In a small blurb in the German edition of GQ magazine, Matthias Schweighofer said he's in the running for a role in THOR and that Jude Law and Robert De Niro have also joined the cast, Ain't It Cool News reports.

Jackie Earle Haley appears to have a lock on the villain roles these days.

The third film in Summit Entertainment's TWILIGHT series will include Kirsten Prout as vampire Lucy, E! Online reports.

Chris Messina (JULIE & JULIA) has been tapped by Universal to star in DEVIL, which is based on a story concocted by M. Night Shyamalan, reports VARIETY.

Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland have joined the cast of THE MECHANIC, reports VARIETY.

Chris Pine is negotiating a deal with Paramount Pictures that would see him play CIA analyst Jack Ryan in a continuation of the franchise based on the Tom Clancy novels, Variety reports.

The Playlist has an exclusive about writer-director Gary Ross picking up the languishing MATT HELM project after Steven Spielberg decided to pass on it after fighting hard to keep it under his control following DreamWorks' split from Paramount.

Oscar winner Adrien Brody has joined the cast of the Robert Rodriguez-produced PREDATORS, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Stellan Skarsgård tells TT Spektra that he will have a role in Marvel Studios' THOR movie, ComingSoon.net reports.

Disney has brought on a trio of actors to join the cast of JOHN CARTER OF MARS, Heat Vision reports.