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Adam Snowden

[Film News] - 11th May 2012

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1) Confirmed - Nick Nolte to star in 'Bitterroot'

The 71 year old will star in 'Bitterroot', the story of an ageing rancher who looses his life savings through a phone solicitation bank scam; with no one to help, he takes matters into his own hands.

2) Confirmed - Stephen King's 'The Reach' to get a movie adaptation

The king of horror strikes gold once more with news that his novel 'The Reach' will be adapted into a film, starting to wonder which of his novel's wont get a movie deal! 

3) Confirmed - The Wolverine will film in Japan

Fox have announced that the film will be shot in Japan, reportedly it is focusing on a famous stretch in the comics that are set in East Asia.

4) Confirmed - Henry Selick to direct 'The Graveyard Book'

The Neil Gaiman adaptation picks up a director in the form of Henry Selick as well as a deal with Disney

5) Unconfirmed - Jonah Hill joins the cast of 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'

Apparently he is very close to joining Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's project 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' 

6) Confirmed - Guillermo Del Toro set to co-direct 'Pinocchio'

Guillermo Del Toro is not set to co-direct the stop motion adaption of Disney's 'Pinocchio' 

7) Confirmed - Kurt Russell & Sacha Baron Cohen drop out of 'Django Unchained'

Quentin Tarantino's much anticipated project has hit it's first snag with news that Kurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen have left the cast. 

8) Confirmed - Sam Raimi to produce 'The Poltergeist' remake

The horror remake is now firmly in the pipe lines, with Nathan Kahane, Roy Lee and Robert Tapert all on board as producers as well - Now they need to find a director 

9) Confirmed - Willem Dafoe joins 'Out Of The Furnace'

He will star alongside Christian Bale & Casey Affleck in Scott Cooper's crime thriller in 'Out Of The Furnace' 

10) Unconfirmed - David Koepp to write 'Snow White And The Huntsman' sequel

Even before the release date of the original film, Universal have reportedly already hired a writer for its sequel - Jumping the gun a little?

11) Confirmed - Catherine Zeta-Jones joins the cast of 'Red 2'

She joins the cast of the comedy/action sequel alongside Byung-Hun Lee and returning Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich & Mary-Louise Parker

12) Confirmed - Chloe Moretz joins the cast of 'Maggie'

She will be staring as a zombie alongside Paddy Considine in 'Maggie' 

13) Confirmed - New writer hired for 'Daredevil' remake

Director David Slade has seen his project slump over the last year, so the only logical thing was to replace current writer Caleb Kane. The new man for the job: David James Kelly

14) Confirmed - Rebecca Hall on for 'Iron Man 3'

The latest is that she is going to be replacing Jessica Chastain