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1.<\/a> Martin Campbell is in talks to direct Green Lantern<\/a><\/i>; he previously directed the James Bond films GoldenEye<\/a><\/i> (1995) and Casino Royale<\/a><\/i> (2006), as well as both of the Antonio Banderas Zorro<\/i> movies (1998-2005). \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> The top guys at Marvel are very pleased with Kenneth Branagh, following a meeting they had with him about his plans for directing Thor<\/a><\/i>. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a> (x2<\/a>), CHUD.com<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Robert Downey Jr. says Mickey Rourke<\/a> will not<\/i> be playing Crimson Dynamo in Iron Man 2<\/a><\/i> \u2014 but he won\u2019t say who Rourke will<\/i> be playing. Meanwhile, Terrence Howard may have contradicted his earlier account of how he came to be replaced by Don Cheadle in the part of Jim Rhodes; in October<\/a>, he told National Public Radio he was as surprised as anyone else when the studio picked Cheadle over him, but now, in Ebony<\/i> magazine, he suggests Will Smith may have advised him to leave the franchise. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a>, WENN<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey may lead the voice cast for Master Mind<\/i>, a DreamWorks cartoon about \u201ca brilliant superhero villain who loses his life\u2019s purpose when he accidentally kills his good-guy nemesis.\u201d Ben Stiller is one of the film\u2019s producers. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> Some scenes in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen<\/a><\/i> were shot in the ancient city of Petra<\/a>, in Jordan; others were shot \u201cin the valley area of Wadi Rum<\/a> as well as the famously fertile city of Salt<\/a>.\u201d Petra is where the climactic scenes in Indiana Jones<\/a> and the Last Crusade<\/a><\/i> (1989) were shot, and Wadi Rum was one of the main locations for Lawrence of Arabia<\/a><\/i> (1962). \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> Michael Gambon has joined the cast of the post-apocalyptic tale The Book of Eli<\/a><\/i> as \u201cone half of a strangle (sic)<\/i> couple that holds onto old traditions\u201d. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

7.<\/a> Thora Birch, Taylor Momsen and Jacob Zachar are in talks to star in a big-screen version of Cavegirl<\/a><\/i> (2002-2003), a BBC series \u201cabout teenage problems in a stone age world.\u201d \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

8.<\/a> Anne Hathaway may have a part in Stephen Chow\u2019s as-yet-unwritten superhero parody<\/a>. \u2014 china.org.cn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"