A couple of months ago it was revealed that Quentin Tarantino was planning to stay in the western genre for his next movie, and now we know what it’s probably going to be called. Deadline reports the director has finished the first draft of his latest screenplay, which is is currently known as The Hateful Eight.
There are no story details have been revealed at this time, but it’s being suggest we may be getting an old man version of the The Magnificent Seven, although presumably with a Tarantino spin.
Quentin is now looking for the two main leads, with Christoph Waltz and Bruce Dern apparently being sought out for the roles. Both appeared in in Django Unchained (Dern in a very small role), but it’s not known if they’ll be interested in this one.
Tarantino is apparently trying to woo the actors by showing them the screenplay, as well as other undisclosed individuals he may be interested in working with. He will gather their feedback, and then continue working on the script. It doesn’t appear he knows exactly when he’ll be finished at the moment or when it will shoot.
A few months ago there was talk of Oscars for Lone Survivor. While that talk has died down, the film can take plenty of solace from an exceedingly good US opening, where it took $38.5 million over the weekend (it had been playing on a couple of screens before that, but only so it could qualify for the Oscars, which demand a movie opened on at least one screen in LA or New York before December 31st).
While The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel mainly stuck with British and Indian actors, the sequel is getting an infusion of American men. Back in October it was revealed they were trying to land Richard Gere for the movie. Now he’s officially signed on and so has the always excellent David Strathairn, as well as a new Brit, Tamsin Grieg.
If you’re under 30 and male in Hollywood, your name has probably been linked to Star Wars: Episode VII at some point. The latest name to emerge is Jesse Plemons, who isn’t a household name, but has been seen in the likes of Breaking Bad, Friday Night Lights and The Master.
Ever since we first heard about He’s F***ing Perfect, we’ve thought this was a film that needed Rebel Wilson in it. It seems she agrees as only a day after we heard she’s joined the cast of Night At The Museum 3, 
At a first glance it looks like Shailene Woodley is going a little bit tomboy for The Fault In Our Stars – but the short hair in the first image from the movie above is actually more to do with the fact that she’s playing a cancer patient. The guy she’s holding is. Ansel Elgort.
Johnny Depp has been long been attached to star in Mortdecai for quite a while, and now he has some new company as Aubrey Plaza, Oliver Platt and Jeff Goldblum have all joined the cast of the action comedy. They’ve been announced partway through production, as the London shoot was wrapped and filming has now moved to Los Angeles.