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.

Now that Warner Bros. has given the official greenlight to AKIRA, the production is now settling on a cast.

Gil Kenan's A GIANT has been set up at the new company Lava Bear Films with Shia LaBeouf set to star, reports Variety.

20th Century Fox has picked up the rights to the British TV series RENTAGHOST, reports Deadline.com.

Don Johnson (MIAMI VICE) has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED, reports Variety.

Illumination Ent. is teaming with Johnny Depp and his Infinitum Nihil to produce the story of Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel for the big screen, reports Risky Business.

Lionsgate has cast Aaron Eckhart as the monster Adam Frankenstein in the adaptation of the graphic novel, I, FRANKENSTEIN, reports Deadline.com.

Variety's Justin Kroll tweeted this morning that the latest actress to be offered the lead in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES has passed on the Jane Austen walking dead mash-up.

M.C. Gainey, who is best known as Mr. Friendly on LOST, is in talks to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED, reports Variety.

Kurt Russell is in negotiations to take the role in Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED recently vacated by Kevin Costner, reports Heat Vision.

Twitch.com is reporting that Mandate is eyeing THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO star Rooney Mara for the female lead in its remake of OLDBOY.