35-year-old Chicago-based rapper, now actor Common confirmed to MTV News that he was cast as ‘The Green Lantern’ in “Justice League of America” for Warner Bros.

The project, on hold due to the Writer’s Guild strike, is a superhero film based on the DC Comic strip and the role was an “honor” for Common to land. He said:

“Just being a black person, a black man, playing a superhero is an honor in itself.”

The project, expected to be released in 2010, will be directed by George Miller (”Babe“) has been rumored to have cast Adam Brody as ‘The Flash’ and 31-year-old Australian supermodel Megan Gale as ‘Wonder Woman.’

We hear from Bloody & Disgusting that one of the world’s best actors - 49-year-old Gary Oldman (”Dracula“, “Batman Begins“) is about to sign on for David Goyer’s “Born” (this title might change soon.) The film is a supernatural thriller from the writer of “Batman Begins” and writer/director of “The Invisible.”

Platinum Dunes who produce the film along with Goyer have also cast super hottie Odette Yustman (”Cloverfield” and ABC’s “October Road.”) The thriller follows the young girl played by Yustman who is taunted by a ‘Dybbuk’ a soul of a dead person barred fro heaven. And this boy comes in the form of a boy executed in WWII at the Auschwitz death camp.

Read the rest of this entry »

Czech supermodel Karolína Isela Kurková will play ‘Cover Girl’ in the upcoming Paramount Pictures’ “G.I. Joe” movie.

The soon to be 24-year-old model previously appeared in a film called “My Sexiest Year” (which we surprisingly haven’t seen.) We are pretty sure that Kurkova’s acting chops are probably three or four stops short of Jessica Alba.  But that’s not what they are paying her for….

She is however, better known for her excellent work in the Victoria’s Secret Angels ad campaign

The “G.I. Joe” character ‘Cover Girl’ is a former fashion model who grew tired of the modeling lifestyle and joined the Army to prove herself more than just a pretty face as a tank jockey.

Brittany Murphy stars opposite Mike Vogel (”Cloverfield“) in a film that starts shooting this week entitled “Across the Hall” and is also being considered for a role in the dark comedy “Poor Things.” Lindsay Lohan was originally cast in “Poor Things” but has now dropped out.

“Across the Hall” is a love-triangle movie that will be produced by Insomnia Media and directed by Alex Merkin (his last name means ‘vagina’ in English slang in case you didn’t know) and the screenplay was written by Jesse Mittelstadt and Julien Schwab. “Hall” is based on Merkin’s award-winning 2005 short film that starred Adrian Grenier (”Entourage“).