Stephen Graham to visit London Boulevard

British thesp Stephen Graham (Public Enemies, Season of the Witch, This Is England, Snatch) has joined the cast of the romantic drama London Boulevard for GK Films says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story revolves around a romance between a former con (Colin Farrell) and an actress (Keira Knightley). Graham will play the lead detective pursuing Farrell.

William Monahan makes his directorial debut on the film. Graham, who played Baby Face Nelson in "Public Enemies", will portray Al Capone in the upcoming HBO pilot "Boardwalk Empire".

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The Random - Dark Shadows, The Expendables, Terminator Salvation, Howl, V, Piranha 3D, Twilight: New Moon, Robin Hood, Nanny McPhee, London Boulevard

"For some reason a Japanese Warner Brothers press book for 2009-2010 releases indicates a winter 2010 release in Japan for the long in development "Dark Shadows" feature with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp..." (full details)

"Though long rumored and pretty certain, actor Terry Crews has confirmed Arnold Schwarzenegger will be cameoing in both "Terminator Salvation" and "The Expendables"..." (full details)

"Firefly's Alan Tudyk, and Smallville's Laura Vandervoort have joined the cast of the "V" mini-series remake. Morena Baccarin (Firefly), Scott Wolf (Party of Five), Morris Chestnut (Ladder 49), Elizabeth Mitchel (Lost) and Joel Gretsch (4400) also star in the pilot currently shooting in Vancouver..." (full details)

"Eric Roberts is apparently in talks to star in the Alan Ginsberg trial flick "Howl" currently in production with James Franco and Paul Rudd..." (full details)

Elisabeth Shue is coming back and has apparently joined the cast of Alexandre Aja's "Piranha 3D" according to Moviehole. Shue will play "Sheriff Julie Forester, a take-charge authority figure in the community of Lake Victoria" and the mother of one of the lead characters.

"Frost/Nixon" and "Underworld" star Michael Sheen has joined the upcoming "Twilight" sequel "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" for Summit Entertainment reports Variety. The story centers on Bella (Kristen Stewart) being drawn into the world of werewolves while threatened by the Volturi, an Italy-based coven of vampires. Sheen will play Aro, the leader of the Volturi.

William Hurt has joined the cast of Ridley Scott's upcoming "Robin Hood" project at Universal Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.

Maggie Gyllenhaal will join Emma Thompson in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang", the upcoming sequel to her family fantasy hit in 2004 says Production Weekly. Set a century after the first film, this time the magical nanny deals with city children and country children who are evacuees during World War II.

Ray Winstone (Beowulf), David Thewlis ("Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban") and Anna Friel ("Pushing Daisies") have signed onto the crime drama "London Boulevard" reports Variety. Colin Farrell plays a freshly-paroled London criminal who becomes involved with Keira Knightley's reclusive actress. Winstone will star as a former crime boss, Thewlis will play Knightley's agoraphobic business manager and Friel plays Farrell's sister.

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The Random - True Lies 2, Preacher, Heath Ledger, Benjamin Button, Torso, London Boulevard, G.I. Joe, Star Trek

Tom Arnold is talking about getting True Lies II together again, and with Arnold Schwarzenegger on board - “If all goes as planned, the day Arnold leaves office, we will again team with Jim Cameron and do a comedy. Jim says it might not be called True Lies II, but it will be fun.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, John August will be stepping in for scripting duties on the adaption of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher. Sam Mendes is still down to direct it. Wouldn't it be cool if they could get Clint Eastwood to play the Saint of Killers.

Heath Ledger’s ‘Dark Knight’ Oscar Nomination arrives on the Anniversary Of his death.

The LATimes have the interesting news that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button may not be profitable despite being nominated for a load of Oscars.

Paramount has let the rights to the novel behind the film adaptation of Torso lapse meaning David Fincher's planned film is all up in the air. Paramount had an option on the novel and had the rights to extend that option but let that slip last month. The Hollywood Reporter has more.

Colin Farrell is to star in London Boulevard with Keira Knightley. The crime drama based on Ken Bruen's novel of the same name, is to be directed by the writer of The Departed, William Monahan, who is making his directorial debut. Farrell will be playing a London-based criminal just released from a stint in prison who tries to give up his gangster way of life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive actress, played by Knightley. First Showing have more.

Entertainment Weekly spoke to Stephen Sommers about G.I. Joe - "I always loved the old Bonds. It's funny now how Bond wants to be Bourne. I loved Quantum of Solace, but it was like, man, this is a completely different movie to the Bonds I grew up with. In a very contemporary way, G.I. Joe is inspired by the memory of the kind of movies I saw when I was younger. I remember being in the theater for Thunderball and the big underwater battle at the end of that movie just blew my socks off. In G.I. Joe, there's an underwater battle under the polar icecap that's Thunderball times 10!"

USAToday.com has a first look at the new line of Star Trek toys which will be released in association with JJ Abrams’ new film. The Transporter PlaySet comes with Scotty and features real transporter beam effects (I assume that doesn't mean the ability to teleport objects is contained within it's plastic structure).