage with his children. Guy Pearce and Mary-Louise Parker will play an obsessive Manhattan couple in the psychological thriller THE WELL, which is being written and director by first-timer Tim Guinee and produced by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Zachary Quinto will play George Gershwin in a biopic about the composer and his brother Ira, who created Broadway shows like Funny Face and Porgy & Bess. Steven Spielberg may direct the film. Paz Vega, Daniel Bruhl and Mia Maestro have teamed up for the drama CASTRO'S DAUGHTER, about Alina Fernandez, the illegitimate child of Fidel Castro, who moved to Spain in 1993 and became a political activist. Jackie Chan may join Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in an action movie titled RA1. He'd play a scientist who helps a superhero learn how to control his powers. And Ozzy Osbourne apparently wants Johnny Depp to play him in the film version of his memoir I AM OZZY. Work is underway on the script, which recounts the Black Sabbath frontman's career, personal life and decades of drug abuse. OLDER NEWS >>
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