Jessica Biel,Luke Evans to star in Vivaldi

Jessica Biel and rising British actor Luke Evans are in final negotiations to star in Vivaldi,a period tale of forbidden romance.

Jessica Biel and rising British actor Luke Evans are in final negotiations to star in Vivaldi,a period tale of forbidden romance.
The project centres on composer,priest and violin virtuoso Antonio Vivaldi and his protégée,singer Anna Tessieri Giro,leading him to write his enduring masterpiece The Four Seasons. Giro was Vivaldis favourite prima donna and part of his entourage. Vivaldi denied any romantic relationship and most modern scholars believe that to be true. Patricia Riggen,who directed the Mexican immigration film Under The Same Moon,will take the helm. The project will be pitched to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
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recently appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy Valentines Day and next co-stars in the summer action tentpole The A-Team. Evans played Apollo in Clash Of The Titans,and is cast as Zeus in Tarsem Singhs Greek epic Immortals.

Tom Cruise:Brad Bird to direct MI IV
Brad Bird is set to direct Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible IV,which is eyeing a release date in December 2011. Recently,British magazine Empire quoted Cruise as saying: Were working with Brad right now. I dont know if Im allowed to talk about it but everythings signed … Brad is doing it. The previous film in the Paramount Pictures action franchise,released in 2006,was directed by J.J. Abrams. He will produce the new one with Cruise. Plot details are being kept secret.
Mission: Impossible IV would mark the live-action debut for Bird,whose credits include the animated movies The Incredibles and The Iron Giant. His prolonged efforts to develop1906,set around the 1906 San Francisco earthquake,are rumoured to be stalled because of budgetary reasons.

Hopkins eyes villain role in Arabian Nights
Anthony Hopkins is in final negotiations to play an evil sorcerer in Arabian Nights,an action-adventure picture starring Liam Hemsworth,the high-flying paramour of pop star Miley Cyrus.
The period epic revolves around a young commander (Hemsworth) who,after his king is murdered in a coup,joins forces with Sinbad,Ali Baba and the Genie from the magic lamp to rescue the queen,Scheherazade. Hopkins will play Pharotu,a sorcerer who killed Sinbads love,a mermaid and is looking to amass more magic for himself. Chuck Russell will be directing this fantasy flick.
Hopkins is known for playing one of the most-feared bad guys in Silence Of The Lambs. The actor recently wrapped a turn as Odin in Marvels Thor and is starring in supernatural thriller The Rite,shooting in Hungary. Australian native Hemsworth and Cyrus are currently in theatres with The Last Song.

Brothers… actor for Anna Faris film
Brothers And Sisters star Dave Annable is in negotiations to play Anna Faris dream guy in the romantic comedy feature Whats Your Number?
Faris plays a woman,who treks through her sexual past to find Mr. Right,exploring the idea of sexual quotas and whether such numbers matter. Based on a book by Karyn Bosnak,the New Regency project will be directed by Mark Mylod.
Annable steps into the shoes initially worn by Matt Bomer,who dropped out because of a scheduling conflict with his hit USA show White Collar. Among the actors lined up as Faris exes are Chris Evans,Zachary Quinto and Joel McHale.
Whats Your Number? marks Annables first movie since 2004s Little Black Book.