Milla Jovovich To Star in ‘The 4th Kind’

Milla Jovovich will star in Gold Circle Films thriller “The 4th Kind.” Olatunde Osunsanmi, a former assistant to filmmaker Joe Carnahan, is making his directorial debut on the film, which he also wrote.Although project details are being kept under wraps, it is described as a fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover-up.

Jovovich plays a woman investigating the disappearances in the town.

A late-June start is being eyed.

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Julie Benz Cast In ‘Saw 5′

Julie Benz will star in “Saw 5″, the next outing in Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures‘ horror franchise.David Hackl — who served as the production designer on the second, third and fourth “Saw” films — will helm the next appearance of Jigsaw. Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan wrote the screenplay.

Benz has been cast as a Brit with clothes and hair too proper and elegant to be a pawn in Jigsaw’s latest games. Tobin Bell will return as Jigsaw.

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‘The Bank Job’ New Movie Clips

Lionsgate has released five clips from the upcoming heist film “The Bank Job,” starring Jason Statham. They show a group of bank robbers attempting an easy score. As a result, they put themselves and lots of others in trouble.

The movie tells the true story of the 1971 Baker Street robbery, in which thieves tunneled into the vault of a Lloyds bank and looted safe deposit boxes and jewelry worth the equivalent of £5 million ($10 million) today. Nobody was ever arrested, none of the money recovered and the press had a gag order placed on them.

“The Bank Job” is directed by Roger Donaldson, the man behind such films as “Cocktail,” “Cadillac Man,” “Species,” “The Recruit” and many others. The new movie hits theaters on March 7th.

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Lionsgate, New Line, Slayer – Trade Breaks

“Both Lionsgate and Marvel Studios have reached interim agreements the Writers Guild of America. These deals mean that both studios will put writers immediately back to work on their development slates. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed, but shows such as “Weeds” and “Mad Men” along with films like “Saw V,” “Thor” and “Captain America”…”
Full Story: Variety

Contrary to previous reports on IMDB there is “no truth” to the rumor that New Line Cinema’s Bob Shaye & Michael Lynne were being sacked, and all projects, including The Hobbit were moving completely over to the Warner Bros. camps. A New Line spokesperson stated via email to us today that the story was false, and they are seeking a correction on IMDB…”
Full story: The One Ring

Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Jon Knautz’s horror comedy “Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer” in a mid-six-figure deal with a theatrical commitment. The film (featuring “Nightmare on Elm Street” star Robert Englund) tells the story of a teen (Trevor Matthews) who is haunted by the murder of his parents. As his rage builds, he accidentally awakens an ancient evil, prompting chaos in the vein of ’80s horror-comedy creature features…”
Full story: Hollywood Reporter 

Conan the Barbarian crashes the Lionsgate

Avi Lerner’s obsession with muscle men continues. The Nu Image/Millennium boss has inked a deal with Lionsgtate that’ll see the shingle release Lerner’s “Conan the Barbarian” remake, says Variety. Lionsgate of course is the distributor of the Lerner-produced “Rambo” starring Sylvester Stallone, due out at the end of the month.The pic, written by the team of Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (“Sahara,” “Cowboys & Aliens”), is planned to be the first in a whole series of new Schwarzenegger-less “Conan” flicks. The first has a date with a camera later this year.

“I’m very happy with [Lionsgate’s] Jon Feltheimer and his whole team. They understand the business and the value of money better than a lot of studios,” Lerner said. “We will finance the movie, but the idea is to work closely with them on a creative level and use their experience.”

The only name that’s been mooted thus far for the lead in the $100 million dollar pic is “300” it-boy Gerard Butler.