Robert Downey Jr. to star in 'Iron Man'
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Robert Downey Jr. will star as the latest Marvel Comics superhero to hit the big screen. Downey will play the title character in "Iron Man," a film directed by Jon Favreau. Filming is scheduled to begin in February, with the movie due in theaters in May 2008. It will be the first feature film produced independently by Marvel Entertainment.
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US actor Brandon Routh is cast as the man of steel in the new Superman film, due for release in 2006.
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Action star Ray Winstone, who more recently appeared in the Oscar winning movie "The Departed", was surprised by actor Harrison Ford's physical fitness on the sets of the new "Indiana Jones" movie.
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British Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is the latest star to have signed up for the fourth adventure film featuring swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones, a statement said Wednesday.
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JACK BLACK is set to star in the remake of legendary 1933 HOLLYWOOD film âKING KONGâ. The Tenacious D star and comedian will play the character of Carl Denham, who sets off to Skull Island to investigate legends of a giant gorilla named Kong.
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A little-known actor has been cast as Superman in a big-budget film slated for 2006, according to Variety magazine.
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"Clint Eastwood's my hero," Denzel Washington says. "That's the model. He's the guy." At this stage of his career, the two-time Oscar winner is most interested in going the actor-turned-director route, citing George Clooney, Sean Penn and Ben Affleck as examples. "There's a generation of us now that are moving in that direction."
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Tony Scott's "Domino" is falling into place with a cast that now includes Christopher Walken, Lucy Liu, Mickey Rourke, Macy Gray, Jacqueline Bisset, Edgar Ramirez, Mo'Nique and Shondrella Avery, sources confirmed.
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Film star Leonardo DiCaprio is slated to both star and produce a new film on the collapse of the energy giant Enron, Warner Bros. movie studio said Tuesday.
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Director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have settled on a familiar face to play the lead role in his film adaptation of author Dan Brown&#39;s &quot;The Da Vinci Code.
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Richard Dreyfuss has  joined Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming in the cast of Sci Fi  Channel's upcoming miniseries "Tin Man," a reimagined fantasy  take on Frank Baum's book "The Wizard of Oz."
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The Oscar-winning   thesp is reuniting with Ron Howard to star in the big-screen version of   author Dan Brown's hugely successful bestseller The Da Vinci   Code.
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LOS ANGELES - "Star Trek" actor James Doohan - famed for his portrayal of "Beam Me Up" Scotty, the intrepid engineer who kept the starship Enterprise warping across galaxies - grinned and waved to fans Tuesday as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.    It was expected to be the last public appearance of the 84-year-old performer, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and also suffers from Parkinson's disease, diabetes and lung fibrosis...
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NEW YORK  - Jon Hamm, a Golden Globe nominee for the AMC drama "Mad Men," has joined Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly in the sci-fi remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
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Actor Ben Stiller said  on Friday he'd be excited to star alongside Tom Cruise in an  updated movie version of "The Hardy Boys" book series.
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Organizers on Thursday unveiled  details of this year's Academy Awards, including  Oscar-presenting roles for stars such as Tom Hanks and Nicole  Kidman whose presence was in doubt due to the Hollywood writers  strike.
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The Academy Awards may be more than six months away, but Columbia Pictures is already trying to lure Oscar voters into the "Spider-Man 2" web.