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Paul W.S. Anderson has signed on to direct an apocalyptic disaster movie entitled Pompeii . That’s ‘disaster’ as in the genre, not the end result. The Resident Evil guru presumably got the gig as a second choice to Roland Emmerich, the latter having stepped away from big budget end-of-worlders for …

Bryan Cranston has signed on to co-star in Adam Shankman’s big screen adaptation of stage musical Rock Of Ages . The actor, who’s best known for bringing the funny in Malcolm In The Middle and kicking serious booty in Breaking Bad , will play LA’s mayor in the film. Hairspray …

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will give his thesping muscles a stretch in a planned biopic of country music star Charley Pride. He’ll star as Pride in a forthcoming biopic, which he’s also producing. Suggesting there could be more to Johnson’s screen capabilities than high-octane actioners ( Fast Five , Faster …

Dead Mans Shoes (2004) The Soldier: Richard Up Against: A collection of thugs who spent their time bullying Richard’s mentally handicapped brother when they were younger. The Awesome: We like our anti-heroes dark, and Richard is so dark he’s practically made out of shadows. An almost monster-like avenger who’ll do …

Arnie wasn’t kidding when he said he’d be back; the Austrian Oak has just signed on to make another Terminator movie. With his tenure as ‘Governator’ of California over, speculation has been rife over which project Arnie would choose to head back to the movies with. Now, Deadline confirms that …

We’re less than two months away from seeing Ryan Reynolds in action as Green Lantern , but only if his suit is ready in time. Warner Brothers has poneyed-up a last minute extra $9 million to ‘fix’ the visual FX – specifically, the entirely CGI Green Lantern suit. The VFX …

Continuity fans rejoice: Ian Holm will reprise his role as the older Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit . It’s also pleasing news for those who were gutted that Sir Ian wouldn’t be digitally de-aged (a la Jeff Bridges in TRON: Legacy ) for the lead role. Peter Jackson announced the …

It’s time to call off the search, because Jeremy Renner has officially been offered the lead in the next Bourne film, The Bourne Legacy . After an exhaustive search by Universal Pictures for somebody capable of filling Matt Damon’s sizeable shoes in the fourth Bourne film, they appear to have …

The first image from Shark Night 3D has been revealed online. With a title like that, the new film from David R. Ellis ( Snakes on a Plane ) was never going to be a tough sell. The picture features star Sara Paxton (of The Last House on the Left …

Brad Bird has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about making the change from animation to live action for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol . In an interview to promote the Blu-ray release of The Incredibles (Region 1, sadly), Bird did answer a couple of questions about M:I 4 , as well …