- J.J. Abrams' reboot of the
Mission: Impossible franchise is coming together at Paramount, even if it still lacks a firm title. Returning Tom Cruise will be accompanied by
Paula Patton and Jeremy Renner, both of whom wowed in their low-budget Oscar-winning films last year,
Precious and
The Hurt Locker, respectively.
The $140-million sequel (modest, these days) is due December 2011.
-Jon Hamm and partner Jennifer Westfeldt (writer, producer and star of
Kissing Jessica Stein and
Ira & Abby)
dropped news that they will shoot an indie film together based on Westfeldt's script,
Friends with Kids, before the next season of
Mad Men steals Hamm away. They hope to be joined by Anne Hathaway and Kristen Wiig. Credit to Hamm for not letting himself be typecast as
Madmen's Don Draper; the guy can do comedy on
SNL, sitcom romance on
30 Rock, or play a cop in
The Town. He may have a movie career.
- The lovely Monica Bellucci, wife to man-of-the-moment Vincent Cassell (with
Black Swan premiering to
strong reviews and his Cesar winning
Mesrine double feature finally in theaters),
has been cast in the third installment of Italian director Giovanni Veronesi's
Manual of Love, which "with [Robert] De Niro in the cast, will have greater international ambitions," says producer Aurelio De Laurentiis. Bellucci will play De Niro's love interest. Good thing De Niro can act, since falling in love with Bellucci (pictured) must be tough.
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