Want a lesson in the recent financial crisis, as taught by a movie star? George Clooney will produce and possibly direct a film about the 2009 Wall Street bailout. The film is loosely based on a 2009 article from the Washington Post titled "The $700 Billion Man." The piece, written by Laura Blumenfeld, is about TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) architect Neel Kashkari and the bank bailout Read more

Hollywood never misses an opportunity to take a popular musical to the big screen (it's happening right now with Rock of Ages), so it's no surprise that American Idiot is next on the list. The musical, which is based on and features songs from Green Day, centers on a group of teenagers with a bleak outlook on the world, with themes of war, drugs, and growing pains. I'm not entirely sure how Read more

Tom Hanks is taking on one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the past 10 years: the actor has signed on to star in Cloud Atlas. The film is an adaptation of the David Mitchell book, which follows six nested stories ranging from the distant past to the postapocalyptic future. Each tale is abruptly cut off, and the following one starts with a reference to the one prior. For example, the Read more

Brace yourselves, because it just might be time for a collective groan: Bradley Cooper is reportedly in negotiations to star in the upcoming remake of The Crow. This is the kind of news that I hope doesn't come to fruition, not just because I can't see Cooper in the role, but because I'm not particularly psyched about the project in the first place. I had a hard time swallowing the news when Read more

Henry Cavill is all set to play the next Superman in Zack Snyder's reboot Man of Steel, and now we have a villain for him to fear: Michael Shannon. The actor will play General Zod, Superman's nemesis, who is from the planet Krypton like the indomitable hero. I had expected that the big casting news for the villain would have been for the part of Lex Luthor, but it looks like Snyder is mixing Read more

Ang Lee's big-screen adaptation of Life of Pi has just snagged its first big name cast member in Tobey Maguire. The actor has signed on to play a reporter in the story of an Indian boy that takes an epic journey at sea with an orangutan, a tiger, and a hyena. It's a small role for Maguire, but should help generate buzz for the film, which is already drawing attention from fans of the Read more

Ben Affleck is about to take up residence in East Egg. The actor is in talks to play Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby, the role that Bradley Cooper has had his eye on. Buchanan is the husband of Daisy (who will be played by Carey Mulligan) and is the man who stands in the way of the love between his wife and Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). The only thing in Read more

Robert Pattinson is about to get a new conscience in the form of Jay Baruchel. The actor has been cast in Cosmopolis as the shy founder of the company that Pattinson's character, a financial genius, works for. Baruchel's character functions as a guide for Pattinson's, who spends an eventful day traveling across Manhattan in a limo. Baruchel is the latest star to join the cast of David Read more