Anna Friel has signed on to star with Will Ferrell in the light-hearted comedy Land of the Lost.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal's Peter Cramer and Eric Baiers are overseeing the project with Brad Silberling directing.
Friel - who stars in the adorable ABC series Pushing Daisies - will play the love interest of Ferrell, a disgraced paleontologist who finds himself in a strange prehistoric world.
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Already teeming with young stars - such as Vanessa Hudgens and Scott Porter - the musical coming-of-age dramedy Will is receiving a dose of veteran actors, as well.
Lisa Kudrow and David Bowie have signed on for the film, which focuses on a high school outcast (Liam Aiken from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) and a popular girl (Hudgens) who form an unlikely bond through a love of music. They put together a group to perform at their school's battle of the bands competition.
Kudrow will play Will's mother. No word on Bowie's role yet.
Julia Roberts, who most recently appeared on the big screen opposite Tom Hanks and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War, has chosen a new project.
The actress will produce and star in a film version of Margot Berwin's upcoming novel Hothouse Flowers for Sony's Columbia Pictures.
The book - and planned movie - tells the story of a newly divorced woman who is dissatisfied with her job at a Manhattan ad agency and heads off on an adventure. Roberts, naturally, will play the divorcee. No release date has been set.
Laurence Fishburne has a star-studded cast for the action feature Armored.
The veteran actor joins Matt Dillon, Columbus Short, Fred Ward, and Skeet Ulrich in the film, which Nimrod Antal will direct.
Jean Reno (The Da Vinci Code, Ronin) and Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) have also signed on to the movie, which is about on a young armored car guard who is persuaded by his veteran cohorts to empty a truck of its $10 million cargo.
Shooting is already underway in Los Angeles.
As she awaits the opening of her new movie, The Eye, newly knocked up actress Jessica Alba spoke to Comingsoon.net about the prospects of sequels to a pair of well-received movies she's starred in...
CS: What can you tell us about your character in "Sin City 2"?
Jessica Alba: I haven't read a script. I don't know anything about it. Robert (Rodriguez) and Frank (Miller) haven't talked to me about it at all.
CS: How long until we get "Fantastic Four 3"?
Alba: I have no idea. I know the writers strike and the impending actors strike has kind of put a wrench in everything production wise. That film takes a lot of prep, a good six months of prep and about six months to shoot. With the strike, I think, maybe it's put on hold.Read the full interview with Alba now.
Thanks to the writers' strike, Heroes star Hayden Panettiere has a lot of free time on her hands.
And she's using it to star in a couple new films. The latest is called I Love You, Beth Cooper.
The 18-year-old actress will appear at the title character in teen comedy, which will be produced by Chris Columbus (Rent, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets).
As Beth Cooper, Panettiere is a hot cheerleader (typecasting!) that is the object of a nerdy valedictorian's obsession. The pair embark on a series of misadventures after he proclaims his love for her in his graduation speech.
Later this year, Hayden will appear in the drama Fireflies in the Garden alongside Julia Roberts.
Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen and Academy Award winner Charlize Theron have signed on for a movie version of the 2006 novel The Road.
The tome, by No Country for Old Men writer Cormac McCarthy, revolves around a man (Mortensen) who embarks on a nightmarish road trip after a nuclear explosion in an attempt to transport his son to safety while fending off hungry cannibals.
Reportedly, Theron will play the wife of Mortensen's character, appearing mostly in flashback scenes. The actress, who won multiple awards for her role in Monster, agreed to play such a small role because she was a huge fan of the book.
The awarding of the Golden Globes may have been anticlimactic this year - the ongoing writers' strike caused the ceremony to be canceled, resulting in an awkward, boring press conference that announced the winners - but it's still worth noting the films and actors that were honored.
Leading the way and building their resumes for an Oscar? Atonement and Sweeney Todd. Here's the list of honorees:
Best Motion Picture â" Drama
Atonement
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture â" Drama
Julie Christie â" Away From Her
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture â" Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis â" There Will Be Blood
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard â" La Vie En Rose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp â" Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett â" I'm Not There
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Javier Bardem â" No Country For Old Men
Best Director - Motion Picture
Julian Schnabel â" The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Best Animated Feature Film
Ratatouille
Sony Pictures has released a schedule for some of its bigger movies in 2008. Beginning with this weekend, here's what you can look forward to over the next calendar year:
January 11, 2008
First Sunday
January 25, 2008
Untraceable
February 22, 2008
Vantage Point (pictured)
February 29, 2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
March 28, 2008
21
April 11, 2008
Prom Night
April 18, 2008
88 Minutes
May 2, 2008
Made of Honor
June 6, 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
July 2, 2008
Hancock (pictured)
July 25, 2008
Step Brothers
August 8, 2008
Pineapple Express
August 15, 2008
The International
August 22, 2008
I Know What Boys Like
September 5, 2008
Passengers
September 19, 2008
Lakeview Terrace
October 3, 2008
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
October 17, 2008
Quarantine
November 7, 2008
Bond 22
December 12, 2008
Seven Pounds
Coming this week to a theater near you...
First Sunday
What's It All About: Tracy Morgan and Ice Cube star in a comedy about two men who decide to rob a neighborhood church.
Why It Might Do Well: As 30 Rock fans know, Tracey Morgan is really funny.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Have you seen the movie trailer? Jokes don't look too original.
Number of Theaters: 2,000
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
What's It All About: A sword and sorcery film based on a video game starring Jason Statham as a man who sets out to rescue his wife and avenge the death of his son at the hands of a race of animal warriors.
Why It Might Do Well: An diverse cast includes Burt Reynolds, Ron Perlman and Ray Liotta; has an aggressive ad campaign that may attract audiences.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Director Uwe Bolle was also at the helm for House of the Dead, which no one saw. .
Number of Theaters: 2,500
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie
What's It All About: Vegetables. Seriously. Talking, computer generated vegetables who give up their lives as busboys to travel back in time to the 17th century and become pirates.
Why It Might Do Well: Kids who enjoyed the Veggie Tales TV show and/or the previous film Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie will enjoy this one.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Don't kids hate vegetables?
Number of Theaters: 1,200
The Bucket List
What's It All About: Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play terminal cancer patients who compose a list of things they want to do before they die.
Why It Might Do Well: Did we mention Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman are in it?
Why It Might Not Do Well: It might be overly cheesy and sentimenal.
