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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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Brolin Signs On For Oldboy

Josh Brolin has signed on to play the lead role in Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake.

The film is a remake of the 2003 Korean thriller by Park Chan-Wook and will begin filming next year.

This will allow Brolin time to finish filming on his two latest projects, Gangster Squad and Labor Day.

As we mentioned last week Christian Bale was considering taking on the role of the film’s villain, but there has been no confirmation yet as to whether Bale will be joining the cast.

Brolin will be playing a character that is kidnapped and held hostage in solitary confinement, the reasons for this are unknown. 15 years later the character is released and in true thriller fashion he seeks revenge on the captors who held him there. Lets be honest after 15 years in solitary confinement he’s had a lot of time to think about his plans for revenge.

It looks like this film is shaping up to be quite the interesting one, lets just hope Bale signs on to bring it that extra bit of edge.

Hathaway Being Considered For Les Miserables

Anne Hathaway is being considered for the role of Fantine in the movie version of Les Miserables.

The film that is being made by Tom Hooper already has Hugh Jackman on board and apparently Jackman has been trying to get Hathaway to jump on board for quite a while.

Hathaway would no doubt bring huge star pulling power to the feature film adaptation of the musical, and we’ve already seen her demonstrate her singing abilities in the past, she even performed with Jackman at the 2009 Academy Awards ceremony.

Despite not being the biggest role in the musical, Fantine is a crucial character to the plot, as she is the mother of the musical’s heroine Cosette.

By the looks of things this film remake may shape up to be something amazing, even though there is no more news at the moment, the film is expected to land at the end of the year and with Wolverine currently on hold Jackman is most definitely available.

So lets hope there's more news soon, and fingers crossed Miss Hathaway will be joining.

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Bale May Join Oldboy

It looks as though Christian Bale is on the look out for his next big film project and has Oldboy in mind.

With filming on the next Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises coming to an end, Variety has reported that one of Bale’s potential next film roles is the villain in Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy.

Based on the Korean original, the film would see Bale playing a fiend who locks the film’s hero in a hotel room for 15 years. Which is a definite change from his role as the caped crusader.

This isn’t the only option for Bale, as he has apparently taken a shine to Clint Eastwood’s remake of A Star is Born and Michael Mann’s Gold, a treasure hunt thriller.

Bale is seriously in demand at the moment, which probably has something to do with his Academy Award win earlier this year, as he’s also been linked to Out Of The Furnace and Noah.

However Bales has another project to complete before considering these, as he is apparently appearing in Terrence Malick’s currently unnamed next project.

Wolverine Pushed Back

X-sequel The Wolverine has hit problems, resulting in filming being pushed back from autumn 2011 to some time in early 2012.

One theory behind the filming delay is that it will allow the film’s star Hugh Jackman to begin work on Les Miserables, however there is still the big question of where the filming will take place.

The original plan was to shoot most of the movie in Japan, but with the recent earthquake disaster many of the planned locations have had to be compromised.

A compromise was made with filming to commence in Vancouver in November, but Jackman’s commitments have made these plans highly unlikely.

With Fox reportedly planning on pulling out of Japan all together (which would prove difficult for filming as the majority of the film is set there), this looks like another hurdle for the film after the planned director Darren Aronofsky pulled out.

But with James Mangold now at the helm, and with the success of the original Wolverine film and the recent success of X-Men I doubt Fox will be closing this project anytime soon.