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After beating "a number of Hollywood's young elite actors for the coveted role," former "Spider-Man" star James Franco has been cast as the lead in the upcoming "Planet of the Apes" prequel, titled "Rise of the Apes." The story follows the development of the genetic process that gives apes human intelligence, and the war that ...

Megan Fox has been axed from " Transformers 3," Access Hollywood has confirmed. A source at Paramount, the studio behind the film, told Access that Megan, who played star Shia LaBeouf 's love interest in the franchise, would not return for the third movie.

When Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones don their shades for action in "Men in Black III," they'll be facing off against Jermaine Clement of "Flight of the Conchords," who has signed on to play "the villainous Yaz."

Most fans will agree that Terry Gilliam has had an off bunch of years, really since the exceptional 1998 adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's book, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Of course, until last year's undeniably solid "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" it had only been two movies. It was the failed "Don Quixote" ...

Hollywood actress Rachel Weisz will be portraying the role of Jackie Kennedy in an upcoming movie about the John F. Kennedy assassination. The movie is being produced and directed by Weisz’s fiancé Darren Aronofsky, reports The Daily Star.

The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore will be writing the new comedy.

By Crom! Mickey Rourke may indeed co-star in Conan the Barbarian as previously rumored.

As you may have realized by now, the main villain of The Green Lantern isn't going to be Sinestro, but will be Peter Sarsgaard's Dr. Hector Hammond.

I think this has probably been stated before, but Orlando Bloom recently officially confirmed that he will NOT be returning for the soon-to-be-filming "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides."

During the Sundance Film Festival, MTV News caught up with actor Orlando Bloom and put that very question to him — but according to the actor, his days as Will Turner are over. "No, definitely not," he said when asked if he'd return for the fourth "Pirates" movie.

A persistent rumor gets shot down again by Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson.