Movies

Jennifer Aniston has been cast in 'Cake'.
The 44-year-old actress stars as a woman who becomes intrigued by the death of someone in her support group, in a film which is being produced by Courtney Solomon in a $50 million collaboration between Chinese TV producer Shenghua Entertainment and After Dark Films, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Solomon said: "Our goal is to find great material and great talent and let them do what they do best and Shenghua has proven a great partner to make that happen.
"The formation of Cinelou Films DHJ, and this new venture with Shenghua is a unique pact which allows us to give great projects a chance to be made for the right reasons without many of the usual limitations put on indie films."
'Cake' is the first in a five movie production which will be directed by Daniel Barnz, and written by Patrick Tobin.
Aniston - who was catapulted to the spotlight in TV comedy 'Friends' - recently starred in 'We're the Millers' alongside Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts and Will Poulter.

Idris Elba has been cast in 'Alive Alone'.
The 'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' actor will star as male lead Jamal alongside newcomer Sam Worthington in the thriller which is set to begin shooting in March, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Elba's arrival to the cast comes in the wake of Matthias Schoenaerts exit from the cast, after it was announced in Cannes he would star in the Thunder Road produced drama with Noomi Rapace - who will also executive produce the forthcoming film.
'Alive Alone' will mark the directing debut for Khurram Longi, who will helm his own script which featured in TV crime drama's 'The Black List' and the The UK's 'Brit List'.
Set in New York, Elba stars as an detainee of Guantanamo Bay working as a taxi driver while Noomi takes on the role of a prostitute on the run from a feared crime boss played by Worthington.
Meanwhile, Idris is eyeing a cameo in 'Girls' after he made an appeal to the show's creator and star Lena Dunham last month to write him a part on the popular programme.
He wrote on Twitter: "He tweeted:"@lenadunham Very funny woman. Can I come do a scene on your show? (sic)"
Although Lena is yet to agree to give the British actor a part on her show, she claimed it would be an "honour" to have him guest star.

Margot Robbie's legs are believed to have been extended in 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' using "digital surgery".
According to The Sun newspaper, Hollywood bosses are using computer tricks to make leading ladies look thinner and their legs appear longer and the Australian actress is the latest "victim" of computer wizardry.
The firm behind the new "post-production" technology, Lola Visual Effects, refused to deny whether the star's legs had been changed in the movie.
A source close to the actress said she would be "upset" if her legs had been digitally enhanced in a scene in which she stars alongside Leonardo DiCaprio on the floor of their daughter's nursery.
The 23-year-old beauty, who is 5ft 6in tall, playfully pushes away her on-screen husband by nudging him with her heel as he appears on his hands and knees in front of her and her legs seem longer than usual.
Margot recently criticised the pressure in Hollywood for women to look thin on the big screen.
She said: "When you look at movies, the lead girl is always gorgeous and thin.
"There is a stereotype that you need to look a certain way and when you get into the business you really feel the pressure."
The company is also believed to have "cleaned up" actors in 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty', which stars Kristen Wiig.
Thomas Nittmann, senior producer at Lola, said: "I cannot get into individual cases or films."

John Travolta claims he was Princess Diana's "Prince Charming".
The 59-year-old actor shared a famous dance with the late Princess of Wales - who died in 1997 during a car crash in France - at the White House gala dinner in 1985 and he insists he was able to take her back to her younger years.
He said: "There really was something lovely and girlish about her and I felt that I had taken her back to her childhood when she had probably watched 'Grease' [the musical Travolta starred in as Danny Zuko in 1978] - and for that moment I was her Prince Charming."
However, the 'Saturday Night Fever' star is adamant he wasn't nervous when he took the stunning royal into his arms because he'd watched how she'd dance with her husband Prince Charles - who is now married to Duchess Camilla - in the past.
He explained to the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "I'd seen her dance with Prince Charles beforehand so I knew that she was strong. But she looked like she was leading him and because I knew that the world was watching I thought that I really needed to give her certainty that I knew what to do. I put my hand in the middle of her back, brought her hand down so that it wouldn't be so high and gave her the confidence that we would do just fine.
"She was the real deal. And I think that was partly because she followed the rule that. 'it's OK to be important as long as everyone else is equally important."

Bradley Cooper isn't sure who he'll bring to the Oscars this year.
The hunky star is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Richie DiMaso in 'American Hustle' and he admits he has yet to decide who he'll invite to the glitzy awards bash next month.
He told Figaro TV: "I'm waiting to find out how many tickets I'm going to get."
Cooper - who took his mother as his date to the Oscars last year, when he was nominated for Best Leading Actor for 'Silver Linings Playbook' - has reunited with David O. Russell for his new movie and says it was his idea to give his character an unsightly perm hairdo.
He explained: "It was my idea. I watched loads of videos of someone who was from the FBI during this period. So I approached David O. Russell about having a curly hairdo and he said yes! Then lots of ideas came from that. He puts rollers in his hair every day to become someone else. So then I had to spend three hours every day in hair and make-up getting my hair curled."

Scarlett Johansson intimidated her 'Under the Skin' castmates.
The 29-year-old actress - who recently stepped down from her role as an ambassador for children's charity UNICEF in favour of a sponsorship deal with SodaStream - seduces a large number of men in the film, and as the actors playing them were mostly amateur, she says they found her intimidating.
She said: "These characters that I'm picking up are those forgotten guys - they don't have any ties. They're not like the coolest kid in school. So the guys I was working with, it helped [their performance] that they'd be like, 'I can't believe I'm sitting next to you.' "
Scarlett also revealed that she felt uncomfortable whilst watching the film in which she plays a seductress who preys upon hitchhikers, and said she tried to pretend she wasn't watching herself on screen.
She said: "It was strange. I felt really anxious. I didn't know what the film would look like at all. I tried to watch it as an audience member. And it pulled me into it."
The 'Avengers Assemble' star - who got engaged to French journalist Romain Dauriac last year following her divorce from 'Green Lantern' actor Ryan Reynolds - filmed 'Under the Skin' in the Scottish Highlands and admits she tried some of the local delicacies.
She told SFX magazine: "I don't eat red meat so I tried the vegetarian haggis. It tasted like stuffing. And Irn-Bru - that's got a kick!"

Joel Kinnaman loved mixing action and drama in 'Robocop'.
The Swedish-born star - best known for his work in 'The Killing' - was excited to work on a script that asks philosophical questions as well as allowing for explosions and all out gun toting action.
He said: "It's a rare opportunity to do an exciting, grand-scale action film, that also has a lot of drama. But it also discusses some political and philosophical ideas that we as a society have to make a decision about."
Joel may have enjoyed starring as the cyborg supercop in the new movie, but has previously admitted putting his 45lb suit was difficult to wield, and took almost two hours to put on each day.
He said: "It was a bit of a challenge to put on. It was so uncomfortable, it was digging in everywhere, it was pressing down on my shoulders, and I was sweating like a pig. After twenty minutes, I said, 'I gotta get out of this!' And then, it was a daunting idea that I was going to have to wear this for 14 hours a day, six days a week for five months."

Morgan Freeman says 'King Kong' "scared the daylights" out of him when he first saw it.
The 76-year-old Oscar-winning actor moved from a rural area to the city when he was a boy and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a movie for the first time, especially as it featured a gorilla as tall as a house.
He said: "The first movie I ever saw was 'King Kong'. It scared the daylights out of me. I was six and had dreams for a long time about that ape. I had moved from rural Mississippi to Chicago, where there were telephones, indoor plumbing, and - a foreign thing to me - movie theatres. I immediately fell in love. They were such magical places."
It wasn't just movies which Morgan fell in love with, but also the starts in them too.
He tole People magazine: "I was in love with a lot of actresses, but always had this big crush on Angela Lansbury. She was gorgeous in 'The Picture of Dorian Grey'. I loved everything about her. Years later I met her and told her. She said, 'Oh you're such a dear boy.' "

Tom Hiddleston always played the bad guy when he was younger.
The 32-year-old actor does the voice over for pirate James in the new animated movie 'The Pirate Fairy', and he admits when he was a child he'd always prefer to play the villain in performances.
He explained: "During the school summer holidays, my sisters and my cousins would write plays. And at the end of the summer, we'd perform them for our parents. That's when I started acting.
"My sisters and my eldest cousin, Zoe, would write the play. My cousin Matt would make the stage ... And I would always play the bad guy."
The hunky star insists it's hard work doing a voice over for an animated character because you are forced to convey emotion through the use of your vocals.
He explained: "I love voice work because you're stripped of some of your tools. You're stripped of your body and you're stripped of your eyes, which tell so much story when you're doing live-action work. With voice acting, your voice has to tell all of the story, which means you have to work harder but in the most exciting way."
The movie follows the adventures of Zarina (voice of Christina Hendricks) as she leaves Pixie Hollow and joins forces with the scheming pirates of Skull Rock.
Tinker Bell (voice of Mae Whitman) and her friends go on an adventure to find Zarina but come face-to-face with the band of pirates led by James (Hiddleston), who'll soon be known as Captain Hook.
'The Pirate Fairy' is set for release on February 14.