May 2012: Deals

• Sharlto Copley in Talks for Maleficent

  May 3rd, 2012

  The actor will portray King Stefan alongside Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning in this Disney fantasy tale.

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• Brad Bird Set to Direct 1952

  May 3rd, 2012

  Damon Lindelof is writing this sci-fi tentpole project for Disney, with production slated to begin next year.

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• Joseph Gordon-Levitt Circles Little Shop of Horrors Remake

  May 3rd, 2012

  Carrie screenwriter Robert Aguirre-Sacasa is drafting a new version of the original Roger Corman classic.

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• Amber Heard and Demian Bichir Join Machete Kills

  May 3rd, 2012

  The actress will play a conniving assassin named Miss San Antonio, while Demian Bichir's character is unknown.

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• Robert Pattinson Joins Mission: Blacklist

  May 3rd, 2012

  The actor joins this military thriller about the search for Saddam Hussein.

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• Jon Favreau Joins the Cast of Identity Thief

  May 2nd, 2012

  The Iron Man director returns to acting in this comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy.

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• Gary Ross Will Direct The Secret Life of Houdini

  May 2nd, 2012

  Noah Oppenheim is adapting this biography, which alleges the legendary magician also served as a British spy.

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• Joe Roth to Produce Anomaly

  May 1st, 2012

  Hollywood lawyer Skip Brittenham wrote the graphic novel, set in a future where humans have colonized the galaxy.

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• Sharlto Copley Confirmed for Oldboy and Open Grave

  May 1st, 2012

  The District 9 star will play the villain in Spike Lee's Oldboy remake, and will also portray the lead in Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego's horror tale.

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• Elijah Wood Takes Grand Piano

  May 1st, 2012

  Eugenio Mira is directing this thriller about a concert pianist who must deliver his best performance to save his wife.

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• Hugh Hudson Set to Direct Midnight Sun

  May 1st, 2012

  This arctic adventure centers on a young boy, who braves the Canadian winter elements to return a polar bear cub to his mother.

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• Tom Cruise to Star in Van Helsing Remake for Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman

  May 1st, 2012

  The producers are also developing a remake of The Mummy with Prometheus writer Jon Spaihts under their new deal with Universal.

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