-Actress Mila Kunis is to star alongside Mark Wahlberg in a big screen version of videogame Max Payne.It is believed that Kunis, who starred in That 70s Show, will play an assassin who works with Payne (Wahlberg) to avenge the death of her sister.The story will revolve around Payne, who is a cop who is haunted by the death of his family, uncovers a conspiracy when trying to solve a series of murders.Max Payne is just the most recent in a long line of video games including Hitman, Tomb Raider, Doom and resident Evil, to get a movie adaptation.-Die hard 4 star Justin Long has signed on to co-star in Sam Raimi's new movie Drag Me to Hell.The film is Raimi's long awaited return to the movie genre of horror.
But the project has already experienced castin problems as Ellen Page dropped out of the project due to a scheduling conflict.
She was replace by Alison Lohman who will play Long's girlfriend in a morality tale about a character who becomes the victim of a supernatural curse.
-Funnyman Jim Carrey has signed up to star in Oscar nominated director Jason Reitman's Pierre Pierre.
Pierre Pierre is the follow up to Reitman's critical and commercial success Juno and centres on a self indulgent French nihilist who transports a stolen painting from paris to London.
- Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan and Leslie Mann will all star in director and producer of the moment Judd Apatow's new comedy.
The film, which is expected to begin filming later this summer, is a co-production between Sony Pictures and Universal.
Although the plot is being kept under wraps Apatow is expected to write the script, direct and produce the movie.
Both Rogan and Mann worked together and with Apatow on last summer's hit Knocked Up and Adam Sandler co-wrote the soon to be released Don't Mess With the Zohan.
-Troubled star, and multiple Rassie winner, Lindsay Lohan has finally landed some work alongside her heroine Ann- Margret in a new Jack Black comedy.
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