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Dwayne Johnson will star in The Tooth Fairy for 20th Century Fox.
The comedy will cast Johnson as an ordinary man who is brought in to try to save the tooth fairy kingdom. Michael Lembeck will direct. Lembeck directed the last 2 movies in the
similarly-themed Santa Clause movies starring Tim Allen. Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel and Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia wrote the
movie which is scheduled to begin in August.
Johnson is currently filming Disney's Witch Mountain. He appears this summer in Get Smart starring Steve
Carell.
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Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys have joined the cast of "The Best Time of Our Lives" starring Lindsay Lohan and
Keira Knightley.
The movie chronicles the relationships among Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Rhys), his wife Caitlin (Lohan), his childhood friend Vera Phillips (Knightley) and her eventual husband William Killick
(Murphy). John Maybury will direct from a script by Sharman Macdonald. Shooting is set to begin in May in Wales.
Rhys co-stars on TV's " Brother & Sisters". He next appears in " Virgin Territory" with Hayden Christensen and Mischa Barton. Murphy appears later this year in Danny Boyle's " Sunshine".
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Stanley Tucci, John Turturro and Kristen Stewart will co-star in Barry Levinson's upcoming Hollywood comedy "What Just
Happened?" starring Robert De Niro says The Hollywood Reporter.
"Happened" centers on a desperate movie producer trying to survive the treachery of Hollywood and a broken second marriage while struggling to maintain a shred of dignity.
Tucci will play a screenwriter, Turturro will portray a Hollywood agent, and Stewart will take on the role of the daughter to De Niro's character. Bruce Willis and Sean
Penn also will be featured in small roles, playing themselves.
Art Linson penned the screenplay. Principal photography is set to begin March 22nd in Los Angeles.
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Following
up her controversial rape victim role in "Hounddog," Dakota Fanning is now set to appear alongside her sister Elle Fanning as disabled twins in Arvin Brown's
true-life drama "Hurricane Mary" reports Variety.
It follows the true story of an Irish-American mother (Patricia Clarkson) who fought a long battle for the rights of her handicapped yet gifted daughters to have a public school
education.
Chris Cooper, William H. Macy, Laura San Giacomo and Jordi Molla also star in the Marianne Leone-penned script.
Production is scheduled for September in New York.
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Julia Roberts and Carrie-Anne Moss have signed on, whilst Emily Watson and Ryan Reynolds are in negotiations to join
ensemble drama "Fireflies in the Garden" for Senator Entertainment.
Written and directed by first-time helmer Dennis Lee, the story is loosely based on Lee's life and explores the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced
by an unexpected tragedy.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in March in Austin.
 Sent on: 09.02.2007 @ 19:54:44, author: Šrimfy, source: Dark Horizons, comments: 0 | |
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Actor
Mark Wahlberg has spoken out about the rife rumours in regards to two potential sequels to his current hit "The Departed".
The actor told Empire Online that for the second one "They're talking about bringing in De Niro to play a senator or a congressman....You know, the corruption obviously going
deeper and higher up the ranks -- reaching up the political chain. So it'll be fun."
As for a third? "If it's a success, they're gonna do a prequel and bring everyone back....make it a trilogy". Scribe William Monahan is currently at work on the script and
talk of a start of production date could be as early as December.
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SNL star
Kristen Wiig ("The Brothers Solomon", "Knocked Up") is in final negotiations to co-star opposite John C. Reilly and Jenna Fischer in Columbia
Pictures' comedy "Walk Hard" for producer Judd Apatow says The Hollywood Reporter.
Directed by Jake Kasdan from a script by Apatow and Kasdan, the film centers on a singer (Reilly) who overcomes adversity to become a musical legend. Wiig will play the role of
Edith, wife of Reilly's character.
The film is scheduled to start shooting this month in Los Angeles.
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New Line has signed
music mogul Dr. Dre to a multiyear feature producing deal. Dre plans to focus first on developing dark comedies for the mini-major before moving into other areas...
"24-year-old Stomp the Yard and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" star Columbus Short tells MTV that he is in talks for the Denzel Washington-directed The Great
Debaters. The film is based on a true story about an all-black high school debate team rising up to challenge Harvard's best in 1935. Short would play one of the students on the
team..."
Walt Disney Pictures has announced that Warwick Davis has been cast as Nikabrik, the Black Dwarf in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Davis adds "Narnia" to an impressive
list of fantasy-adventure films, including roles in the "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter" movies.
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Winona Ryder will play the female lead opposite Wes Bentley and Ray Romano in Geoffrey Haley's offbeat romantic dramadey
"The Last Word" reports Production Weekly.
Haley will direct his own script about a reclusive writer played by Bentley, who makes his living composing other people's suicide notes.
His life gets turned upside down after he embarks on a tumultuous romance with Ryder, the sister of a recently deceased client.
Filming is set commence later this month in Los Angeles.
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Adam Shankman ("Bringing Down the House", "The Pacifier") has signed on to direct Disney Pictures new family fantasy film "Bedtime Story" reports Reuters.
The story centers on a harried architect whose his life is turned upside down when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to come true.
Matt Lopez penned the script and production will start in August.
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