- Chris Hemsworth (Thor) will be playing Mitch Rapp, a college scholar and athlete who becomes a relentless anti-terrorism agent for the CIA as a result of a personal tragedy, in the adaptation of Vince Flynn’s American Assassin – Collider
- John Landis (Father of Max Landis) talked about his sons troubles over the script for Chronicle 2. “He wrote a sequel, and it’s amazing, and the studio read it and said, ‘We want ‘Chronicle’ again!’ And he said, ‘No, this is the sequel, it’s the evolution, and they said ‘No, we want that movie again!’ So it’s difficult, we’re dealing with a difficult business.” – The Playlist
- Cool Cosplay: Vampy Bit Me as Lady Nightwing. More photos below.
- Kevin Kline will play Errol Flynn in The Last of Robin Hood – Film is based on Flynn’s last days before he died of a heart attack at age 50, follows his relationship with 17 year-old Beverly Aadland, an actress who was allegedly seduced by Flynn when she was only 15 years-old and eventually grew to love the “Adventures of Robin Hood” star – Variety
- Matt Damon says it is unlikely he will play Jason Bourne again – Movieline
- Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) is in early talks to play Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Harry Osborn may also appear and Electro is rumoured to be the bad guy – Variety
- Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock and the whole Peanuts gang are being turned into an animated feature film franchise – Deadline
- Watch a very cool short, True Skin, below. This is going to be turned into a feature length film at some point. Directed by Stephan Zlotescu, the action is set in the not-too distant future where everyone is augmenting their bodies. The story’s hero can’t afford to augment in the U.S. so heads to the black market of Bangkok where he gets a hold of a mysterious chip that he discovers is not only slowly turning him robotic but is also a hot commodity wanted by shadowy forces. Jumping off the short, the hero faces a race against time to elude his pursuers and save what’s left of his humanity.
