Newlywed True Blood star Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell — whose acting credits include turns on Veronica Mars and Heroes — have been tapped to make cameo appearances in Wes Craven’s slasher sequel Scream 4, currently shooting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA TODAY said this week.
Producers of the hit box office franchise Twilight may abandon plans to shoot scenes for the series finale Breaking Dawn in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro after a deadly shootout there last weekend between police and a gang who took hostages in an upscale boutique hotel.
The two-part, Bill Condon-directed epic was set to film in Brazil, the setting of Edward and Bella’s honeymoon in the book, but after a situation in a Rio hotel in which gang bangers took 35 hostages, mostly foreign tourists, has the Twilight crew is getting cold feet.
Dustin Hoffman will reprise his role in the third installment of the Meet the Parents franchise, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed.
Mrs. Cruise is being courted to play pseudo-Mrs. Sandler: Katie Holmes is in talks to portray an unwelcome-house-guest alongside Adam Sandler and Al Pacino in a new comedy called Jack & Jill, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday.
Sandler will play both sibilings Jack and Jill in the film — the latter who refuses to leave after a visiting her family for Thanksgiving. Screen legend Pacino will appear as himself. The casting marks Holmes’ first major film role since the 2007 flop Mad Money.
What a busy year it’s been for studious screen stud James Franco. Not only is the heating up the silver screen in the new chick flick Eat, Pray, Love, you simply must take a peek at the first trailer for 127 Hours. The Danny Boyle-directed “Snatched from the Headlines” drama features Franco as Aron Ralston.
In 2003, the mountain climber found himself trapped against a canyon wall with his right arm pinned under a dislodged boulder. About five days later (127 hours, to be exact), Ralston made the tough decision to amputate his own arm with a dull knife.