Mackenzie Foy is known to Twilight fans for playing Renesmee, the child of Bella and Edward, in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. Now she’s got another role in a major film, as TheWrap reports she’s in final talks to join the cast of Interstellar for director Christopher Nolan.
As this is a Nolan movie, there’s no info on who she’ll play, but she joins a cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Bill Irwin and Casey Affleck.
The movie revolves around a journey into outer space that pushes humanity’s knowledge of science and technology. The plot is reportedly based on the scientific theories of Kip S. Thorne, who believes that wormholes actually exist and can be used for time travel.
Christopher Nolan is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Shooting will start in a couple of months time, with a November 2014 release date already set.
Twitter is becoming an increasingly popular way for directors to announce additions to their casts, eschewing the traditional route of going of The Hollywood Reporter or Variety. Jon Favreau is following that trend by using Twitter’s Vine to release a video revealing that Dustin Hoffman and Bobby Cannavale have joined the cast of his upcoming indie comedy, Chef.
Kevin Costner’s career revival continues with the news that he is in talks to star in Midnight Delivery for Universal Pictures, according to 
There’s been shock in Hollywood this weekend with the news that 31-year-old Cory Monteith, best known as Glee’s Finn Hudson, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room. No cause of death has been released, although speculation has inevitably surrounded substance abuse. It’s known that Monteith has struggled with addiction since his teens, most recently booking himself into a rehab facility in April.
Despite two new big releases this week, Despicable Me managed to hold onto the top spot at the US box office for a second week, taking another $44 million for an excellent total of $229 million so far.