
One rising Irish actor is being replaced by a British one as Tom Hardy ("Inception," "Bronson") has stepped into the role of Ricky Tarr in the new film adaptation of John le Carre's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" for Working Title reports The Daily Mail.
Set in the mid-70's during the height of the...

Both James McAvoy and Tom Cruise are said to be in contention for the lead role in Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novella "At the Mountains of Madness" reports Collider.
Apparently McAvoy has emerged as Universal's top choice, whereas del Toro wants Tom Cruise. Either would ...

Jamie Bell has joined the cast of the crime drama "Man on a Ledge" for Summit Entertainment reports Deadline.
Aussie spunk Sam Worthington plays a cop falsely imprisoned who escapes after being let out for his father's funeral and stands on a hotel ledge threatening suicide.
Bell plays his brother...

M. Night Shyamalan has revealed that the third film in his "Night Chronicles" horror anthology film series will cannibalise elements from the early script work he did for an "Unbreakable" sequel reports MTV News.
Out doing promotion for "Devil", Shyamalan says "I cannibalized the idea for the sequ...

Liam Neeson is in negotiations to reteam with his "The A-Team" director Joe Carnahan for survival drama "The Grey" for Inferno Entertainment and Scott Free reports Heat Vision.
Neeson will play the lead of an oil drilling team who find themselves struggling to survive in the Alaskan wild after thei...

Emma Bell ("Frozen," "The Walking Dead") has scored the lead role in horror sequel "Final Destination 5" according to Arrow In the Head.
The major disaster kicking off proceedings is a suspension bridge collapse in this outing. The actress joins a cast that includes Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, ...

Having tackled L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" and Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" with 2007's "Tin Man" and 2009s' "Alice", Syfy and writer/director Nick Willing are teaming for a third time on another mini-series adaptation of a literary classic - this time J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan".
Ent...

"The Tudors" star Jonathan Rhys-Meyers has joined the cast of the French romantic drama "Belle Du Seigneur" reports Deadline.
Based on Albert Cohen’s bestselling novel, Meyers will play a Jewish diplomat who gets into a passionate affair with a married Swiss woman (Russian supermodel Natalia Vodi...

John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy, Brady Corbet and Elizabeth Olsen will star in the indie drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene" for BorderLine Films reports TheWrap.
The story follows a young woman who goes to live with her older sister after escaping from a cult. Hawkes will play the cult leader...

Bleeding Cool reports that Chin Han ("The Dark Knight") and Hong Kong actress Josie Ho ("Exiled," "Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li") have joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh's pandemic thriller "Contagion".
Ho would play the sister of Patient Zero, the first diagnosed case who is a casino worker...