- The Avengers 2 is slated for May 2015, but not all of the actors are pinned down, most notably Robert Downey Jr. Downey made $50 million on the first Avengers and could wind up in the $70 million range for the sequel. Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) and others also haven't agreed, and Marvel may replace some of them if they can't settle salary disputes.
- Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) is in talks to join Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight) wrote the script, and it's set to open November 7, 2014.
- Johnny Depp (The Baker) and Meryl Streep (The Witch) are in talks to star in a big-screen version of Into the Woods for director Rob Marshall (Chicago).
- Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are teaming up for a remake of Guys & Dolls. The original film version starred Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.
- Meanwhile, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill will return for 21 Jump Street 2, set to open June 6, 2014.
- Megan Fox will play April in a new live-action/CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Will Arnett co-stars.
- Jason Statham will star in a remake of Heat, not the 1995 classic with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro, but the 1987 drama that starred Burt Reynolds. It's about a gambler who takes on the mob after his friend is brutally beaten. Sofia Vergara, Stanley Tucci. Jason Alexander, Anne Heche and Michael Angarano co-star.
- NBC has renewed five dramas for this fall - Grimm, Law & Order: SVU, Revolution, Parenthood and Chicago Fire.
- Angus T. Jones will not return as a regular on CBS's Two and a Half Men this fall. Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer have signed new one-year deals to continue with Season 11.
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