"Australia" is Baz Luhrmann's first feature film since the 2001 musical success Moulin Rouge. The highly anticipated film centres on an English aristocrat in the 1930s, played by Nicole Kidman, who comes to northern Australia to sell a cattle property the size of Belgium. After an epic journey across the country with a rough-hewn drover, Hugh ( Read more... )

Ethan Hawke has signed on to star in Lionsgate's futuristic vampire film "Daybreakers", according to The Hollywood Reporter.


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Josh Hartnett will star in "I Come with the Rain," a drama that will shoot in Hong Kong in June. Tran Anh Hung ("The Scent of Green Papaya") will direct from a script he wrote.


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Brazilian thesp Rodrigo Santoro, who played Persian ruler Xerses in "300," has been cast opposite Rose McGowan in Hit and Run's "Black Oasis."

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Larry and Andy Wachowski have added another two passengers to their "Speed Racer" vehicle. Matthew Fox is in final negotiations to play Racer X in the live-action update of the 1960s cartoon for Warner Bros. Pictures and producer Joel Silver ( Read more... )

According to TV.com, Alex Rider: Stormbreaker star Alex Pettyfer is up for a role in The Mummy 3.


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Brendan Fraser has closed a rich deal to return in "The Mummy 3," but Rachel Weisz is not coming back.

Rob Cohen will direct the pic, which is expected to begin production late in the summer. It will be set in China and will introduce Jet Li as a villain.

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"Hannibal Rising" star, Gaspard Ulliel, made an appearance in Hong Kong recently at the opening ceremony of a store. He was asked about working with Gong Li, and said that she is very nice, friendly and generous. He praised her acting, noting that she is very professional, he was very honored to work with her, and he learned a lot from her.


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