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– “High School Musical” beauty Vanessa Hudgens is rumoured to be in the running to play (snigger) “Spider-Woman” in a big-screen version of the Marvel comic. “The idea is for this to be a fun, comedic movie and Vanessa is perfect for the title role”, it’s reported, and that “Spider Woman is strong and sexy but in this case hilarious. Vanessa is apparently very interested in the idea.” Take it with a grain of salt [More…].
– Chris Pine and Seth Rogen are being courted to star in the long-gestating “This Mean’s War”, the romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon as a young woman who two best friends (Pine, Rogen) fight for.Bradley Coooper was originally in talks to star in the McG-directed comedy, but dropped out due to “Hangover 2” commitments [More…].
– Looks like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s back in action-mode indefinitely. The wrestler cum actor, whose next film is the gritty actioner (his first in quite some time) “Faster”, is set to headline the “Taken”-esque action thriller “Protection”. The film, originally a Clive Owen-vehicle, tells of an ex Special Forces solider on a mission to rescue a judge’s 21 year old daughter from Mexican drug-cartel [More…].
– Gary Oldman, Julie Christie and Max [son of Jeremy] Irons have joined the cast of Amanda Seyfried-starrer “The Girl With The Red Riding Hood”. The film, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, is a gothic retelling of the “Red Riding Hood” tale with a teenage love triangle at its core [More…].
– Jack Nicholson is circling “LasT Vegas”, a comedy best described as “The Hangover meets Grumpy Old Men”. Written by Dan Fogelman (“Cars”, “Bolt”). It “follows four estranged male childhood friends from the fifties who reunite in Vegas to finally marry off Billy, the lifelong unmarried playboy of the group, who – fittingly – might be played by Nicholson.” [More…]
