Edgar Is The Wright Man For Ant Man

British director sits down with Marvel to talk about Ant Man schedule

When Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige recently talked to Superhero Hype to discuss (among other things) Marvel's plans for the long-anticipated Ant Man he confirmed (to the accompaniment of a great hurrah from us) that British director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will move onto prepping the script for production as soon as he completes his promotional duties for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Ant-Man is a fairly minor Marvel character who first appeared back in 1962 and the studio have made clear that their priority is to get a really good script to work from rather than rushing it onto the screen. Wright and Joe Cornish (the Joe half of the brilliant Adam & Joe) put together a first draft of the screenplay a few years ago but since March 2008 - when Wright announced that they were working on a redraft - the director has been a bit busy with Scott Pilgrim which is set for release at the end of August. Marvel head honcho and Ant-Man creator Stan Lee recently reminded us that the project was still on track when he tweeted he'd had just been talking to Wright about the size-altered hero. Feige's confirmation that the film is scheduled for release after The Avengers is going to excite both Marvel Comics and Edgar Wright fans alike. Whether or not there'll be space in The Avengers to introduce cinema-goers to the Ant-Man character is the question on our minds right now... what do you think? will there be space in the Jon Favreau produced and Joss Whedon directed ensemble - which already includes Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle and Scarlett Johansson all reprising their roles in Iron Man 2, Chris Evans (II) as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston as Thor and Loki, as well as a villainous Hulk which may or may not be played by Edward Norton, and even the original TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno - to introduce a brand new character? Let us know below!

The Ring To Go 3D

Paramount Pictures is developing a third instalment of The Ring franchise to be titled Ring 3D. After the global success of the first film, which raked in $249.3 million in 2002 and of the $161.5 million-earning sequel in 2005, Paramount will be hoping the 3D aspect to this latest movie will help it do just as well at the box office. Adapted from a Japanese film released in 1998, The Ring set a trend in Hollywood for English-language remakes of Japanese horror flicks and remains one of the few that opened to positive critical reviews. Starring Naomi Watts and directed by Gore Verbinski and Hideo Nakata respectively, films one and two centred around a young journalist investigating a videotape that seems to bring about the untimely demise of anyone who watches it. Neither Verbinski, who went on to make the Pïrates Of The Carribean movies, nor Nakata are lined up to direct the 3D sequel and as yet there has been no mention of any other names for the task. However, writer David Loucka is apparently on board and producers the previous Ring films' producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are in negotiations to return for the third movie. What do you think of the idea? Will being in 3D add anything to the sequel, or should The Ring jump off this particular bandwagon? Leave us your comments below...

Singer and McQuarrie reunite for 'Jack the Giant Killer' (exclusive)

Christopher McQuarrie, an Oscar-winning writer who worked with Bryan Singer on movies ranging from “The Usual Suspects” to “Valkyrie,” has teamed up with the filmmaker again for New Line and Legendary Pictures’ “Jack the Giant Killer.”

McQuarrie is penning the current draft of the fantasy adventure, the tale of which is set in motion when a princess is kidnapped, threatening a long-standing peace between men and giants. A young farmer is given an opportunity to lead a dangerous expedition to the giants’ kingdom in hope of rescuing her.

Singer is about to begin casting for the film, which he will shoot this summer in England.

Neal Moritz is producing via his Original Film banner with David Dobkin.

Mark Bomback (“Live Free or Die Hard”) and Darren Lemke (“Gemini Man”) wrote previous drafts. McQuarrie, repped by CAA and Key Creatives, has worked on many of his own projects or with other directors — at one point he was developing “The Champions” for Guillermo del Toro to produce for United Artists — but it’s his work with Singer that has gained the most attention.

Shrek Forever After -- Film Review

Bottom Line: This fourth installment in the popular animated franchise demonstrates it may finally be time to let Shrek and Fiona live happily ever after. You know that a film franchise is beginning to tire when its central character is in the throes of a midlife crisis. Such is the case with the lovable ogre in "Shrek Forever After," the fourth and promised final film in the animated series that has proven a moneymaking machine in its last three incarnations. Receiving its world premiere as the opening-night film at the Tribeca Film Festival, this installment should prove equally lucrative -- especially considering the extra coin that 3D and IMAX bring to the table -- but it also reveals a definite been-there, done-that feeling. The film wastes no time in reintroducing its beloved characters, including the sassy Donkey (Eddie Murphy), the adorable Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), the suave Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) and, ever so briefly, Fiona's royal parents (John Cleese, Julie Andrews). Shrek (Mike Myers) is now a staid married ogre with three adorable ogre offspring who finds himself chafing at his rigid domesticity and his being embraced by the very villagers who once feared him. In an effort to shake things up, he enters into an unfortunate pact with the devil or, more precisely, new villain Rumpelstiltskin (borrowed for the occasion from the Brothers Grimm). Suddenly, he finds himself in an alternate Far Far Away in which he was never born: Rumpel is king, Fiona is the fierce warrior leader of a band of rebel ogres, Donkey is in the employ of a band of cackling witches, and Puss, well, Puss has really let himself go -- he's now a pampered housecat with a serious eating disorder. Desperate to reclaim his former life, Shrek attempts to woo back Fiona and extract a kiss from his "one true love" that will undo the effects of the spell. Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke's screenplay creates some fun with the personality and visual changes the familiar characters have undergone, but as with so many sequels to sequels, "Shrek Forever After" has lost much of the simple charm, humor and heart that marked its predecessors. No doubt looking to exploit the sensory stimulation offered by 3D, the filmmakers have ramped up the action, most notably in a high-flying broom chase featuring Shrek and Donkey and the witches and an elaborate climactic battle sequence. (Tellingly, this is the first in the series to be presented in widescreen.) (The 3D effects are undeniably impressive, but like many other examples of this increasingly popular form, some of the visual quality is sacrificed with the inevitable image darkening. The fact that much of the story is set in a literally bleaker landscape doesn't help matters.) As usual with the series, this edition includes numerous pop cultures references -- a nod to "The Wizard of Oz" got a big laugh -- and several musical montages set to classic pop songs, including the Carpenters' "Top of the World." By this point, the estimable voice talents have their acts down cold, with each once again providing invaluable contributions (especially Banderas, whose hilarious Puss steals scenes with abandon). Newcomers include story editor Walt Dorhn, whose Rumpelstiltskin displays an amusingly hysterical edge; Jon Hamm, lending his stern baritone to his role as an ogre who makes Shrek look wimpy; and Jane Lynch and Craig Robinson as ogre rebels (the latter particularly funny as a chef whose specialty is chimichangas). Tribeca Film Festival (Paramount Pictures) Production: Intru 3D, Dreamworks Animation SKG Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Walt Dorhn, Jon Hamm, Jane Lynch, Craig Robinson, Lake Bell, Kathy Griffin, Mary Kay Place, Kristen Schall Director: Mike Mitchell Screenwriters: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke Producers: Gina Shay, Teresa Cheng Executive producers: Aron Warner, Andrew Adamson, John H. Williams Editor: Nick Fletcher Production designer: Peter Zaslav Music: Harry Gregson-Williams Rated PG, 90 minutes

Leslie Mann, Kate Bosworth join 'Moon'

Leslie Mann and Kate Bosworth have been cast in "Goodnight Moon," a semi-autobiographical drama from Elgin James, the writer-director who started a street gang in the Boston area before ending up at Sundance Labs. Chris Coy and Kyle Gallner also are joining the cast, which sees Juno Temple and AnnaSophia Robb as young girls who find themselves in trouble after they run away to Los Angeles and hook up with skaters and street kids. Mann plays Temple's mom, a woman who works at a secondhand clothing store but whose best years are behind her. Bosworth will be Mann's sister. Coy will play an opportunistic, sociopathic street kid, and Gallner is a skater; both use the girls to run a scam that goes bad. Jamie Patricof, who produced "Half Nelson" and "Blue Valentine," is producing "Moon," which begins shooting Sunday near the Salton Sea before moving to L.A. Mann, repped by CAA, most recently appeared in New Line's Zac Efron comedy "17 Again." WME-repped Bosworth has the Rod Lurie-directed remake of "Straw Dogs" in the can for September 2011 release. Coy, repped by Main Title Entertainment and TalentWorks, had a run on HBO's "True Blood" and appeared in "Sons of Anarchy" and "FlashForward." Gallner, repped by Gersh and 3 Arts, will appear in the upcoming remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and portrayed superhero Impulse/Bart Allen on TV's "Smallville."

Mel Gibson’s Ex: Details On Split Coming Soon

MOSCOW, Russia

Mel Gibson’s ex, Oksana Grigorieva, held a press conference on Monday in Moscow, Russia to announce a charity concert in Moscow that will aid victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster – but many of the reporters wanted details on her sudden split from the 54-year-old actor.

“I am anxious to talk about children,” she told reporters during a press conference for the Give a Life charity. “It is more important for me than my relations with Mel.”

The Russian-born singer, who has a 5-month old child with the actor, did offer up a cryptic explanation for their split.

“But if you want to know, I can tell you that after three years of relationship, we have split up – suddenly and recently. Unfortunately, I cannot give you the reason. But you will find out everything quite soon,” she said. “Here is the official version: we split up by mutual consent and we will raise our daughter together.”

Oksana also denied reports that Mel asked for a paternity test.

“It’s not true,” she said. “There [have] been a lot of lies written about us.”

She also said she plans on removing a hammer-and-sickle tattoo from her ankle that Mel told her to get.

Scarlett Johansson Found A ‘Home’ In Ryan Reynolds

Scarlett Johansson has been very tight-lipped about her 18-month marriage to husband Ryan Reynolds, but the he 25-year-old actress has now revealed that she has found great comfort in her leading man.

“I mean, you’re married and suddenly you have your own family,” Scarlett told InStyle magazine in it’s May issue. “There’s a nice comfort in that. That part of your life is certain, in a way. You’ve got your home in that other person.”

Scarlett might be loving married life, but she said that she still loves her alone time – especially when it’s in the kitchen.

“I like cooking alone – I find it very therapeutic,” she told the mag. “I put on some music, maybe have a glass of wine, and make something like a turkey Bolognese or a nice frittata.”

In fact, the big screen beauty said a night a home is something she prefers over a night on the town.

“You’re not going to find me at 4 AM hitting up the club, bottle full of bub… Maybe on a rare occasion. But I’ve just never been much of a clubby, nightlife kind of person,” she explained. “I’m not a social butterfly. I’ve never been part of a scandal that was really juicy.”

Scarlett will next be seen as The Black Widow in “Iron Man 2,” which hits theaters on May 7.