Role Call: Who Got Hired in Hollywood?

Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, best known for her role in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and the Woody Allen comedy Mighty Aphrodite, has signed on for a recurring role on the CBS drama Stalker, Deadline reports.



Stalker stars Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott, and follows detectives who investigate stalking cases as part of the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD.



Sorvino, who recently starred in BBC America's sci-fi thriller Intruders and guest starred on the TNT action horror series Falling Skies, will play Vicki Gregg, an accomplished FBI agent who once ran the Threat Assessment Unit, and has come back to assist her former colleagues.

The celebrated Game of Thrones star has joined the cast of the upcoming Melissa McCarthy comedy Michelle Darnell, according to Variety.



The film, written by McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, and directed by Falcone, follows McCarthy's eponymous business mogul who goes to prison after being convicted of insider trading. Once released, she tries to restart her career and regain her former glory, but the people she wronged in the past are out to make sure she doesn't succeed.



The last film McCarthy and Falcone wrote and directed together was the 2014 comedy Tammy, which was also Falcone's directorial debut.



There's no word yet on what role Dinklage will play, but the film is set for release on Aug. 8, 2016.

The Giver's Katie Holmes has signed on to reprise her role as the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the upcoming miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot, according to THR.


ReelzChannel picked up the program, which is a sequel to the 2011 miniseries The Kennedys. The original series set a new viewership record for Reelz and earned itself four Emmy nominations.


It will air as a four one-hour episodes, and Holmes will not only be appearing again as Mrs. Kennedy, but will also be serving as a producer on the series, as well as director of one of the installments.


The series is based on the J. Randy Taraborrelli non-fiction novel After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present.


Production on the historical miniseries is scheduled to begin in Spring of 2015.

NeNe Leakes is Broadway bound!



The Real Housewives of Atlanta star has been cast to play the wicked stepmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella on Broadway, EW reports.



According to the news source, the Leakes will be taking over for the current stepmother, Sherri Shepherd, from November 25 to January 3, 2015.



Leakes will be playing opposite Keke Palmer, who stars as Cinderella.

Paging Geena Davis! The Oscar winner is heading to Grey's Anatomy to play the newest surgeon at Seattle Grace, Variety reports. No other details about Davis' role on the ABC hospital drama have been released but the show returns for season 11 in September 2014.

Jessica Biel will be facing off with Zooey Deschanel in season 4 of New Girl, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and her pals challenge one another to see who can get some at their last wedding of the season, and Justin Timberlake's wife is "playing an obstacle in Jess' mission to get lucky at the wedding."


New Girl returns to FOX on Sept. 16, 2014.

Looks like Alec Baldwin is running for mayor after all! The 30 Rock star is planning his return to TV to play a "Rob Ford-type Mayor of New York City," Deadline reports. For those unfamiliar with this name, Rob Ford is the Mayor of Toronto who started making headlines when he was caught on camera smoking what looked to be crack-- hence the nickname "Crack-smoking Mayor."

Sean Hayes has been cast as a series regular for The Millers' second season, Variety reports.



According to the news source, Hayes, 44, will play Kip Withers, the new best friend to Margo Martindale's character, Carol Miller. While Kip gets along with Carol, not as much can be said for her son Nathan (played by Will Arnett).



"After years of being a fan and hearing from others how wonderful he is to work with, I couldn't be more excited about Sean Hayes joining The Millers," Greg Garcia, series creator and executive producer, told Variety. "The thought of he and Margo Martindale as BFF's makes me smile every time I think about it. We're only just getting started, and writing this season's stories has been a blast."

The Millers second season premieres October 30 at 8:30 p.m. on CBS.

Taye Diggs is set to guest star on the sixth season of The Good Wife, Deadline reports.



In the upcoming season, Diggs will reportedly play an equity partner at Lockhart/Gardner named Dean Levine-Wilkins. Dean eventually joins Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) in teaming up with Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Cary's (Matt Czuchry) company, Florrick/Agos.



"We couldn't be more excited to have Taye on the show," The Good Wife executive producers/showrunners Robert and Michelle King said in today's announcement. "We've been huge fans for years, and love his ability to play comedy and drama with equal ease."

The Good Wife returns to CBS on September 21.

Relatively unknown actors Crystal Clarke and Pip Andersen are flying off to the Star Wars universe, according to Variety. The two actors, who have yet to appear in any major releases, will be taking on unspecified roles.


Anderson is best known for an incredible UK Sony commercial that features him showing off his parkour skills around London, while Clarke’s debut feature The Moon and The Sun is set for a 2015 release.


Principle photography for Episode VII is currently underway at Pinewood Studios in London and is helmed by Star Trek rebooter J.J. Abrams. The film is currently slated for a December 18, 2015 release.

After casting Kristoff and Anna for their Frozen storyline, Once Upon a Time saved the best for last, and now we know who will play Elsa.



According to The Hollywood Reporter, Australian actress Georgina Haig (Fringe) will play the Disney character for OUAT's fourth season.



Georgina joins Greek star Scott Michael Foster and newcomer Elizabeth Lail to play Frozen characters Kristoff and Anna, respectively.

So, we have good news and bad news. Bad news is Tina Fey is not working on a sequel to Bette Midler's 1993 comedy Hocus Pocus. The good news is that the comedienne is reportedly in talks with Disney to make a witchcraft-centered film.



According to Variety, Fey would produce and star in the currently untitled movie.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is returning to CBS. The Ghost Whisperer star has been confirmed as a series regular on Criminal Minds, Variety reports. The actress will play Kate Callahan, "a seasoned undercover agent whose work at the FBI has landed her a position within the Behavioral Analysis Unit." A new season of Criminal Minds premieres Oct. 1, 2014 on CBS.

Tom Hardy is reportedly set to reconnect with his Inception co-star Leonardo DiCaprio for the upcoming Western The Revenant.

Variety reports that Hardy has now fully committed to the role after being linked to the project for several weeks.



The film, reportedly shooting this fall, is based on the Michael Punke novel that follows a vengeful 1820s frontiersman on his path to make even with those who left him for dead after he was mauled by a bear.



Hardy, 36, last starred in the 2013 indie thriller, Locke.

Lindsay Lohan is entering new territory, making her stage debut in a London revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, according to The Hollywood Reporter.



The news source reports that the play will bow this fall at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End.



The original production debuted on Broadway in 1988, starring Madonna, Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver.



LiLo, 27, will be playing Madge's role as Karen, a temporary secretary to a Hollywood producer, who gets her project greenlit by derailing her boss's plan to make a blockbuster movie for an A-list star.



Lohan recently appeared in her own reality show, Lindsay. The embattled actress's last movie role was the 2013 thriller, The Canyons.

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is coming to Broadway!



The 25-year-old actor will debut on The Great White Way in the fall revival of Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play as young theater director Frank Finger, according to The Hollywood Reporter.



Grint joins cast members Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, F. Murray Abraham, Stockard Channing, Megan Mullally and Micah Stock in the production opening October 9 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa will play Aquaman in the highly anticipated Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Warner Bros. Film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Momoa will join Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in the Zack Snyder-directed film.

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters on May 6, 2016.

Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick – who is currently working on nine different films - will be lending her voice to DreamWorks' upcoming animated musical feature Trolls, according to Variety.



Kendrick is set to voice the relentlessly cheery Princess Poppy in the film, which based on the popular line of children's dolls that were big in the 1990s - the ones with the belly-button jewels and crazy, brightly-colored hair.




"Anna has proven herself to be a brilliant actress with an amazing singing voice. She'll inject Poppy with the exact mix of spirit, sass and song that will no doubt give a whole new life to the iconic Troll dolls," said director Mike Mitchell, in a press release. Mitchell's other directing efforts include the live action Sky High, Shrek Forever After, and Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.




Kendrick has received heaps of critical acclaim over the last few years for her work in movies like Up In The Air, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, 50/50 and Drinking Buddies.




However, this won't be the first animated film she's voiced a character for. In 2012, she provided the voice of cheerleader Courtney Babcock in the critically beloved Paranorman.




Trolls is currently scheduled to hit theaters November 4, 2016.

Shake It Up! star Zendaya Coleman has been tapped to portray Aaliyah in a new biopic of the late singer's short-lived career for Lifetime.



The 17-year-old Disney darling and platinum-selling recording artist is fresh off of a stint on Dancing with the Stars in which she became an instant favorite.



This will mark the first biopic for Aaliyah, who rose to fame as a pop star in the 90s before she died in a 2001 plane crash at 22 years old. The film will be based on Christopher Farley's bestselling biography Aaliyah: More Than a Woman.



Zendaya will record four of Aaliyah's songs for the movie, including many of her hit singles.

Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen is joining Orange is the New Black. The 60-something actress announced the news via Twitter, writing: "Very excited to go to my first wardrobe fitting of OITNB! Will I be in orange or black?"

Tom Hiddleston-- the handsome English thespian and beloved internet heartthrob who embodied the very essence of Loki in Marvel's Thor franchise and in The Avengers-- is going to be putting on his best American accent to play the iconic country western musician Hank Williams in the biopic I Saw The Light, according to Deadline.


The film is being written and directed by Marc Abraham, and is adapted from the Colin Escott-penned biography of Williams, which chronicles the singer's rise to fame, to his tragically early death at 29 from heart failure -- made worse by his use of pills and liquor. Production is slated to begin in October, and Hiddleston himself will be singing some of Williams' most classic tunes.

Jake Gyllenhaal will debut on Broadway this winter in Constellations, an experimental drama by British playwright Nick Payne, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The New York Times described the piece as being "about the limitless of physics and the enclosing limitations of human existence... Constellations is a superb play that gets into your head and under your skin with an immediacy that sometimes tickles and often hurts."



The production will reunite Gyllenhaal with his If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet director Michael Longhurst. If There Is had a run off-Broadway in 2012.

Sigourney Weaver will be returning for the Avatar sequels after all, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


Director James Cameron told the news source, "Her character of Grace Augustine, as fans know, died in the first movie, so she's playing a different and in many ways more challenging character in the upcoming films."


There are three sequels in the works for the 2009 blockbuster. The first is scheduled to be released in December 2016.

Naomi Watts has joined Lionsgate's Divergent franchise, having signed on to join the next three films in the series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In Insurgent, the first follow-up to Divergent, Watts will play Evelyn, leader of the Factionless. Franchise leads Shailene Woodley, Theo James and the rest of the original Divergent cast have returned for the sequel, which began shooting in Atlanta last week. Based on Veronica Roth's New York Times best seller, Insurgent is scheduled to hit theaters n March 20, 2015. The third and fourth films in the series, Allegiant Parts 1 & 2, are slated for release on March 18, 2016 and March 24, 2017, respectively.

Will Smith is attached to star in a new thriller dealing with the NFL's concussion problem, according to Variety.


The news source reports that the untitled project is based on a GQ article titled Game Brain. According to Variety, Smith will play Dr. Bennet Omalu, "the forensic neuropathologist who single-handedly made the first discover of CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in a professional football player and brought awareness to the public."

Newly minted 12 Years a Slave Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie (who plays Brienne of Tarth) are joining the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy says of the pair, "I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII. It's thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape." The ladies join a cast that includes Star Wars originals Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker alongside saga newcomers John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow. Directed by J.J. Abrams, Episode VII opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

Remember the bad guy featured in the credit roll of Marvel's The Avengers? That guy was the supervillain Thanos, and Variety reports that Josh Brolin will play him in this summer's Guardians of the Galaxy, which opens in theaters everywhere August 1. Out to impress Mistress Death, Thanos seeks universal power by obtaining the Cosmic Cube, aka The Tesseract, a powerful weapon that is part of the Thor, Captain America and Avengers movies. 

Boardwalk Empire star Jack Huston has signed on to appear in FOX's upcoming Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Longest Ride, according to Deadline.



Jack Houston is set to play Ira, a young man just back from WWII who falls in love and marries a young woman, set to be played by Oona Chaplin.



The story follows a 90-year-old Ira who is trapped in a car after an accident on a snow-covered road and begins to have flashbacks of his long relationship with his late wife. The film also follows a burgeoning contemporary relationship between a bull rider (Scott Eastwood) and a young college student (Britt Robertson).



Director George Tillman, best known for his films Faster, Notorious, Men Of Honor, and, more recently, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, is helming The Longest Ride, which is currently scheduled for an April 3, 2015 release.

Ken Jeong may have lost his Community, but he's got a brand-new teaching gig in the new comedy The DUFF from CBS Films. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kody Keplinger, the film casts Jeong as the favorite teacher of a high school senior (played by Mae Whitman), whose world is shattered when she learns that she's known as "The DUFF" -- Designated Ugly Fat Friend -- to her prettier, more popular friends (played by Skyler Samuels and Bianca Santos). Determined to reinvent herself, she enlists a slick-but-charming jock (Robbie Amell) for help and sets out to overthrow the school’s ruthless label maker (played by Bella Thorne). Nick Eversman also stars as her school crush. Directed by Ari Sandel, the film shoots in Atlanta this summer.

Robert De Niro is going back to the world of heists by signing on to star in the upcoming indie thriller Idol's Eye, according to Deadline.


De Niro, who starred in the 2001 heist flick The Score, in will star opposite Robert Pattinson, who will soon appear on screens in the indie thriller-drama The Rover in June.


Not much has been revealed about the film, as the plot is being guarded closely. However, the film has been described as a "sophisticated heist/action thriller."


French director Olivier Assayas, best known for his segment Quartier des Enfants Rouges in the 2006 anthology film Paris, je t'aime, will be helming Idol's Eye, and production and filming are set to begin in October.

An Oscar nominee has joined the Jem and the Holograms gang! Actress Juliette Lewis has signed on to play a role in the live-action film, Deadline reports. Production is already underway, but no information regarding Lewis' role has been revealed. Actress Molly Ringwald has also been cast in an undisclosed part in the film. 

Nashville star Aubrey Peeples will play Jerrica Benton (a.k.a. Jem), Stefanie Scott is Kimber, Aurora Perrineau plays Shana, Hayley Kiyoko is Aja and Ryan Guzman takes on the role of Rio. The cartoon-turned-movie tells the story of Jerrica Benton, the owner and manager of Starlight Music, who becomes a rock diva and front woman for the band Jem And The Holograms, thanks to her high-tech earrings that control a holographic computer which can synthesize the most popular music. The series was co-created by Hasbro toys, Marvel Productions and the now-defunct Sunbow Productions, the same trio that created the cartoons Transformers and G.I. Joe.

The live-action adaptation is directed by Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Step Up).

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke and X-Men: Days of Future Past star Nicholas Hoult are set to play the infamous bank-robbing duo Bonnie and Clyde in director Michael Sucsy's Go Down Together, The Wrap reports. Based on Jeff Guinn's book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, the film will tell the story of the famous young couple who killed seven people and robbed banks throughout the Depression-era South.

Gerard Butler may have pulled out of the Point Break remake, but the movie will go on! Carlos star Edgar Ramirez will replace Butler in the role of Bodhi, originally played by Patrick Swayze in the 1991 film. "We consider Edgar one of the finest actors in the world today, and we are thrilled he will be creating a fresh new take on the iconic character of Bodhi," Alcon chiefs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson said in a statement (via L.A. Times).

Luke Bracey (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) will star alongside Ramirez as FBI agent Johnny Utah, originally portrayed by Keanu Reeves. The first film was helmed by Oscar winner and Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow, and follows an FBI agent who goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers, the Ex-Presidents, who may be surfers. While Utah learned how to surf on the FBI's dime, the remake will focus on the arena of international extreme sports.

Magic Mike's Channing Tatum has landed the role of Gambit in future X-Men movies. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed the news to Total Film (WATCH), saying of the star, "He's a rogue, he's a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau (Gambit). ...He can handle the action-- as we know -- and he's got a really good heart, 'cause I know him personally."

Donner added, "He'll be great for Gambit, and he's a southerner too ...he understands that world, and you know Gambit loves New Orleans."

Midnight In Paris star Owen Wilson and Grey's Anatomy actress Jessica Capshaw have signed on to star in the upcoming animated feature The Hero Of Color City, according to Deadline.


The film follows a group of anthropomorphic crayons that come to life whenever the little boy they belong to falls asleep for the night.

Wilson is already a voice-acting vet, having starred in Pixar's Cars series and Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. The actor also voiced Marmaduke in the live-action adaptation of the iconic comic strip, and recently starred in Relativity Media's Free Birds. This will be Capshaw's first time voicing a character in an animated feature.


Wilson and Capshaw join Craig Ferguson, Christina Ricci, Wayne Brady and Rosie Perez. The film is the feature directorial debut for Frank Gladstone.

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer has joined the cast of Insurgent, the follow-up to Divergent starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet. Spencer will play Johanna, the leader of the opposing Amity faction, in a story that raises the stakes for the fugitive Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the dystopian ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Based on author Veronica Roth’s New York Times best seller, Insurgent is scheduled to hit theaters n March 20, 2015. The third and fourth films in the series, Allegiant Parts 1 & 2, are slated for release on March 18, 2016 and March 24, 2017, respectively.

John Goodman and Ken Watanabe have jumped on board the upcoming action epic Transformers: Age of Extinction, and will be providing the voices for two new Autobots.


Goodman, who recently starred in The Monuments Men, has been cast to voice the Transformer Hound. Watanabe, who stars in the upcoming monster epic Godzilla, will voice the Transformer Drift. The two stars will join several other actors lending their voices to the film including Peter Cullen, who will once again voice Optimus Prime, Frank Welker, Futurama's John DiMaggio, Mark Ryan and Robert Foxworth.


The big budget blockbuster is being directed by Michael Bay and was written by Ehren Kruger, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, T.J. Miller and Bingbing Li. Transformers: Age Of Extinction is set to hit theaters June 27, 2014.

Two-time NBA champion Lebron James is taking his talents off the court. According to the L.A. Times, the basketball pro will star alongside Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Tilda Swinton and Method Man in comedic director Judd Apatow's new movie Trainwreck. Aptow himself broke the news in a social media video, saying to James, "I know you're very busy with the playoffs. But I just wanted to say we're so glad that you are joining the cast …and now the world will finally get to see what your true gifts are."

Trainwreck, written by Schumer, is to hit theaters July 24, 2015, and will be one of several of James' ventures into show business. He'll also star alongside Kevin Hart in the comedy Ballers, and he's executive producing a series for Starz called Survivor's Remorse, a story "about a basketball star navigating the limelight after inking a multi-million dollar contract." On top of that, Universal is looking to release a feature film "based on James' high school years in Ohio."

Disney-ABC has named Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews as the new host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.



"I'm beyond thrilled to be joining Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and the Disney-ABC family," said Crews. "Millionaire is such a beloved franchise and I can't wait to get started as the new host. In addition to my film projects including Blended, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and now being a first-time author, hosting has always been a dream of mine, and I couldn't have asked for a greater opportunity."



"Terry is engaging, endearing, smart, and quick on his feet -- the perfect combination to lead one of the longest-running franchises in game show history," said Janice Marinelli, president, Disney-ABC Domestic Television.



Crews will host the game show from Stamford, Connecticut in a new studio for the 2014-2015 season. He will be taking over for current host Cedric "The Entertainer."

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Emma Stone has signed on to be a part of Woody Allen's upcoming untitled future project, according to Variety.


The quirky 25-year-old starlet joins an already-cast Joaquin Phoenix.


Stone has already shot one film with Allen, Magic In The Moonlight. Stone stars opposite Colin Firth and is set on the French Riviera in the early 1920s. Magic In The Moonlight is scheduled for a July 25, 2014 release.


Nothing has yet been revealed about the new Allen project that Stone has signed up for, but the prolific director is expected to write, produce and helm the film.

Sources claim that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be teaming up for a movie project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.



The news source reports that Jolie is rumored to have written the script, which could mark the first time the couple has worked together on screen since Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005. No information has been made available about the alleged project.

Following behind Ryan Gosling (The Notebook). Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven) and Channing Tatum (Dear John), Scott Eastwood is in line to be the next Nicholas Sparks movie heartthrob. The son of Clint Eastwood will star in Sparks' book-turned-movie The Longest Ride, Deadline reports.

The 2013 romance novel "tracks a 91-year-old man trapped in a car crash who reflects on his life with his deceased wife as a young couple fall in love a few miles away." In the movie, Scott will play Luke Collins, "whose love affair with college senior Sophia Danko plays out as the youthful half of the romantic saga."

Get ready to hear Hailee Steinfeld's singing chops.

The True Grit star is joining the cast of Pitch Perfect 2, Variety reports. Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Brittany Snow are all set to reprise their roles from the surprise 2012 hit in the sequel, with actress Elizabeth Banks making her directing debut.

The Jem and the Holograms live-action adaptation has found their Rio Pacheco! Step Up: All In star Ryan Guzman has landed the part, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and will star alongside Nashville actress Aubrey Peeples as Jem, Stefanie Scott as Jem's sister Kimber, Aurora Perrineau as Shana and Hayley Kiyoko as Aja.

In the cartoon TV series, Rio was the road manager and technical engineer for the band, as well as Jem's love interest. Like the show, the movie will "follow Jerrica, an orphaned teenage girl who becomes a recording sensation named Jem."

Ocean's Eleven antagonist Andy Garcia has signed on to star as a scientist in the upcoming Max Steel film, based off the Mattel toy line of the same name.


Actor Ben Winchell is set to play Max McGrath, a teenager with an alien companion named Steel. When they combine their powers, they become the titular super-powered hero Max Steel. Garcia has been tapped to play Dr. Miles Edwards, a scientist involved in Max's life.


The film was written by Thor: The Dark World scribe Christopher Yost, and is being directed by Stewart Hendler, director of the 2009 horror film Sorority Row. Max Steel is set to start shooting this week.

Rob Lowe, formerly of NBC's Parks and Rec, has signed on to Paramount's upcoming project Monster Trucks, according to Deadline.


Lowe will co-star alongside Danny Glover, Thomas Lennon, Amy Ryan and Berry Pepper. Nothing about the story has been released yet, however Monster Trucks is set to be a live-action/CGI-animated hybrid, and is being scripted by Kung Fu Panda writers Glenn Berger and Jonathan Aibel.


The only other thing known about the film currently is that it has a May 29, 2015 release date.

Ioan Gruffudd, star of 2005's Fantastic Four, has been tapped to join Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Carlo Gugino in the upcoming disaster film San Andreas, according to Deadline.

In San Andreas, Johnson is playing a firefighter who has to find his ex-wife (Gugino) and his daughter in the earthquake-toppled ruins of California. Gruffudd is set to play Gugino's wealthy new fiance. 

Percy Jackson star Alexandra Daddario has been cast to play Johnson's daughter. Brad Payton, who worked with Johnson directing Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, is helming this big-budget epic. The film is set to begin shooting in Australia in June, and is scheduled for a summer 2015 release.

Amanda Seyfried will reunite with her Les Miserables co-star Hugh Jackman for the live-action film Pan, a prequel to the Peter Pan story. Seyfried will star as Mary while Jackman takes on the role of Blackbeard. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the "film will follow an orphan boy who is spirited away to the magical Neverland, where he discovers both adventure and danger." Also cast is Garrett Hedlund as Hook, Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily, Adeel Akhtar as Smee and newcomer Levi Miller as the young Peter.

Filming is set to begin on April 28, 2014 at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in England and Pan will hit theaters worldwide on July 17, 2015.

Romantic comedy legend Meg Ryan is lending her voice to CBS' How I Met Your Mother spinoff show, Entertainment Weekly reports. Just as Full House's Bob Saget was the narrator and "future Ted" in HIMYM, the Sleepless In Seattle star will be the voice of "future Sally," played by Greenberg actress Greta Gerwig. This will be Ryan's first primetime series role.

The stars of Step Brothers (2008) and Talledega Nights (2006) are reuniting for the new comedy Border Guards, Deadline reports. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly will play "two hapless but earnest friends who decide to give purpose to their lives by protecting America's borders from illegal immigrants. In the process they find themselves accidentally stranded in Mexico without identification and must sneak back into the U.S."

Adam McKay, director of the comedy duo's two other films, is in line to direct the Sony Pictures movie.

The Amazing Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield is set to host Saturday Night Live on May 3rd for his very first time, NBC announced, with the band Cold Play set to be the musical guest. It will be Cold Play's fifth time rocking SNL.


That weekend will also see the release of Garfield's movie The Amazing Spider-Man 2.



The last time Cold Play was the guest, Garfield's on-screen and real-life girlfriend Emma Stone was the host.



Seth Rogen hosted this week, with Anna Kendrick and Louis CK in the preceding weeks. SNL is taking a two-week hiatus before returning with Garfield.



SNL airs Saturdays at 11:30pm on NBC.

Benedict Cumberbatch, the acclaimed star of Sherlock and villainous lead in Star Trek Into Darkness and The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, will soon be playing King Richard III for BBC 2.


The announcement was made earlier today by the BBC on their twitter feed.


Sam Mendes, director of Skyfall and American Beauty, will be executive producing the project, which will be written by Ben Power and will also serve as the screen directorial debut for Dominic Cooke, the artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre.


Martin Freeman, Cumberbatch's co-star in Sherlock, is currently playing Richard III onstage in London.

Judy Greer, star of FX's Archer and the recent remake of Carrie, has been tapped to star in Jurassic World, the upcoming installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


Greer will be joined by two other recently-cast actresses, Katie McGrath and Lauren Lapkus. Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt also signed on this past year. Jurassic World is being directed by Colin Trevorrow whose previous film Safety Not Guaranteed was his indie directorial debut. Universal has set a release date of June 12, 2015.

The men of TODAY will be reporting on the shark natural disaster hitting New York City this summer. Matt Lauer and Al Roker revealed that they will make a cameo in Sharknado 2: The Second One when it premieres on SyFy on July 30, 2014. WATCH. Also reportedly making appearances in the sequel: Kelly Osbourne, Andy Dick, Mark McGrath and Vivica A. Fox.

Live! with Kelly and Michael host and former pro NFL player Michael Strahan is in talks to join the Good Morning America gang, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sources at ABC tell THR that Strahan will appear frequently in the 7 a.m. hour of the show, before leaving to host Live! later in the morning.

This news comes after anchor Josh Elliott announced he was leaving the morning show, though it is still unclear as to when Strahan will start appearing on the program.

Michael Chiklis, former star of the FX crime drama The Shield, will be signing on to bring terror into the hearts and minds of audiences everywhere in the new season of American Horror Story.


The announcement was made during the closing night of PaleyFest 2014, where they were celebrating AHS. As announced earlier this month, the title of the fourth season is American Horror Story: Freak Show, and will be set in a traveling sideshow in 1950.



In Chiklis' return to FX, the imposing actor is set to play the ex-husband of Kathy Bates and the father of Evan Peters, however it is still unknown what their individual roles in the show will be. AHS: Freak Show is set to premiere in October.

The Barbershop is open for business. The third sequel to the comedy starring Ice Cube is said to be underway, with the rapper/actor reprising his role as Calvin Palmer with a mid-seven-figure deal, Deadline reports. Queen Latifah is also in talks to return to the franchise. MGM's decision to revive Barbershop is most definitely due to the films' prior successes. The original 2002 Barbershop cost $12 million to make but grossed $75 million domestic. The 2004 sequel cost $30 million and grossed $65 million.