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Pegg and Frost Meet 'Paul'

Superbad helmer Greg Mottola will direct the extraterrestrial comedy Paul for Working Title and Universal Pictures, which will star Shaun of the Dead actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Daily Variety reported. Mottola, who recently wrapped the upcoming comedy Adventureland, will begin shooting Paul in mid-April in New Mexico.

11-12-08

'Iron Man 2' Trio to Team Again for 'Avengers'

The cast and crew for Marvel Studios' 2011 film The Avengers is coming together quite nicely. Iron Man himself Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle, whose deal to replace Terrence Howard in the Iron Man movies has been finalized, have signed for the actioner, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

10-28-08

Trio Find 'Love and Other Impossible Pursuits'

Natalie Portman, who was last seen in The Other Boleyn Girl, is set to star in and executive produce Don Roos' adaptation of Ayelet Waldman's novel Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. Daily Variety says the plot follows a young woman who discovers the key to recovering her marriage in her relationship with her precocious stepson.

10-28-08

Brody Takes Lead in 'Courier'

Adrien Brody, who last starred in Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, will play the lead role in Russell Mulcahy's upcoming action thriller The Courier for Arclight Films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project follows an adventurous courier who's trying to deliver a briefcase to a crime boss who can't be located.

10-28-08