Peter Sarsgaard is in negotiations to play the villain in “Green Lantern,” a big-budget movie based starring Ryan Reynolds as the DC Comics superhero.
Sarsgaard will play Dr. Hector Hammond, the pathologist son of a senator who is seen as a disappointment in his father’s eyes. He becomes infused with psychic powers when he discovers a meteor. [...]

South African actors want to stop Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson from playing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a new film on the ex-wife of the nation’s first black president, reports said Monday.
The Creative Workers Union of South Africa said using foreign actors to tell the country’s stories undermined efforts to develop the national film industry.
“It can’t happen that we want [...]

Universal Pictures is near a deal with Carl Erik Rinsch to make his feature directing debut on “47 Ronin,” the epic period samurai swordsmen tale that will star Keanu Reeves.
Scott Stuber is producing through his Stuber Pictures banner, with Pam Abdy also aboard in a producing capacity.
Pic is a priority project for Universal, and it [...]

Johnny Depp is in talks to star with Angelina Jolie in “The Tourist,” a film that is undergoing another major shift of elements as it heads toward a February production start. 
Graham King’s GK Films is financing and distributing through his multi-picture output deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Depp would play an American tourist drawn into a [...]

Eddie Murphy has always credited Richard Pryor as being his inspiration for getting into comedy. Murphy did a pitch-perfect imitation of Pryor in his concert film, “Raw,” and he cast his idol in his sole directorial effort, “Harlem Nights.” It seemed only natural when it was announced in February that Murphy would star in a film about Pryor’s [...]

Tom Cruise’s son is among the newest Wolverines to join the remake of “Red Dawn,” the 1984 action movie about a group of teenagers who form an insurgency when their town is invaded — this time by Chinese and Russian soldiers.
Connor Cruise, 14, will join fellow new recruits Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas and Edwin Hodge in [...]

After waiting at the station for almost three months, Denzel Washington decided he won’t be catching the “Unstoppable” train.
Insiders close to the actor confirm that after waiting for 20th Century Fox to set a budget and a start date, Washington has formally withdrawn from the film and is looking at other projects for the fall.
Interestingly, [...]

Lea Thompson has been cast in another made-for-TV movie, this time teaming with director Howard Deutch. According to the Hollywood Reporter, A Town Called Malice ”centers on a former rock ‘n roll star (Thompson) who returns to her hometown with her estranged teenage daughter after her husband self-destructs during a comeback concert. Faced with the loss of the [...]

 The A-Team van is starting to fill up.
 As the film update of the iconic 1980s TV series starts to take  shape, Variety reports Liam Neeson is in talks for the role of  cigar-chomping Col. John Smith—better known as Hannibal—  while the Hollywood Reporter says Bradley Cooper has been  engaging in post-Hangover talks for the Faceman role originally  played by dreamboat Dirk Benedict.
 The [...]

A dear friend, wonderfully accomplished actor, and renowned and revered acting teacher, George DiCenzo, invited me to attend his acting class. I felt compelled to write about.
Unbeknownst to his students, I, (along with several other actors auditing the class), was invited to see each of his students perform a 1-minute monologue. The students were not [...]