Here is the latest in Movie News, Movie Casting, Movie Rumors from the last week in the Film Industry

It gets no better than a sequel to hallowed film Twins with Triplets in the works. The original starred obvious twins Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Twins sequel Triplets will have an even more obvious third sibling, Eddie Murphy. Hilarity will ensue.

The Captain America sequel has a shortlist of directors who are in line to helm the potential hit. The finalists include: George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau), F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job), and Anthony and Joseph Russo (Welcome to Collinwood).

Grown Ups 2, another sequel to a comedy “hit”…Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups, adds Project X actor Oliver Cooper to the cast. Yawn.

Ben Affleck will star in political film Nathan Decker. This was a role that originally had Tom Cruise attached. Affleck will play a rising politico star whose career tumbles after news of an affair breaks.

Will Ferrell announces an Anchorman sequel on Conan O’Brien show. Anchorman 2 would be a sequel to what is probably the actors most beloved film.

The creator of AMC’s adored “Mad Men” will direct an Owen Wilson and Zack Galifiniakis romantic comedy called You Are Here. I don’t think it is to be confused with the seminal Are We There Yet? with Ice Cube, but you never know.

Here is the latest in Movie News, Movie Casting, Movie Rumors from the last week in the Film Industry

Jurassic Park 3D is coming to theaters next year. This continues what will undoubtedly be a trend of older films being rereleased with the new technology, despite not being shot in the native format. See Titanic 3D for more.

The sexy Jessica Biel joins Scarlett Johannson and Anthony Hopkins for upcoming self-explanatory titled film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho.

Director Darren Aronofsky will begin shooting Noah in July with Russell Crowe set to star as the fabled ark owner. Aronofsky also wrote the film, which should be cool to see with him putting a unique spin on the classic tale.

In comedy news, there is Hell Baby, a film about a demonic baby in the womb of star Leslie Bibb and husband Rob Corddry. Sounds like a hoot.

Comedians Kevin Hart and Seth Rogen are set to star in a buddy cop film about “the first (fictional) interracial police partners, who infiltrate the post-World War II jazz scene to investigate a drug ring,” Great.

Chronicle director Josh Trank is on board to helm video game and graphic novel adaptation The Red Star at Warner Bros. While you’re hot, you gotta cash in.

Here is the latest in Movie News, Movie Casting, Movie Rumors from the last week in the Film Industry

And just like that, Project X and Journey to the Center of the Earth are getting sequels. No brainer on the first I assume, but the latter will be on it’s thirs leg now.

Jake Gyllenhaal is set to replace Dominic Cooper in Motor City, directed by Albert Hughes. The revenge flick cast already includes Gary Oldman and Amber Heard.

To add another potential thorn in Netflix’s side David Fincher, who is set to direct the first two episodes of House of Cards, which Netflix ordered 26 total episodes of in their attempted move into the content business, is pissed and ready to walk over $$.

Emma Watson gets Judd Apatow’s wife Leslie Mann added to the cast for Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring. The film is about a gang of thieves who rob the Beverly Hills elite (me!) to gain fame.

Canada is giving Bully a PG rating, even though MPAA has it rated R in the U.S.A. Recently, 200,00 signatures from U.S. citizens were given to the MPAA to change the rating. This batttle still doesn’t sound like it’s over.

Forest Whitaker will play the titular role in The Butler, directed by Lee Daniels, who helmed Precious. Oprah is also rumored to be interested in a role about the White House butler.

In older news, Jason Statham will star in Brian DePalma’s Heat, a remake of the ’86 film, not Michael Mann’s beloved classic.

Here is the latest in Movie News, Movie Casting, Movie Rumors from the last week in the Film Industry

Dennis Quaid and Jennifer Aniston have been added to the cast in Elmore Leonard novel adaptation Switch. Switch features characters from other Leonard books and novels, most notably from Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. I hope this is more Out of Sight and Jackie Brown than Killshot.

Josh Duhamel says none of the key actors will be returning for the reboot of the Transformers movie franchise. Oh, Transformers 4 will – so – suck then.

Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep are attached to the movie August: Osage County from The Company Men helmer John Wells. The duo would play a mother-daughter combo for the Weinstein production.

Wrath of the Titans director Jonathan Liebesman is in talks to direct a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. This has disaster written all over it if it happens. The reboot more than the director attached, that is.

Finally, Angelina Jolie is set to return to the screen as an actress after a 2-year break in Disney’s Maleficient. Avatar production designer Robert Stromberg is set to direct.

Movie Rumors: Superman Movie Female Lead Role of Lois Lane Includes Hot Actresses

Now that the starring role in the new Superman project by Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan has been cast, with Henry Cavill, it’s time for producers to turn to the main female role of Lois Lane. We last saw her embodied by Kate Bosworth in the 2006 film Superman Returns. Recent roles in high profile comic book films have been filled by Anne Hathaway as Catwoman for The Dark Knight Rises (who was one of the names popping up for this role) and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy in the new Spider-Man movie.

The nominees according to several reports including RopeOfSilicon‘s for Lois Lane are: Olivia Wilde, Jessica Biel, Malin Akerman, Rachel McAdams and Dianna Agron of TV’s “Glee”.  These all have supposedly read for the role already.  One strong movie rumor suggests that Biel is the clear lead and an announcement could come within a week. Other names mentioned in conjunction with the role are Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.  Rumors say that Twlight‘s Kristen Stewart has declined an interest in the part.

I suppose that Biel would be one of the top choices here but I also suspect McAdams will get strong consideration with Kunis an outside shot as well, depending on how they test with Cavill. A bigger name makes sense with an unknown star in the lead role, so I suspect it will come down to one of those three. I wouldn’t be surprised if McAdams gets the gig as her stock seems slightly higher than Biel’s. Thoughts?

In the latest weekly movie news and movie rumors round-up from the world of film, there are some big projects to get you caught up on. First off, Martin Sheen has been cast in the new Spider-Man. He will play Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben. Also added to the cast is veteran star Sally Field. She will play Aunt May. These roles will have more familiar faces in them then the original film did, so that’s a start.

Channing Tatum is reportedly on top of the list to co-star opposite Jonah Hill for the upcoming 21 Jump Street. In another remake of an 80′s hit TV series, the studio feels that the two stars are young enough and have enough chemistry to match up well on screen. They make it sound as if they were casting a romantic comedy. Hmmm…

There is a rumor that Clash of the Titans sequel Wrath of the Titans will have Javier Bardem and James Franco in lead roles in the film. Bardem would play Ares and Franco Agenor. I like Bardem a lot, but he’s challenging enough to understand without him going to some sort of God-like accent.

Apparently the initial reports of Jeremy Renner playing Snake Plissken in the Escape from New York remake were found to be untrue. Sometimes this happens. Before we can even report the rumor to you, its already been debunked. That’s the Internet and movie news stream for you.

Elizabeth Banks, who is in the soon to be released The Next Three Days opposite Russell Crowe, has supposedly been offered the lead role in Alex Kurtzman’s Welcome to the People opposite Chris Pine. Pine can be seen in theaters starting tomorrow opposite Denzel Washington in Unstoppable. Denzel was seen in Training Day…okay, I was just playing the seven degrees of separation thing there.

Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau is set to helm Magic Kingdom for Disney. The film will be set at Disneyland from what I gather, but not too much else on the info front for this is readily available.

Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert DeNiro are set to join the cast of New Year’s Eve. That film is based on the same concept of Valentine’s Day from a year ago. A bunch of people will be involved in cluding Abigail Breslin, Ashton Kutcher, and HIlary Swank. Romantic comedies, so heartwarming.

R.I.P. to Dino DeLaurentiis. The infamous Serpico producer has passed away at the age of 91. He was a legend whom the industry will miss.

Former Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen heart-throb Megan Fox has been added to the comedy Friends with Kids. She is joining a troupe that already includes The Town co-star Jon Hamm, SNL’s Kristen Wiig, and Adam Scott.  The comedy is written, directed by and starring Jennifer Westfeldt, according to THR.

Friends with Kids is about a couple in their 30′s who notice that having kids has enacted an enormous toll on their friends relationship and vow to have kids and see other people, so as to spare them the toll of the kids.  Makes sense, I suppose.  Scott and Wiig, play one couple, Westfeldt and her real-life beau Hamm, another.  Fox will be a chick that Scott ends up dating (post kid, I presume).

Westfeldt has come a long way since the indie-hit Kissing Jessica Stein in 2001.  Peace.

The once beloved comedian Eddie Murphy has seen his star fall on harder times in recent years. The news from Deadline that he is joining Ben Stiller in the upcoming film Tower Heist, is a possible sign that he is trying to resurrect his career the right way.

Tower Heist as it is now known – it is no longer known as Trump Heist, when it was to feature an Ocean’s Eleven-style heist in Donald’s famous Trump Towers – is going to be directed by Rush Hour helmer Brett Ratner.  Ben Stiller was already on board as a maintenance worker in the tower whose intimate knowledge of the building helps a group of disgruntled and defrauded employees who were scammed out of their money the Bernie Madoff way.  The employees want to stick it to the culprit (Alan Alda) who is living large under house arrest.  Hence, the heist portion of the title.  Sounds pretty good so far.

Murphy will undoubtedly play one of the employees (presumably the lead), who heads up the plot to rip the big wig off.  He once dabbled in the corporate world years ago in the stellar Trading Places.  With Murphy and Stiller on board, I would expect some laughs, ala Rush Hour and Ocean’s Eleven.  Could be an intriguing mix for this one and should lead to further named actors coming on board (a hunch).  The bigger question to me though is will Eddie Murphy be able to recapture the promise of his young career? Is it far too late to do so?  Chime in with your thoughts.

The sci-fi film that has been bouncing around Hollywood the last few months has found a new lead in The Blind Side, Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock.  After the role had been reportedly offered to Angelina Jolie (twice) and was most recently offered to Natalie Portman, Bullock has stepped in where the others have failed to cash in as she is in negotiations to star in the challenging lead role in Gravity.

THR reports that this should be the first project for Bullock to take on, post break-up and post-Oscar. Alfonso Cuaron is set to direct the piece which has been described as a Cast Away-type role for a female lead, lost in space.  Cuaron’s Children of Men has been among the movies that former writers for this site have loved.  Robert Downey Jr., is already on board to co-star, so the project definitely offers one of the hotter roles in town for a woman.

Sandy is an interesting choice, a step up above Portman in my estimation, who I really didn’t think could handle the role. Bullock will have her hands full as well, but is no doubt eager to attempt the challenge.  I certainly could have seen Jolie pulling it off, but her star-wattage could have potentially gotten in the way.  Looking forward to see how this one continues to shape up. Hit me with your thoughts on Bullock’s casting.

Easy A star Emma Stone is breaking out quickly.  She has been cast as the female lead in the upcoming Spider-Man movie reboot, which already is starring Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as Peter Parker.  The fact that Stone has been cast is not entirely surprising considering recent speculation, but her role is a bit of a surprise. She will not be stepping into the role vacated be Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson but instead she will be playing Gwen Stacy.

What makes matters even more intriguing is that Stone, whom we’ve regularly seen sporting red hair in roles like Zombieland, is a natural blonde, which is what she will be wearing for the role of Stacy who is blonde as well.  HVB drops a few other gems in their write-up, mostly praising the chemistry between Stone and Garfield, but also noting that it is larfely rumored that Mary Jane will not be making an appearance in the first film of the franchise reboot and that Philip Seymour Hoffman is on the short list to play the Green Goblin.

I find the news refreshing overall.  I’m not a big fan of the original franchise and even more bothered by the idea of an almost immediate reboot. However, the recasting, the addition of the talented and charismatic Stone, the fact that her character is different from Watson are all positive signs. Add in Hoffman and you really have some potential to take things in a better direction than the original. Garfield is a tall Parker/Spider-Man though, so I hope they won’t be too awkward when he and Stone appear on-screen together. The movie is set to hit theaters on July 3rd, 2012, so don’t get too excited for the project yet.