The Random - Schwarzenegger in The Expendables, Life of Pi, School for Scumbags, God of War, Trump Heist, Nerverackers, How do You Know?, Book of Eli

Former action star turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will cameo as himself in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables reports AICN. Arnie will shoot a one day cameo appearance in the action-team up film in which a team of mercenaries is sent to infiltrate a South American country to overthrow the ruthless dictator and liberate the country. Eric Roberts will replace Ben Kingsley in the role of a corrupt CIA agent. Latino Review adds that Danny Trejo has landed a role in the film as well.

Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain," "The Ice Storm") is in talks to direct the film version of Yann Martel's Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi for Fox 2000 reports Variety. The coming-of-age story revolves around a youth who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger.

Aaron Rapke and Stewart Kaye ("The Money Shot") are set to pen the action comedy School for Scumbags reports Variety. Based on Danny King's novel, the story centers on a teen who, after being expelled from a long list of schools, lands at a campus for "misdirected" teens where the teachers are actually professional thieves who teach them to execute the heist of the century.

Brett Ratner ("Rush Hour," "X-Men: The Last Stand") may have left the film adaptation of hit video game series God of War. According to Production Weekly, Ratner's is focusing on the Chris Tucker and Eddie Murphy team-up vehicle Trump Heist as his next project.

Robert Rodriguez ("Sin City," "Spy Kids") will reteam with Dimension on the futuristic thriller Nerverackers says Variety. Set in 2085, the story centers on a character named Joe Tezca who is part of an elite unit dispatched to quell a crime wave in a theoretically perfect future society.

Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd are in talks to star opposite Reese Witherspoon in James L. Brooks' romantic comedy currently titled How Do You Know? for Sony Pictures says Variety. Rudd would play a white-collar executive vying for Witherspoon's affections, while Wilson would portray a professional baseball pitcher who is also a love interest.

Evan Jones ("Jarhead," "October Road") is set to star in Warner Bros.' futuristic western The Book of Eli says The Hollywood Reporter. In "Eli," Jones will play the leader of a quartet of bikers who tussle with Eli (Denzel Washington).

Source: Dark Horizons

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