Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott and Justin Long will voice characters for Planet 51, a CG-animated sci-fi flick about citizens who fear an alien invasion — the news of which is, of course, brought by The Rock, who arrives from Earth.... Film vet Christopher Walken is being awarded Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Award on Friday. He'll attend a roast in his honor, at which which we assume he'll be asking for more cowbell. — Anna Dimond
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has confirmed for SCI FI Wire that in the upcoming Shazam! movie, he's going to play the villainous Black Adam rather than the heroic Captain Marvel because that's what fans told him they wanted him to do. I had no idea you guys were so powerful. Can you please make sure there won't be a "Game Plan 2"? Please?.... Jennifer Connelly has signed on to star opposite Keanu Reeves in a remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.... Jeanne Tripplehorn has landed the part of Jackie O in the Drew Barrymore/Jessica Lange adaptation of the docu-turned-Broadway hit Grey Gardens.... Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under) and Will Patton (No Way Out) have been cast as the parents of Disturbia hottie Sarah Roemer in the thriller Waking Madison, about a nutjob who locks herself in her apartment for 30 days to cure her mental illness. Taryn Manning has also signed on to play a fellow loony. —Ben Katner
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Owen Wilson is no longer scheduled to appear in Tropic Thunder, an ensemble comedy in which he was to have a supporting role.... Also per the Reporter: Brothers Danny (That '70s Show) and Christopher Masterson (Malcolm in the Middle) will star together in Made for Each Other, an indie comedy also featuring Bijou Phillips, Patrick Warburton and George Segal in its cast.... Bennifer 3 alert! Ben Affleck and Kris Kristofferson are Jennifer Aniston's beau and dad in He's Just Not That Into You.... 300 helmer Zack Snyder is eyeing The Illustrated Man, based on a collection of Ray Bradbury shorts.... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may climb Witch Mountain in the Disney remake.
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Kyra "The Closer" Sedgwick will play ruthless sports agent to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's footballer in The Game Plan, a comedy starting production Sept. 24. Morris Chestnut and Paige Turco also star.... Per Variety, reality-TV guru Mark Burnett has snatched up the feature rights to The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, a children's fantasy-book series debuting in May 2007.
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