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johnny-depp-cigarette.jpgJohnny Depp is deep in talks to star opposite Angelina Jolie in the film The Tourist. In the film, Depp would play an American tourist drawn into a web of intrigue by a female Interpol agent (Jolie) who is attempting to locate a criminal who was once her lover.

No director is attached to the film as yet, but the word on the street is that Children of Men helmer Alfonso Cuaron is being lined up to step behind the camera.

Graham King will produce the film with Tim Headington, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Jonathan Glickman. Julian Fellowes penned the original script; Christopher McQuarrie and Jeffrey Nachmanoff did rewrites, according to Variety.

Danny Boyle to direct 127 Hours

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danny-boyle.jpgSlumdog Millionaire helmer Danny Boyle will next direct 127 Hours for Fox Searchlight. The Brit director will hold the reigns for the flick, which tells the story of mountaineer Aron Ralston.

Variety reports:

After his right forearm got pinned for nearly five days under a boulder during a climb in Utah in May, 2003, Ralston used a dull knife to amputate the limb. He then scaled a 65-foot sheer wall and hiked out before running into a family that gave him water and food. He was finally rescued by helicopter.

Shooting kicks off next year for a late 2010 release (supposedly for an awards season push).
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Natalie Portman has branded her lesbian sex scene "extreme".

The 28-year-old actress - who has previously admitted she would consider embarking on a same-sex romance - insists there is nothing sexually compelling about the romp with Mila Kunis in new movie 'Black Swan'.

She said: "It's not raunchy - it's extreme".

The former child star - whose first big-screen role was in 'Leon' aged 13 - previously refused to strip-off the camera because she hadn't worked out her own sexual preferences.

Sandra Bullock's bottom success

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Sandra Bullock thinks baring her bottom made her last film a hit.

'The Proposal' star said she is glad she stripped off for the romantic comedy - in which she starred opposite Ryan Reynolds - because the nude scenes were what helped make it a success.

Speaking about why the movie did well at the box office, Sandra, 45, said: "We had all the right people, the right elements in the right place. But to be honest I think nudity had a great deal to do with it. People liked it."

Kevin Williamson talks up Scream 4

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scream-movie.jpgHorror supremo Kevin Williamson has revealed his plans for 'Scream 4'.

The 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' writer plans to introduce enough new characters in the next film to last him through 'Scream 5' and 'Scream 6', which he also hopes to make.

Kevin said: "The fourth one is an ensemble. It'll take place right now, 10 years later, and it's going to take place in character Sidney Prescott's hometown of Woodsboro. The film will star husband and wife team David Arquette and Courteney Cox, who have starred in the first three films in the series.
resident-evil-900.jpgMilla Jovovich is worried she'll catch hypothermia on the set of 'Resident Evil Afterlife'.

The Ukranian born model turned actress told how she's been feeling the elements while filming scenes for the new film, with sees Milla return as Alice, joined by co-stars Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller, in Canada.

She wrote on her twitter blog: "Wow, just finished a scene with Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller on a skiff approaching the huge ship. To say it's cold is a joke. A bitter joke.

bradley-cooper-2.jpgBradley Cooper wanted to be in 'The A-Team' so he could beat people up.

The actor said he was looking forward to playing the character Face in the action film, and getting to dish out beatings, rather than being on the receiving end, as he did as character Will Tippin in US series 'Alias'.

He said: "In 'Alias', I wasn't the action guy. I got the s**t beat out of me, got tortured a lot, lost teeth, became a heroin addict, and left after the second season. I was never on the giving end of it. But in The A-Team, I get that chance."
sigourney-weavere.jpgSigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat have joined Ed Helms and Anne Heche in director Miguel Arteta's Cedar Rapids. The film is set up at Fox Searchlight.

In the film, Helm plays a sad-sack insurance agent who goes to an industry convention to try and save the jobs of his colleagues.

Weaver plays Helms' former seventh-grade teacher, according to the trade Variety. Phil Johnston wrote the script for the film which is already shooting.
helen-mirren-1030099.jpgHelen Mirren will star opposite Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in the thriller Red, according to Variety.

The film, housed over at Summit Entertaiment, is based on the WildStorm/ DC comic book of the same name.

The three-book series, published in 2003 and 2004, follows a former black-ops CIA agent who lives a quiet life in retirement until the day a high-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him.

Chuck Russell's Arabian Nights... In 3D!

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arabian-nights.jpgChuck Russell, he who brought films like The Mask and Eraser to the screen is set to direct a new 3-D version of the classic Arabian Nights story for cinemas.

Variety reports that in a new spin on the classic, the story follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers. The budget for the film is set at around $70 million.

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