HEADLINES

FOUR UP FOR SCREAM 4
Ashley Green, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin and Lake Bell are all in talks to star in Scream 4. Green would play Sidney's cousin Jill, Panettiere would play Jill's best friend and movie guru, Culkin would play Jill's love interest and Bell would play an officer that Sidney knew in high school.

I like everyone listed above. It is really assuring to me that the next three films won't be primarily on Sidney, Dewey and Gail. The film starts shooting this summer so there will be several casting updates coming out soon.

On a side note, I know he looks rediculous, but I really like Rory Culkin.






FRANCO GOES APE
James Franco has signed on to star in the prequel Rise of the Apes. He will playing a scientist who has a big hand in what causes the war between the humans and apes.

I like Franco, but I don't really see him as the scientist type. I'm not excited for this film at the moment, but if they keep nabbing good actors, I might change my mind.


MACGYVER WRITER HIRED
Jason Richman has been hired to develop a script for the upcoming MacGyver film. Richmans other films include; Black Hawk Down, Rush Hour 3 and Bad Company.

I really don't think this movie needs to happen unless Richard Dean Anderson is playing MacGyver. He isn't too old. The last thing I want to see is some stupid young actor like Taylor Lautner getting the role of one of my favorite action stars as a kid. Furthermore, besides Black Hawk Down, Richman hasn't done anything I like, so there is another reason.

MacGyver's hair was truly horrible back then.






OLDMAN JOINS KUNG FU PANDA 2
Gary Oldman will be voicing a character named Peacock for Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom.

In the sequel, a new villain emerges and threatens the existence of the ancient kung fu ways.






POSSIBLE VILLAIN FOR THE AVENGERS
It is being leaked that the Skrulls are looking to be the villains for the upcoming Avengers film. I am not familiar with them, so here is a description of them:

"The Skrulls are an extraterrestrial humanoid race who have created a vast interstellar empire, the oldest known empire still in existence, within the Andromeda Galaxy.. A Skrull can mentally cause the unstable molecules that comprise his or her body to become pliant, enabling him or her to assume other forms through muscular expansion and contraction. Once a new shape has been assumed (human, animal, alien), it takes a conscious act of will to assume another form or revert to natural.. Although the Skrulls became aware of Earth (due to its nearness to a natural warp-space access point) eons ago, it was not until recent times that they considered Earth’s threat. Their first regular surveillances of Earth began in the 1930s. To date most of the Skrulls’ excursions to Earth have been extremely small-scale, with no more than a handful of soldier-infiltrators being dispatched at any given time. It is not yet known how the death of the current ruling family will affect official policy toward Earth or the government of the empire in general."

Apparently, the plan is to have them take over The Hulks mind which will cause The Avengers to join up for the first time to try and stop him.

I think that this could work. If they aren't the main focus in this film and just start off by trying to get the Hulk to do their dirty work, I think that would be the best way to go. Although, I'm certainly up for some other villains.