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Anna kendrick in Talks for Pitch Perfect

Anna Kendrick is currently in talks to join singing comedy film Pitch Perfect.
If she does sign on the Scott Pilgrim Vs The World star will be playing a rebellious student goth.

The film has been adapted from the non-fiction book written by Mickey Rapkin, and follows what happens when Kendrick’s potential character, swaps her normal high school where her father teaches when she discovers her musical talent, needless to say she heads to stage school. The previously rebellious teenager soon makes waves at her new school after being noticed as one of the best singers in the school’s a cappella group.

Bridesmaids’ star Rebel Wilson is also on board for the new film project.

The film has been written by Kay Cannon, who wrote 30 Rock, and will be directed by Jason Moore, who has directed puppet musical smash Avenue Q.

Shooting will kick off in New Orleans within the next few months.

Wolverine Being Re-Written

After a number of delays and setbacks plaguing the current Wolverine film it looks as though a re-write is now being added to the list of things to do.

Mark Bomback, the man who wrote Unstoppable has stepped up to re-write the film’s script, after filming was delayed due to weather issues in Japan.

The new film will see anti-hero Wolverine looking for a place in the Japanese underworld, where he will find love and a number of problems courtesy of of the evil Silver Samurai.

It has also been reported that Wolverine will also be facing problems from Viper, the secretary for Japan’s Minister of Justice. Fans of the comic book world will already know Viper, having once trained with Wolverine himself and having deeper dealing with Silver Samurai.

It looks as though due to the issues with filming director James Mangold has taken the opportunity to perfect the script that was initially completed by Christopher McQuarrie, so it should be shaping up to be even better than it would have been. All good things and all that.

Filming for The Wolverine begins in Tokyo and Vancouver next year.

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Bridesmaids becomes the highest grossing R-rated female comedy

Despite its modest budget and a lack of A-list stars Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids has become the top R-rated female comedy ever.

The film, which is produced by Judd Apatow has become a constant stable on the box office charts since its release in May.

Since its release the film has amassed a domestic tally of $152.9 million, helping it to knock style queen Sarah Jessica Parker and her group of middle aged career girls off the top spot, which they previously held with Sex and the City, since its release in 2008.

Not a bad feat considering the millions of Sex and the City fans there are around the world.

The film has also become the highest grossing entry in American producer, director and screenwriter Judd Apatow’s library.

The film was written by star Kristin Wiig and Annie Mumolo and has appeared to have captured the hearts and tickled the funny bones of an incredibly sizeable audience. Along with the help of the films director Feig and the remainder of the cast that includes Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm, Chris O’Dowd, Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids has cemented its status of the one of the funniest and must see films of the year.

James Purefoy discusses John carter

British actor James Purefoy has spoken out about his involvement with sci-fi film John Carter.

Purefoy, who is known to audiences for his roles in Solomon Kane and for portraying Mark Antony in TV hit Rome, plays Kantos Kan, the captain of a futuristic airship in the film, which is set for release in 2012.

The actor said of the character, “he’s a very cheeky, mischievous solider/airman,” before adding, “he’s just very charming, he’s not frightened of getting involved in very sticky situations with John Carter.”

The film follows the titular human character, John Carter, who finds himself caught up in the middle of a Martian battle after he is transported to Mars.

Purefoy later added that John Carter is being set up as the first in a series of movies, which will allow his character more screen time in the future projects.

He said, “He’s not in this film very much.” He then added, “I think a lot of the characters in the first John Carter are established, but with the knowledge that they’re going to be bigger in the next two episodes of it.”

The film John Carter opens next year on March 9^th.