After his Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained double whammy, Christoph Waltz will now have to see if he can win an Oscar for a movie that isn’t directed by Quentin Tarantino. Perhaps The Candy Store will be that film, which he’s just signed up to appear in, according to Variety.

He joins Robert De Niro, Jason Clarke and Omar Sy in the movie, from Academy Award-winning writer and director Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana).

The Candy Store interweaves several storylines set against the backdrop of the criminal underworld in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. A former covert operative (Jason Clarke) discovers the organisation he was dedicated to fighting is now operating in his new backyard.

When he teams up with a disgraced local cop (Robert De Niro), their investigation leads them to an international sex trade entrepreneur (Omar Sy), a Cold War consigliere posing as a typical American suburbanite (Christoph Waltz), and a beautiful girl wrapped up in an elaborate threat against Manhattan.

Gaghan will direct and produce from a script he co-wrote with Shannon Burke. Shooting kicks off in the next couple of months.

Robert De Niro has added a new crime thriller to his upcoming roster, as he’s signed up to star in the The Stephen Gaghan directed crime thriller Candy Store, according to Variety.

Jason Clarke and Omar Sy are already set for the film, which revolves around the Brooklyn underworld. When a former covert ops agent discovers that the organisation he has been fighting his whole career has set up shop in his backyard, he joins a former cop to stop a threat that could throw the entire city of New York into danger.

Robert De Niro is set to play the former cop.

Gaghan (Syriana; Alfie) is set to direct, from a script he co-wrote alongside Shannon Burke. Shooting is set to begin soon.

Shia LaBeouf may have said he’s done with Hollywood movies, but that doesn’t mean he’s completely eschewing commercial filmmaking, as he’s now in talks to star in Spy’s Kid (which thankfully has nothing to do with Spy Kids) alongside Robert de Niro, according to THR. The film will reunite D.J. Caruso, after they made 2008′s Eagle Eye together.

The film is set in the world of espionage, based on a series of true-life articles that ran in the Oregonian. Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf will play a father and son duo, with the story revolving around a traitorous spy who enlists his offspring to continue doing his dirty work.

Both actors’ final involvement in the project hinges on the screenplay. No writer has been hired at this time, so it’s very early days.

Whoever had the idea of putting Sylvester ‘Rocky’ Stallone and Robert ‘Raging Bull’ De Niro in a boxing movie together was a pretty smart cookie. The film, Grudge Match, is now shooting, and we’ve got our first look via a set photo release by @W_Whitehill on Twitter, featuring De Niro, Stallone and basketball star Robin Lopez.

The film is about two retired boxers (De Niro and Stallone) who step back into the ring to settle an old score. Jon Bernthal will play De Niro’s estranged son, who feels conflicted about training his father. Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger, and Alan Arkin have also signed on to star.

Peter Segal is directing, with a release planned for later this year.

Getting Rocky and Jake La Motta in the ring is a fun idea, and that’s what’s happening in Grudge Match, where Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro will be boxing one another. Now they’ve got some younger company, as Variety reports that Walking Dead star Jon Bernthal has joined the cast.

The film is about two retired boxers (De Niro and Stallone) who step back into the ring to settle an old score. Jon Bernthal will play De Niro’s estranged son, who feels conflicted about training his father. Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger, and Alan Arkin have also signed on to star.

Peter Segal is directing, with shooting is scheduled to begin next year in Louisiana.