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Judi Dench will play Dame Sybil Thorndike in MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, about a young actor who worked on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl. Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh costar as Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
John Cusack will play Edgar Allan Poe in THE RAVEN, which follows the author through the last five days of his life as he chases a serial killer. Rumour has it that Noomi Rapace may costar in the film, which is being directed by James McTeigue.
Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Chace Crawford, Rosanna Arquette, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyle MacLachlan are currently in New York filming PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING, a multi-generation drama about Woodstock. Bruce Beresford is directing.
Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) may star alongside Antonio Banderas and Mark Strong in SOUTH OF THE HEART, based on the novel about Middle East oil in the late 1920s. Jean-Jacques Annaud is directing.
Channing Tatum may join Anna Faris, Chris Pine and Jenna Dewan in the ensemble drama TEN YEAR, about a group of friends who get back together a decade after their high school graduation. Jamie Linden (We Are Marshall) is writing and directing.
Jim Caviezel, Elisabeth Rohm, Harold Perrineau and James Frain will team up for the thriller TRANSIT, about group of thieves who use an innocent family on a camping trip to move their stolen loot across the country.
Andie MacDowell has joined Dennis Quaid in the FOOTLOOSE remake, which stars Kenny Wormald as a rebel newcomer challenging the close-minded rules of a small Southern town. Craig Brewer is writing and directing.
Kristin Kreuk, Lauren German and Paula Patton are rumoured contenders for female roles in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4, which stars Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner. Director Brad Bird starts filming this month.
David Koechner, Arlen Escarpeta (Friday the 13th), Nicholas D'Agosto (Fired Up), Miles Fisher (Head in the Sand) and Meghan Ory (Dark House) will star in a fifth FINAL DESTINATION movie, this time centring on a suspension bridge calamity. Steven Quale (Aliens of the Deep) is directing this one.
And funny man Albert Brooks will play the villain in DRIVE, the bank heist getaway thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston. Nicolas Winding Refn is directing from a script by Hossein Amini.
Angelina Jolie will produce and possibly direct a romantic drama about a couple whose relationship is changed by the 1990s Balkans war. The film will be shot around Sarajevo with local actors.
Jeremy Renner will star alongside Tom Cruise in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4. Director Brad Bird starts filming next month in US, Vancouver, Prague and Dubai. And plans are already underway for a fifth film.
Viggo Mortensen will star in the Argentine film EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN. It's about a police officer who assumes the identity of his dead twin brother.
Meanwhile, Steve Carell will produce and star in a remake of Argentine rom-com A BOYFRIEND FOR MY WIFE, about a shy guy who hires a gigolo to try to seduce his annoying wife so she'll leave him.
Sam Worthington will star in DRACULA: YEAR ZERO, which is being described as a historical approach to the vampire character. Alex Proyas is directing.
Bruce Willis and Danny Trejo may team up with Carey Mulligan and Saoirse Ronan for VIOLET AND DAISY, an action comedy about two young women on the run. Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious) is writing and may also direct.
Adrien Brody and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are apparently the leading contenders to play Reed Richards in the third FANTASTIC FOUR movie, which is recasting all of the lead roles.
Katie Holmes may join Adam Sandler and Al Pacino for the comedy JACK AND JILL, about a guy whose twin sister comes for Thanksgiving and then refuses to leave. Dennis Dugan is directing.
Jim Carrey will play the title role in MR POPPER'S PENGUINS, based on the 1930s children's novel about a new York businessman who receives six live penguins in the post. Mark Waters is directing.
And word has it that Meryl Streep will team with Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan for a cross-cultural rom-com directed by Bollywood filmmaker R Balki (Paa).
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