Cast and crew news

G.I. Joe has now cast Marlon Wayans.... *sigh* (Submitted by Sitting Duck)

Christen Bale to play FBI agent Melvin Purvis, and Johnny Depp as John Dillinger in the Michael Mann directed Public Enemies. Begins production in March.

Kate Winslet replaced Nicole Kidman in The Reader.

Philip Noyce to direct Scarlett Johansson movie Mary, Queen of Scots.

The live action Tekken movie (based off the game series of the same name) will start shooting in Louisiana in February. Dwight Little will direct and it’ll have Jon Fo, Sienna Guillory, Susie Amy, Andy Serkis, Chiaki Kuriyama, Nathan Jones, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Can’t be any worse than the anime… right?

Alan Arkin in Marley & Me, a David Frankel directed comedy with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson.

Will Forte has been cast in Kevin Heffernan’s The Slammin’ Salmon. He’ll play a diner at a Miami restaurant who’s owner is in debt to the mob and holds a contest to see which waiter can bring in the most money.

Starting production in New Zealand at the end of January, They Came From Upstairs is about a group of teens who defend their vacation home from aliens. The cast is: Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Boettcher, and Henri and Regan Young, with John Schultz directing.