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Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks will team up for EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, based on Jonathan Safran Foer's novel about a 9-year-old who finds a key left behind by his dad, who died on 9/11. Stephen Daldry is directing from a script by Eric Roth.
Carey Mulligan may star opposite Ryan Gosling and Bryan Cranston in the action-thriller DRIVE, about a woman who goes on the run with a stunt driver after a bank robbery goes wrong. Nicolas Winding Refn is directing.
Daniel Radcliffe and Ryan Kwanten may team up to star in the comedy-drama MY FAIR LIDY, about a gay man inventively trying to achieve the American dream during the recession.
Zac Efron and Justin Timberlake are apparently competing for the lead role in a film of Tony-winning 1950s-set musical MEMPHIS, about one of the first white DJs to play black music. Word has it that Oliver Stone might be directing.
Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton will team up for JOYFUL NOISE, a musical comedy about clashing divas who must work together to save their small-town gospel choir. Todd Graff (Bandslam) is writing and directing.
Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal will join Rupert Everett and Jonathan Pryce in HYSTERIA, a Victorian-era romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator. Tanya Wexler is directing.
Wesley Snipes will star in HAVANA HEAT, about an investigation into the death of an American agent in Cuba. Costars include Joseph Lawrence, Michael Dudikoff and Zulay Henao, with Dean Hamilton (Blonde and Blonder) directing.
Scott Speedman may join Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum in THE VOW, a romance about a man who must win his wife's heart all over again after she loses her memory in a car crash. Director Michael Sucsy (Grey Gardens) starts filming next month in Toronto.
Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Lucy Liu, Stephen Lang and Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood) will star in SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WILL BE USEFUL TO YOU, based on the Peter Cameron novel about a young guy (Toby Regbo) trying to cope with his dysfunctional family.
And Jim Jarmusch is making a documentary about iconic musician IGGY POP. But first, he's planning to make a sequel to THE LIMITS OF CONTROL, with Tilda Swinton returning to her mysterious role alongside Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska.
Idris Elba may play police profiler Alex Cross in the unimaginatively titled CROSS, in which he chases the rapist who may have killed his wife. David Twohy is directing. Morgan Freeman played the character, who has appeared in 16 James Patterson novels, in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider.
Denzel Washington, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Will Smith and Christian Bale are all talking with director Kathryn Bigelow about possibly starring in TRIPLE FRONTIER, which reteams her with writer Mark Boal. The crime thriller is set where Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet.
Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds may star opposite Washington in the thriller SAFE HOUSE, about a CIA operative who must protect a dangerous criminal as they move to a new hideout. Daniel Espinosa (Snabba Cash) is directing.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and her husband Peter Sarsgaard will team up for a biopic about BILL MONROE, the man who invented bluegrass and had an obsessive affair with Bessie Lee Mauldi. The script is by Callie Khouri.
January Jones, Rose Byrne, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng and Bill Milner are the latest additions to the cast of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, the prequel starring Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy as the young Magneto and Xavier. Director Matthew Vaughn starts shooting in London later this month.
Seth Rogen will voice the lead ghost in the animated comedy BOO U, about a spirit who is sent to ghost school to learn how to be scary. Tony Leondis (Igor) is directing.
Liam Neeson is John Woo's first choice to lead the cast of his 1940s Imax epic FLYING TIGERS, about an American Army officer who trains a team of all-volunteer Chinese pilots to fight off Japanese invaders during WWII.
Lingerie model Brooklyn Decker has two big roles coming up. First, she'll costar with Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman in the rom-com JUST GO WITH IT. And then there's Peter Berg's big-budget sci-fi adaptation of the boardgame BATTLESHIP, which costars Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, Tom Arnold, Taylor Kitsch and Hamish Linklater.
Carla Gugino may star in the thriller MILF, about a woman who goes on a revenge spree after she finishes a prison term. Franck Khalfoun (P2) is directing, and says the title stands for "Mother I'd Like to Fight".
And Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw) will direct the horror film 11 11 11, inspired by the belief that the number 11 plays a significant role in historical events and is how supernatural beings like angels communicate with us. No prizes for figuring out when the film is due to be released.
Hugh Jackman has dropped out of the comedy AVON MAN so he can make WOLVERINE 2 later this year. Word has it that the script by Christopher McQuarrie sets the action in Japan, where Wolverine will battle samurai warriors.
Rachel Weisz and Ben Affleck have joined Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams and Olga Kurylenko in the cast of Terrence Malick's next film, a romance that will be filmed in Oklahoma.
Josh Brolin will join Charlize Theron in YOUNG ADULT, which reunites Juno's director Jason Reitman with writer Diablo Cody. It's about a writer who returns to her hometown and tries to seduce her old flame, who's now married with children.
Shia LaBeouf may team up with director John Hillcoat for the crime drama TRIPLE NINE, about a group of cops who plan a big heist during which one of them will have to be shot for it to look real.
Josh Hartnett will reunite with Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan for the thriller TOMORROW, about a guy who travels back and forth through time to prevent his family from being murdered.
Steve Buscemi, Elisabeth Moss, Terrence Howard, Alice Braga and Tom Sturridge have all joined the cast of ON THE ROAD, based on the Jack Kerouac classic. The film is currently shooting with Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley starring alongside Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan will star in the action thriller THE COURIER, about a man hired to deliver a briefcase to an impossible-to-find mob boss. Director Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) starts filming next month in New Orleans.
Benedict Cumberbatch has joined Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Michael Fassbender and Ralph Fiennes in the cast of TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, Tomas Alfredson's film of John Le Carre's Cold War-set bestseller. The script is by Peter Morgan.
Kristen Bell will star in the black comedy DANCE OF THE MIRLITONS, about a woman trying to make her slightly overweight daughter into a ballet star. Evan Greenberg is writing and directing.
And it's official: Rooney Mara (Youth in Revolt) has landed the role as Lisbeth Salander opposite Daniel Craig in the English-language remake of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, the first part in Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. Director David Fincher is shooting the remake in Sweden.
Sean Penn and Frances McDormand will star in the drama THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, about a veteran rocker chasing the Nazi officer who tortured his father. Eve Hewson (The 27 Club) costars in the film, which is being directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
Ethan Hawke will star in the romantic drama A LATE QUARTET, about four musicians who have to adjust to the fact than one of the group is retiring. Hawke's character is a married violinist who has a fling with his jogging partner.
Cillian Murphy may join Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake in I'M.MORTAL, a futuristic thriller about a society in which people stop ageing at 25 but can buy extra time if they can afford it. Writer-director Andrew Niccol starts filming next month.
Meanwhile, Thandie Newton and Jamie Bell will join Murphy in the thriller THE RETREAT, about a couple on an island holiday who learn that the mainland population has been killed by a virus. Filming starts next month in Wales.
Channing Tatum will star in THE CONTORTIONIST'S HANDBOOK, based on Craig Clevenger's novel about a forger who continually changes identities until his past starts to catch up with him.
Gerard Butler may star in SLIDE, about a guy with a shady past who takes on the job as coach of his son's football team. Gabriele Muccino may direct from a script by Robbie Fox (So I Married an Axe Murderer).
Jesse Spencer, Wilmer Valderrama and Columbus Short will team up for the noir drama THE GIRL IS IN TROUBLE, set around a murder mystery in New York. Filming starts next week.
Riley Keough (The Runaways), Teresa Palmer (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), Zoe Kravitz (Twelve) and Adelaide Clemens (Wolverine) may join Tom Hardy in FURY ROAD, George Miller's reboot of the Mad Max franchise. Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult costar.
Director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and writer Steven Conrad (The Pursuit of Happyness) are teaming up to make a biopic about actor-comedian JOHN BELUSHI, who died from a drug overdose at age 33.
And Sylvester Stallone says that he has a "radical" idea THE EXPENDABLES 2 and hopes to reunite his muscle-head cast for another adventure.
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