Rooney Mara has bagged the female lead role in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The 25-year-old actress – whose movie credits include Dare, Nightmare On Elm Street and Youth In Revolt – will play Lisbeth Salander in the eagerly anticipated adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novel, according to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. New York-born Rooney will star opposite 007 heartthrob Daniel Craig in David Fincher’s film. The 42-year-old James Bond star will also play the male lead in adaptations of the other two novels that complete late author Larsson’s hit Millennium trilogy. The movie will be an English-language remake of the Swedish smash hit film of the same name, which starred Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth.

Source: The Press Association

Daniel Craig has signed has signed on to play the lead in the American adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling mystery novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After the news became public, fans started wondering who would be cast as the lead female in the much-anticipated flick. The role of Lisbeth Salander, the punky math genius and computer hacker was reportedly offered to Natalie Portman but she turned it down. Other stars such as Ellen Page and Carrey Mulligan also auditioned for the role, but rumor has it that the execs are eyeing a relatively unknown actress for the lead. 4 names that have been making the rounds are Rooney Mara, Léa Seydoux, Sarah Snook and Sophie Lowe. One of those ladies will not be so unknown if she gets the part in this movie starring alongside Daniel Craig!

Source: HollyScoop.com

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is something we’re very excited about here at MTV News. The book, written by Seth Grahame-Smith — co-creator of MTV’s The Hard Times of RJ Berger — takes Jane Austen’s classic and mashes it up with the walking dead. It was optioned last year by Natalie Portman, who will produce and star. David O. Russell is writing the script and directing. A good team-up, no question. MTV’s very own Rick Marshall, editor of Splash Page, spoke to Portman at San Diego Comic-Con last month and she was happy to give an update on where things are at with the upcoming zombie mash-up. “We just got a new draft from David O. Russell, who is adapting it and is going to direct it,” she said. “I’m such a big fan of his. Flirting With Disaster is one of my favorite movies, and Three Kings and pretty much everything he does is incredible.” While Portman didn’t have anything to say about possible casting beyond herself — still too early — she did admit that things are moving right along. “We’ll probably be shooting next year, hopefully,” she said. “It’s a really, I think, clever mash-up between genres. These women only obsessing over marriage is such a zombie kind of behavior. It’s kind of a perfect collision of genres.”

Source: MTV News

Sofia Coppola’s comic drama Somewhere and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan will have their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival. They are among some 22 titles that will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion, organisers said. Sofia, 39, will showcase her movie starring Stephen Dorff as a bad-boy actor struggling through life. Darren, 41, returns to Venice with a psychological thriller two years after winning the top prize for his drama The Wrestler. The film stars Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder. In all, 79 world premieres will be shown at Venice from September 1 to 11.

Source: The Press Association

Check out your first look at Thor footage shown at Comic-Con 2010. Click here to see the mighty Thor in action!
Marvel Studios expands its film universe with a new type of superhero: Thor. This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
Thor comes to theaters May 6th, 2011 and stars Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgård, Ray Stevenson, Jaimie Alexander. The film is directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Source: Movieweb.com