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Don Scardino has become attached to Going in Style. The television director will helm New Line Cinema's remake of the 1979 caper, reports Deadline. The original film starred George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg as an ageing trio who decide to put excitement back into their lives by robbing a bank. The successful heist is only the beginning of their troubles as they decide (more)...

1.) I mentioned yesterday Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was close to adding a few "tough guy" actors. Well, those announcements came through yesterday afternoon as Josh Brolin has officially joined the picture. He'll take over the role of Dwight, who was played by Clive Owen in the first Sin City. Dwight's storyline in A Dame to Kill For actually takes place prior to his story from the first film, and it sounds like we're going to learn why his face looks so different. Christopher Meloni also joined the film yesterday, though all we know is that he's playing a cop. His character is also considered one of the leads. Deadline 2.) Tina Fey appears close to securing the female lead in Disney's sequel to The Muppets. The film takes the action overseas in a European-set caper picture, with Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell already announced as the other two human leads.

If you’ve been wondering who would play the role of Dwight in the upcoming Sin City sequel, the answer is that Josh Brolin was brought in instead of Clive Owen.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the sequel to the 2005 film brings back most of the cast of the original such as Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, Jaime King and Rosario Dawson with several new additions.

Just recently Dimension Films announced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has joined the movie in the key role of Johnny as well as it was revealed that Christopher Meloni is part of the production. Meloni (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit) has signed on to play a disreputable cop.

Dennis Haysbert and Jamie Chung have replaced Michael Clarke Duncan and Devon Aoki, respectively.

Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller said in a statement:

Dwight is a constant character throughout the Sin City world, and A...

What is Casting Couch? It’s a casting roundup that’s knee deep in nostalgia as it reports on movies based on comic books and toys from its childhood. Due to a little bit of inspiration from the Internet, Michael Bay gave Mark Wahlberg a pretty big part in his upcoming fourth Transformers movie. It’s always been understood that Wahlberg was playing a placeholder character though, who would pass the franchise off to a couple of young kids who would be pushed into the forefront as it went forward. Well, today Bay announced that he’s found the male half of this new duo. Apparently little known Irish actor Jack Reynor is his guy. Bay says that he saw Reynor in an Irish movie called What Richard Did, which a quick Googling tells me has nothing to do with acting opposite giant robots, so let’s all hope he knows what he’s talking about. As...

When news of Joseph Gordon-Levitt joining Sin City: A Dame to Kill For broke yesterday, Deadline mentioned that Josh Brolin was being pursued for a tough guy role. However, they also mentioned that Clive Owen and Bruce Willis would be reprising their roles. Well, it sounds like they didn't know what the hell they were talking about as a press release from Dimension Films announced today that Brolin would be taking the role of Dwight, the character originated by Owen in the 2005 graphic novel adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez. It had been discussed that someone else could end up taking the role since part of the story actually may call for Dwight to look completely different than he did in segments from Sin City. In fact, the press release clears up the story details for Dwight's portion: In 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,' Dwight is hunted...

 

Dimension Films has now announced that Josh Brolin (Gangster Squad) and Chris Meloni (Law & Order: Svu) have landed lead roles in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. Brolin will play Dwight, previously played by Clive Owen, and Meloni will be playing a cop in the film. I imagine the cop is going to be a hard-edged type character. Meloni is a solid actor who also was in HBO's Oz series, and you all know Brolin kicks ass as an actor.

Just last night it was announced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt also took on a main role in the film of a character named Johnny. Gordon-Levitt has since released a statement on being cast in the film saying,

I love how the first movie uses VFX, not to make fake things look real, but to create a heightened world unburdened by the look and feel of reality.

And the casting news continues for the next trip to Frank Miller's Sin City as Deadline is reporting that Chris Meloni ("True Blood," "Oz") has joined the ever growing cast of badasses that will appear in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

In the flick Meloni will be playing one of the lead cops who we all know are the most dastardly bastards in this universe. The film also features Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jamie Chung, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jessica Alba, Dennis Haysbert, and Crystal McCahill.

The sequel, a Quick Draw Production, will be produced by Robert Rodriguez and producing partners Aaron Kaufman and Iliana Nikolic and by Alexander Rodnyansky and Sergei Bespalov and Stephen L’Hereux. Frank Miller, The Weinstein Company’s Harvey and Bob Weinstein and Miramax’s Adam Fields will act as executive producers. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was developed...

Christopher Meloni has joined the cast of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. The former Law & Order: Svu actor will be playing a lead role of a cop in the graphic novel sequel directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, reports Deadline. Josh Brolin is also said to be on the directors' wishlist for the project along with several actors from the original cast. Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Jaime King and Rosario Dawson are among the cast members who will return for the new movie, while Jamie Chung will replace Devon Aoki. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was (more)...

Best known for his work on the long-running procedural "Law & Order: Svu," actor Christopher Meloni will be donning a uniform once again. Deadline reports that he's snagged a role as a cop in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, a movie that's gotten a lot of ink in the past 24 hours because Hollywood's golden boy Joseph Gordon-Levitt chose a lead in that film last night over parts in Godzilla and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. But nothing is what it seems in Sin City, so we'll have to wait and see what side of the law Meloni's character is really on when the movie comes out. Those who never got into "Law & Order" might recognize Meloni from his comedic performances in Wet Hot American Summer and as the hideously deformed "Freakshow" character from Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. ...

Deadline is reporting that Christopher Meloni has joined Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Word is the part is a lead role and, just as he did in Law & Order: Svu, Meloni will be playing a cop.

Meloni is an intense actor and should fit in perfectly with the world of Sin City and the rest of the cast. He’ll be joining Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Dennis Haysbert and Jamie Chung, as well as the recently cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Deadline also has word that directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are looking to add Josh Brolin and some other cast members from the first film.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For hits theatres October 4th.

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Both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chris Meloni have joined the cast of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. They’ll be part of the ensemble cast that already includes Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, and Rosario Dawson. Dennis Haysbert was also recently cast in the movie as Manute, the role previously held by the late Michael Clarke Duncan in the first film.

Specific character details have not yet been released, but Deadline reports that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be playing a main character named Johnny, while Chris Meloni (Law and Order, True Blood, Oz) will be playing a cop in the film. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are co-directing once again, from a script co-written by William Monahan.

Filming has already been taking place, but due to the way the stories are broken up, it’s been easier for Rodriguez and Miller to work around the schedules of the actors they are looking to cast.

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News: Joseph Gordon-Levitt has joined the cast of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Meanwhile, he will not be starring in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, so that studio’s search continues.

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Thoughts by Tsr: I was always going to see Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, even if it was beginning to feel like a lost cause. Nearly eight years after the first film I started to wonder why they were bothering. Well, if Joseph Gordon-Levitt thinks it’s worth it, then my interest is instantly renewed. According to Deadline, Gordon-Levitt will be playing Johnny, a role that was once offered to Johnny Depp. I can imagine a post-Looper Gordon-Levitt fitting in nicely with the world of Sin City, so this could definitely work. He’ll be joining returning cast members such as Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Clive Owen,...

Exclusive: Add Law & Order: Svu alum Christopher Meloni to the cast of tough guys lined up for the Frank Miller/Robert Rodriguez-directed Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. Meloni has landed a lead role in the film. He’ll be playing a cop, which might seem like stereotyping. But in the original Sin City, cops were the most hard-edged disreputable characters in the film. So while Meloni might seem like the prototypical honest cop from his TV series run, if you’ve seen any of his work in the HBO series Oz, you’ll know he can play one frighteningly imposing dude capable of anything. Dimension Films is already in production on the film, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Dennis Haysbert and Jamie Chung, so far. I’ve heard whispers Josh Brolin is being courted and there are several others from...

Fresh off Man of Steel, Meloni has signed on to Robert Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. Deadline reports that Meloni will be portraying 'surprise' a cop but he's not a supporting player, he will be one of the leads. And from Gordon-Levitt, we have this statement from the actor about joining the Sin City 2 ensemble. “I love how the first movie uses VFX, not to make fake things look real, but to create a heightened world unburdened by the look and feel of reality. Plus, nobody makes a badass like Mr. Rodriguez.” The film will be released by Dimension Films in the Us and Canada on October 4, 2013 and is produced by Robert Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions, Aldamisa, Ar Films, Miramax and Solipsist. Related Content: Sin City 2 Shoot Date Announced Jessica Alba Begins Sin City 2 Prep The Writer of The Departed To Write...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has finally landed on his next project. The 31-year-old star will co-headline "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," the highly anticipated sequel to Robert Rodriguez's 2005 film "Sin City." According to Deadline.com, Gordon-Levitt will play a character named Johnny. Rodriguez and co-director Frank Miller (who also wrote the "Sin City" comics) had initially wanted Johnny Depp for the role.

Gordon-Levitt weighed in on the casting via Twitter.

If it feels like Gordon-Levitt casting rumors have become a frequent occurrence, that's because they kind of have. Last November, it was rumored that Gordon-Levitt would play Batman in "Justice League," but his representatives shot that down. On Jan. 2, Deadline.com reported that the "Dark Knight Rises" star was added to the growing short list of candidates to star in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy," but it was another rumor that didn't come to fruition. On Monday, it was...

Forget Batman. Forget Star-Lord. For Joseph Gordon-Levitt, right now, the only comic book movie character on the brain goes by the name Johnny.

In a surprising turn of events, the "Dark Knight Rises" actor has opted for a lead role in "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," director Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's follow-up to the 2005 fan-favorite thriller. He'll play a new character created specifically for the film named Johnny, described in a press release as "a cocky gambler who disguises a darker mission to destroy his most foul enemy at his best game."

Who is this most foul enemy that Johnny is going after? Someone new to the "Sin City" universe just like our cocky gambler, or a character we're already familiar with? My money is on the latter — and I'm making the early prediction that Johnny is going after none other than The Salesman, played by...

If Ryan Gosling was the man of 2011, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the man of 2012. He was beyond awesome in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, and phenomenal taking the lead opposite Bruce Willis in Rian Johnson’s Looper, and now he’s set to lead another brilliant project in the form of Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

Deadline report that Gordon-Levitt will be taking the role of Johnny, originally offered to Johnny Depp earlier in the project’s development.

Starring alongside him will be Jessica Alba, Jamie Chung, Mickey Rourke, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Rosario Dawson, and Dennis Haysbert, with Bruce Willis and Clive Owen expected to reprise their original roles as well.

We had heard last week that Gordon-Levitt was in talks with Marvel over Guardians of the Galaxy, and had been added to the short list for the leading human role of Peter Quill.

Yeah, we know. It was only this afternoon that we were talking about how hot Joseph Gordon-Levitt is at the moment, with franchises being thrown left and right at the actor. He's already passed on "Godzilla," and now he's turned down Marvel's "Guardians Of The Galaxy" for the chance to step into Robert Rodriguez's noir soaked world. That's right, Jgl is joining "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For," taking a lead role that was offered to Johnny Depp at one point. The actor will be play the character Johnny, a cocky gambler who disguises a darker mission to destroy his most foul enemy at his best game. Production is already underway, with Dennis Haysbert replacing the late Michael Clarke Duncan, Jamie Chung replacing Devon Aoki, with Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, and Jaime King among those returning. Clive Owen is still expected in some capacity, and Deadline...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially signed on to star in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. He will play a smooth talking gambler named Johnny, a role which was originally offered to Johnny Depp.

The character is one of the core characters in the overlapping story lines. Gordon-Levitt joins Rosario Dawson, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, and Jamie King who are reprising their roles from the first film. Then there's Jamie Chung and Dennis Haysbert who are replacing Devon Aoki and Michael Clarke Duncan. Deadline also says that Bruce Willis is coming back, and that Josh Brolin might end up joining the film as well.

The same report also reveals that Gordon-Levitt will not be joining Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Sin City 2 is already shooting, and it will be the next film that he makes. 

I'm sure the actor will end up being awesome in the movie.

Today was basically Godzilla day on the Internet. All sorts of news regarding Legendary Pictures’ reboot of the big green guy’s film series broke, and some of it involves casting. THR broke the news that Joseph Gordon-Levitt was being looked at to star, but one of their writers, Borys Kit, was then quick to point out that his potential involvement in the film is long dead. Variety writer Justin Kroll then jumped in with the news that a few names that are still possibilities for the project are Henry Cavill, Scoot McNairy, and Caleb Landry Jones. All of this news comes with a special thanks to /Film, who compiled all the chatter into a tight little narrative. Even though things between Gordon-Levitt and Godzilla didn’t work out, don’t let that make you think that he’s going to go an entire week without being attached to a high profile project. In...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt spent 2012 getting some serious comic book cred. Not only did he have a major role in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, there have been rumors circulating that he could play Batman in the upcoming Justice League movie and last month we learned that he is one of the big names being considered for the lead role in Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy. Both of those roles, however, have been rumors at best. This one - it seems - is not. Deadline reports that Gordon-Levitt has signed on for a major role in Robert Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. The actor is now set to play the part of Johnny, the role that was originally offered to Johnny Depp earlier in development. While the report is short on details about how the character will fit into the plot, his part is...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's next movie will be the Sin City follow-up A Dame to Kill For. The Dark Knight Rises and Looper actor is now out of the running for Guardians of the Galaxy as a result, reports Deadline. Gordon-Levitt is in final talks for the role of Johnny, which was reportedly previously offered to Lone Ranger star Johnny Depp. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is based on Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name, and will be directed by the author and Robert Rodriguez (Machete Kills) for Dimension Films. Mickey Rourke, Jessica (more)...

More casting news has come in for the next trip to Frank Miller's Sin City as a leading man has been found. Read on for all the latest details regarding Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. You wouldn't wanna make Marv angry, would you?

According to Deadline, Joseph Gordon-Levitt will make his next film Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, the Dimension Films sequel to the stylish noir drama that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are directing based on Miller’s graphic novel. In the flick Gordon-Levitt will play the role of Johnny, a part that the filmmakers originally offered to Johnny Depp. He’s one of the core characters in overlapping storylines that feature Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jamie Chung, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Dennis Haysbert, and Crystal McCahill.

The sequel, a Quick Draw Production, will be produced by Robert Rodriguez and producing partners Aaron Kaufman...

Deadline has broken the news that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has signed up to star in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, the Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller helmed adaptation of the latters graphic novels. He will reportedly take on the role of 'Johnny', a part which was at one point offered to Johnny Depp. Gangster Squad star Josh Brolin is also said to be one of several actors that the studio are courting for "tough guy" roles in the sequel. Unfortunately, the site goes on to reveal that the talks between Levitt and Marvel Studios have ended and that he will Not take on the role of 'Star-Lord' in Guardians of the Galaxy. They are now "evaluating" their other candidates. New York, NY January 7, 2013 – Dimension Films announced today that Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper, The Dark Knight Rises) is joining the all-star cast as one of the lead characters in the...

The roster of actors forced to drop out of "Django Unchained" is almost as impressive as the film's cast: Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Jonah Hill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anthony Lapaglia and Sacha Baron Cohen were all attached to the film at one point or another, but had to leave the production because of various conflicts. (Only Hill wound up in the finished work, though in a role much smaller than what he originally signed up for.)

"I was editing 'The Dictator' and we were very close to release and Paramount wouldn’t push the date," Cohen told Deadline.com. "And then I knew I’d have to jump straight from there into 'Les Mis' and it basically became a choice of either pulling out of 'Les Mis' or pulling out of 'Django.' I'm sure 'Django' is an incredible movie, but it was essentially one scene."

Cohen told Deadline.

Its the final chance for callbacks as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ends a nostalgic season.

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There's a bigger place for adorkable guys, BBC America has ordered a 10-episode season of Chris Hardwick's The Nerdist. The Nerdist will lead next spring's "Supernatural Saturday" line-up, which will include Doctor Who, Being Human and Orphan Black.

Elementary's post-Super Bowl episode will feature Oz's Terry Kinney as an "unpredictable criminal," according to TVLine, prompting speculation that he might play Moriarity.

Does this mean we're going to start to look at Cora in a sympathetic light? Deadline reports that Rose McGowan has been cast to play a young version of Regina's mother on Once Upon a Time. Will it turn out that Cora' s part of a cycle of cruel mothers making their daughters into future cruel adults.

In a fitting bit of casting, Jason Schwartzman will appear on Parks & Recreation in...

A&E has just unveiled the mother of all promos for its buzzy new series Bates Motel.

In the behind-the-scenes sneak peek — which features fresh footage from the much-anticipated Psycho prequel — stars Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, as well as executive producer Carlton Cuse (Lost), discuss the contemporary take on Norman Bates and his infamous mom.

Related | Bates Motel Teaser: You Can Check Out Anytime You Like, but You Can Never Leave

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As usually happens once a film gears up for production, hot on the heels of yesterday's news that John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) is directing The Harvest, a casting update has come for the project.

Deadline reports that Peter Fonda (Ghost Rider, Race with the Devil) will be joining Samantha Morton and Michael Shannon in The Harvest. Natasha Calis, Charlie Tahan, Leslie Lyles, and Meadow Williams also appear in the film written by Stephen Lancellotti.

The Harvest stars Morton and Shannon as a married couple with medical backgrounds and a sick son (Tahan) who lives secluded in a controlled environment until a young girl (Natasha Calis) moves in next door and gives him hope of a better life. As the teens grow closer, the tight-knit world his over-protective mother has created begins to unravel. Fonda and Lyles portray Calis' grandparents.

Production is under way in New York...

There better not be any snakes at this Video Game Awards show.

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New Smash show runner Josh Safran tells EW that viewers can expect fewer random musical numbers, like the bowling alley performance and the Bollywood dream sequence, though there still could be dream sequences, just ones that aren't so glaringly out of place.

Silvio Horta and Salma Hayek are teaming up again, six years after the two worked to bring Ugly Betty to ABC. According to Deadline, the two are working on Bastards, a drama about a "colorful" (and I'm guessing wealthy) Cuban-American family who learns that there's a bastard relative out there, the first revelation of many secrets within the family.

The fifth season of Leverage — currently TNT's longest-running show airing new episodes — will air its finale on Christmas Day, and with the prospect of a sixth season still uncertain, series producer Dean Devlin wrote an open...

What is Casting Couch? It’s not so much a couch as it is a list, a list of recent castings. And it seems to be talking a lot about World War II today. George Clooney and Matt Damon must have decided that they both look super handsome when they’re standing next to each other, because not only have they already worked together on the Oceans movies and Syriana, but now Deadline is reporting that Clooney has decided that he’s going to cast Damon in his next project as a director, The Monuments Men. This is that one about the museum curators who try to save as many artifacts and works of art as possible during the Nazis’ slash and burn campaign that took place during the dying days of World War II. If Damon’s negotiations go well and he signs up, he’ll be joining a cast that already includes Clooney himself, Daniel Craig...

George Clooney is getting ready for his next directorial effort The Monuments Men. He’s assembled a great cast that includes himself, Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban. You can now add Matt Damon to that list.

Damon is in talks to reunite with his Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13 costar Clooney for the World War II flick.

Here’s a synopsis of the film from Deadline:

“The drama… confronts the final chapter of Germany’s rule, which came down to the absolute destruction of everything that makes a culture keep its standing, including the lives that are lost and the sacrifices that are made. All of this is in danger of being lost forever as Hitler and the Nazis try to cover the tracks of a murderous regime. A crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renown works...

1.) In my opinion one of the largest problems facing our movies today is the idea of always looking forward and not focusing on what's right in front of your face and that has been exhibited again today as Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham are already working on a sequel to del Toro's upcoming Cloverfield-esque monster movie Pacific Rim. Pacific Rim won't hit theaters until July 12, 2013 with the first trailer is rumored to be attached to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and yet, in a world where franchises rule, the sequel is all the studio can think about. The story for the original centers on a defense force consisting of mechas, giant robots and their human pilots, who are fighting to save humanity from gigantic monsters invading from an other-worldly dimension. Maybe, in the sequel, the same thing can happen again only this time, it will be even Bigger! THR...

Matt Damon latest name to figure in hunt for Hitler's stolen art in George Clooney project The Monuments Men, reports say

Matt Damon is in talks to join the increasingly spectacular cast of George Clooney's forthcoming Nazi art drama The Monuments Men, according to Deadline.

The period film, which Clooney is co-writing and directing, centres on a real-life group of men and women who risked their lives to track down art stolen by Adolf Hitler during the second world war and prevent its destruction. If he signs up, Damon will join Clooney himself, Daniel Craig, Jean Dujardin, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban in the cast.

As well as directing – his fifth stint behind the camera – Clooney is to portray Us army officer and leading art conservationist George Stout, who repatriated tens of thousands of pieces of art from the Nazis. Blanchett plays Rose Valland,...

The last time Matt Damon and George Clooney worked together was on Ocean’s Thirteen back in 2007. These long-time pals also had fun with 2005s Syriana as well as with the first two films of the profitable Ocean’s trilogy.

Furthermore, Clooney produced 2009s The Informant! a black comedy starring Damon. Now comes the time for The Monuments Men as Damon is in talks to join the already star-studded cast of Clooney’s next directorial effort.

Art historians vs. Nazis movie, The Monuments Men has a cast involved with the likes of Clooney, Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban — the same crew as from the Ben Affleck-directed Argo, which Clooney and Grant Heslov produced and Alexandre Desplat also scored.

Clooney wrote with producing partner Heslov a big-budget adaptation of Robert M. Edsel’s ‘The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves,...

Matt Damon has entered talks for The Monuments Men. The Promised Land star is negotiating to join George Clooney's next directorial outing, reports Deadline. The drama has already secured Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, The Artist's Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban. Clooney will also appear in the movie. The film is based on the final days of Nazi Germany. As Hitler and his allies attempt to cover their tracks by destroying the many artworks they looted from across the continent, (more)...

Matt Damon is in negotiations to join the George Clooney-directed period drama "The Monuments Men" at Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox.

Clooney and Grant Heslov penned the script which is set in the final days of the Second World War. The story follows a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renown works of art that were stolen by Nazis before they are destroyed.

Damon would join a cast that includes Clooney himself along with Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban.

Much of the crew behind this year's "Argo" will be involved in the project, and shooting will kick off in January in Europe.

Source: Deadline...

After teaming up with George Clooney for three heists in Ocean's 11 and two sequels, it sounds like Matt Damon is going to help the actor and director track down some stolen goods this time. Deadline has word that Damon is in talks to join the cast of The Monuments Men, the next directorial gig for Clooney who will also star in the film. The film already features an incredible cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban and Hugh Bonneville in the story of a hand-picked group of art experts chosen by the U.S. government to retrieve artwork stolen by the Nazis. Clooney is co-writing the film with his producing partner Grant Heslov and chronicles one of the final moments in the reign of the Nazi party rule in Germany. The party is trying to cover the tracks of their violent...

They pulled three separate heist jobs together in Steven Soderbergh's Oceans 11, 12, and 13, and went behind the scenes of the oil industry in Syriana, but now George Clooney is set to reunite with Matt Damon for an ensemble film of his own making. Damon, whose only film of 2012, Promised Land, won't be released until December 28th, is now in talks to join the ranks of The Monuments Men, Clooney's next directorial effort. Should he sign on he will join the elite group that already includes Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban. Deadline says that the film is gearing up to start production in Europe next month with a script written by Clooney and writing partner Grant Heslov. The drama is set towards the end of World War II when a group of historians and art museum curators were brought into Germany...

Matt Damon is the latest name said to be in talks to join the all-star cast of George Clooney's next directorial effort, The Monuments Men , Deadline reports. Damon would join a cast that includes Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban and Clooney himself. Adapted by Clooney and his long-time partner Grant Heslov from Robert M. Edsel's book "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History," the drama takes place during the final days of Nazi Germany as Adolf Hitler and the Nazis try to cover their tracks by destroying all the artwork they had stolen during their rise to power, as a group of art historians and museum curators try to rescue those works of art....

When it comes to Wise Guys, you don’t find many more authentic than Paulie Gualtieri of HBO’s The Sopranos. Paulie was acted by Tony Sirico who has now made an offer that Family Guy could not refuse.

Back in September Fox premiered Family Guy, season 11. Now that it is underway Deadline reports the addition of a new recurring role. It’s a little furry and might get a little hairy. That’s often what happens when the mob is involved.

Tony Sirico’s recurring role is that of Vinnie the Dog. Watch your six Brian! When the Griffins buy Vinnie froma local pet shop, suspicions arise that he may have ties to the criminal underworld. I hope Brian doesn’t push Vinnie’s buttons. He may wind up with a cement dog collar and a trip to the river.

Sirico is also gearing up to sing the show...

"Machete Kills" is being strangled by a new lawsuit.

Overnight Productions, owner of the action movie "Machete," has filed a $2 million lawsuit against filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's production company, Quick Draw Holdings LLC, and Machete Kills LLC. The suit alleges Rodriguez's company has withheld tax credits and lied about the budget of the upcoming movie "Machete Kills," a sequel to the 2010 mega-hit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"Although defendants have produced the sequel, they have failed to meet a condition precedent to their grant of rights, forcing plaintiffs to terminate the agreement," the lawsuit alleges, THR reports. "Defendants have also failed and refused to provide the required budget information to Overnight Productions so that it can determine the producer fee owed with respect to the sequel. As a result, plaintiffs have been forced to bring this action to confirm the cancellation of the grant of rights and to recover the amounts plaintiffs are owed.

While Machete Kills has wrapped production and is slated for a Spring 2013 release, there may be some bumps in the road thanks to some recent legal action from producers, Overnight Productions. Overnight produced the 2010 original and own the rights to the character. In preparing for the sequel, Overnight made a new agreement in April of this year to allow Robert Rodriguez to film Machete Kills. According to Deadline, Overnight claims that earlier this month they were not provided with...

Ironically, someone is trying to kill Machete Kills. The details, however, aren.t nearly as exciting as that sounds. Overnight Productions has filed a lawsuit against director Robert Rodriguez and his Quick Draw Productions in hopes of blocking the release of the sequel Machete Kills, which was picked up for distribution by Open Road last month. The dispute, according to Deadline, involves Texas tax-credit information, which Overnight claims they never received. By allegedly hiding this information, it has become difficult for Overnight to determine the fees owed to company executive Rick Schwartz. Overnight is suing to terminate its agreement with Rodriguez allowing him to make another movie based on Machete, a character played by Danny Trejo. If the court order moves forward, it could temporarily block the sequel.s planned release. (It was due to reach theaters in the Spring of 2013.) And really, can.t we all agree that blocking...

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Uh oh. Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills is in some serious trouble. The producers of the film have taken action against the filmmaker’s production company, and are looking to kill the film.

The Overnight Production producers, who also happen to own Robert Rodriguez’s Machete sequel, have filed a $2 million lawsuit against the filmmaker’s production company, Quick Draw Productions. Overnight is claiming that they were not provided with Texas’ tax credit information as was required under their agreement with Quick Draw.

If the Overnight producers get their way, they could stop the release of the film, which Open Road has already acquired for distribution.

Overnight also claims that Quick Draw failed and refused to provide the required budget information to them, and thus they were unable to determine the producer fee with respect to the sequel.

You can read the full lawsuit here.

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