Joel Edgerton (WARRIOR) is in negotiations to lead Warner Bros.' 300: BATTLE OF ARTEMISIA, reports Vulture.

CBS Films has begun casting up 7500 from THE GRUDGE director Takashi Shimizu, reports Deadline.com.

Open Road Films has begun testing for the two male leads in the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's THE HOST, reports Variety.

Sylvester Stallone has joined Summit and Emmett/Furla Films' THE TOMB, reports Variety.

Freedom Films reports it has hired Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey for their Iraq War actioner THUNDER RUN.

For the top female lead in TRON LEGACY director Joseph Kosinski's next film the list has come down to three actresses, reports Deadline.com.

Paramount has hired Oren Uziel (MORTAL KOMBAT) to adapt Cat Patrick's sci-fi novel FORGOTTEN, writes The Hollywood Reporter.

Quentin Tarantino has found his Broomhilda for DJANGO UNCHAINED, reports Deadline.com.

Warner Bros. has frontrunners for the leads in the modern King Arthur tale ARTHUR & LANCELOT, reports Heat Vision.

Following George Clooney's departure, Steven Soderbergh has been in search for the lead for his big screen adaptation of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.