It always help to get studio interest (and a bigger paycheck) if a film project comes with a movie star attached, and it appears that having Dwayne Johnson onboard Lore has aided that movie getting snapped up by Warner Bros.
An adaptation of Ashley Wood and T.P. Louise’s graphic novel has been in the works for a couple of years, but it only got a studio deal once Johnson came on board, with Warner beating out interest from three other parties. Lore is described as being similar to Men In Black, but about mythological creatures rather than aliens. In it, a man reluctantly become a member of an elite secret order, whose job is to protect humanity from the beast of folklore that threaten to invade our world.
Priest writers Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott have been hard at work on the adaptation, which should go into production later this summer. There’s no director attached as yet, but Variety reports that several are circling.
With The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble as us Brits are supposed to call it) having already received its world premiere, you’d have thought that it would be way too late to shoot any more footage for the film, but if Robert Downey Jr. is to be believed, there’s just one more scene to be added that was only filmed last night!
Three years after it was first announced, the thriller Paranoia is finally moving forward, with 
Ever since Wedding Crashers in 2005, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have been flirting with projects that would reunite them on screen. Now it’s finally going to happen, as they’re both set for 20th Century Fox comedy The Internship, which it’s just been announced begins shooting June 25th.
A few days ago, it was revealed that Angelina Jolie had met Ridley Scott about a small role in the upcoming The Counselor, and now it appears her longtime squeeze Brad Pitt may also be up for a role, while Javier Bardem is also circling a part too, according to 
When Sin City was released in 2005, the stated plan was for two sequels to get made, one in 2006 and one in 2007. However it’s now 2012 and we’re still waiting, with Robert Rodriguez having spent the last seven years teasing the idea of a sequel but many suspecting it would never get made.
For someone who wasn’t going to do much more acting after District 9, Sharlto Copley has been building quite a movie career for himself. Now he has been offered the villain role in director Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake. The actor is currently in early talks for the part, but a deal hasn’t been officially sealed yet.