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[i][url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999947.html?categoryid=13&cs=1]Variety[/url][/i] wrote:Woody Allen has set Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins to star in the film he wrote and will shoot in London this summer.

Brolin and Hopkins are the first in an ensemble cast. As usual, Allen is keeping title and plot under wraps.

The film will be financed by Spain-based Mediapro, which provided coin for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Letty Aronson and Steve Tenenbaum are producing.

There is no domestic distributor yet on Allen's upcoming film. He made a recent deal with Sony Pictures Classics for U.S. distribution on "Whatever Works," a comedy that will likely be distributed this summer.

Brolin, Oscar-nominated for "Milk," is next booked to star in the title role in "Jonah Hex," a live-action adaptation of the DC Comics series for Warner Bros. He previously worked with Allen on 2004's "Melinda and Melinda."

Hopkins recently completed "The Wolf Man" for Universal.

Robotron wrote:Supposedly, Cronenberg is currently adapting a Robert Ludlum novel with Denzel Washington and potentially Tom Cruise attached.

Tom Cruise Targets Denzel Washington
Gina Serpe Gina Serpe Wed Feb 11, 4:20 pm ET

Los Angeles (E! Online) – There are big-screen pairings and then there are Big-Screen Pairings. Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington definitely fall into the latter.

The Hollywood heavyweights will join their considerable forces for an action-packed adaptation of The Matarese Circle, a spy-vs.-spy thriller based on the novel by Robert "Bourne Identity" Ludlum.

According to both the Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Cruise is in final negotiations to join Washington in the would-be blockbuster, which David Cronenberg will direct. Should all go according to box-office plan, the film may develop into a franchise.

The story follows Russian spy Vasili Taleniekov (Cruise; let's hope no accents are required) and American intelligence agent Brandon Scofield (Washington), two mortal enemies who have spent decades attempting to off each other. The distrustful duo are eventually forced to team up after they find themselves deep into the crosshairs of a political conspiracy devised by a shadowy group known as the Matarese.

Washington has been attached to the globe-trotting action flick since last spring, and production is expected to begin later this year.

MGM is looking to release the film sometime in 2010.

exte wrote:People keep saying that Aronofsky is the next Kubrick, but it seems that Nolan is pretty damn smart (along with his brother) and WB seems to have picked up on that... I bet it will be Nolan's home for a long time, like Eastwood, and Aronofsky will continue to struggle from project to project.

exte wrote:Los Angeles (E! Online) – There are big-screen pairings and then there are Big-Screen Pairings. Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington definitely fall into the latter.

The Hollywood heavyweights will join their considerable forces for an action-packed adaptation of The Matarese Circle, a spy-vs.-spy thriller based on the novel by Robert "Bourne Identity" Ludlum.

According to both the Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Cruise is in final negotiations to join Washington in the would-be blockbuster, which David Cronenberg will direct. Should all go according to box-office plan, the film may develop into a franchise.

The story follows Russian spy Vasili Taleniekov (Cruise; let's hope no accents are required) and American intelligence agent Brandon Scofield (Washington), two mortal enemies who have spent decades attempting to off each other. The distrustful duo are eventually forced to team up after they find themselves deep into the crosshairs of a political conspiracy devised by a shadowy group known as the Matarese.

Washington has been attached to the globe-trotting action flick since last spring, and production is expected to begin later this year.

MGM is looking to release the film sometime in 2010.

exte wrote:People keep saying that Aronofsky is the next Kubrick, but it seems that Nolan is pretty damn smart (along with his brother) and WB seems to have picked up on that... I bet it will be Nolan's home for a long time, like Eastwood, and Aronofsky will continue to struggle from project to project.

flyonthewall2983 wrote: it's quite remarkable how his style has changed.

EW.com wrote:Kevin James to star in 'The Zookeeper'
Feb 12, 2009, 10:22 PM | by Nicole Sperling

Now that Kevin James (Paul Blart: Mall Cop) has been declared the new every man, it's of little surprise that he's turning his attention from the shopping mall to the zoo in MGM's upcoming film The Zookeeper. James will star and Frank Coraci (Click, The Wedding Singer) will direct this comedy about a zoo caretaker who gets along better with the animals in his charge than with any humans. Adam Sandler's Happy Madison is producing along with Todd Garner's Broken Road Productions. Walt Becker (Wild Hogs) used to be attached to the project but is now doing Wild Hogs 2. Coraci is a longtime collaborator with Sandler, also working with him on The Waterboy. James, who starred with Sandler in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, just signed on to do another untitled Sandler comedy at Sony.

chaddoli wrote:Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison (which are movies).

I like Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison.

chaddoli wrote:Don't know if you were joking or not, but Happy Madison is not an unfortunately named person, but Sandler's production company, which derived its name from Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison (which are movies).

knives wrote:Not sure if this has been covered

Alice in Wonderland........With machine Guns!
Snyder is just a glorified Bay after all

Zack Snyder wrote:Cause I really feel like I've never really had the opportunity to make an action movie you know, I mean 300 is action-y but not like I could be, you know, with no rules and machine guns and just everything.

Zack Snyder wrote:I think we're looking at, like, what I would consider a lot of great, really great girls. Because it's all girls so it's like, yeah.