From Entertainment Weekly comes word that Cameron Diaz has been offered and is apparently in early talks to take on the female lead role in Green Hornet, opposite Seth Rogen.
The site’s sources say that while a deal is yet to be sealed, talks are continuing and that we might get an announcement quite soon. The actress’s reps denied to comment on the matter.
Written by Seth Rogen himself along with writing partner Evan Goldberg, the film will follow the titular masked hero. It is based on the famous ‘60s television series, ‘40s short films and ‘30s radio serials.
Michael Gondry is set to direct the film which has a release date of July 9, 2010.
Looks like Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz picked the 20th Century Fox action comedy Wichita as their next star vehicle together, which is directed by James Mangold. According to sources reported by Variety, Cruise and Diaz have approved the script, and their deals are in advanced negotiations. While Fox has not officially dated the picture, studio is hoping for a summer 2010 release.
The script has changed many times; still the recent renditions were penned by Scott Frank while Mangold is currenlty tweaking the script even more with Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island).
Cruise will play a secret agent who pops in and out of the life of a single woman (Diaz) hence several actions scenes are in the movie.
If you have been following my blogs, you know that Cruise had a hand full of projects to choose from as his next starring movie: the Len Wiseman-directed DreamWorks thriller Motorcade; the Bharat Nalluri-directed Spyglass remake The Tourist; the David Cronenberg-directed MGM drama The Matarese Circle; the Universal/Working Title romantic comedy Lost for Words; and The 28th Amendment, the Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck-directed Warner Bros. thriller.
The selection process came down to Wichita and Motorcade.
Cameron Diaz is almost set to star in a legal comedy called Bobbie Sue. She is in the final stages of negotiations with Warner Bros.
The hilarious story follows on a hard-charging female ambulance chaser whose mindset makes her the ideal candidate to be the face of a prestigious law firm when a powerful client is sued in a sexual discrimination case.
Warner bought the spec script by Russell Leigh Sharman, Owen Egerton and Chris Mass in the fall. Dana Fox is polishing the screenplay according to Variety.
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are looking at pairing together in an untitled romantic comedy formerly known as Wichita and Trouble Man with James Mangold is attached to direct.
Scott Frank is penning a rewrite.
The story follows a woman who has terrible luck with men but finds her path intertwined with a mysterious handsome man she meets on a blind date.
Cruise nor Diaz are officially attached, but the project is one of several films at various studios that Cruise is taking into consideration for his next star vehicle. Diaz just became attached to a romantic comedy called Swingles, as posted here.
Cruise and Diaz performed together in 2001’s Vanilla Sky.
The top-earning actress today, according to Forbes annual report over the past year, is Cameron Diaz, who earned around 50 million dollars. This is how she did it folks: It’s one word “Shrek.” However, she starred in a comedy, What Happens in Vegas, and My Sister’s Keeper, based on the best-seller of the same name. She’s involved with the fourth Shrek.
The next rich actress on the list is Keira Knightley, who brought in 32 million dollars from starring roles in movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Atonement.
Next, is television and movie star Jennifer Aniston, who drummed up enough to earned 27 million dollars with starring roles in the family comedy Marley & Me and the dating ensemble He’s Just Not That Into You. Plus, her extracurricular activities boosted the money by payments from the syndication of “Friends” and endorsement contracts for Glaceau’s Smartwater and Heineken.
Tying for the fourth place are Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow. Both collected around 25 million dollars during the year. The rest of the actresses on the top ten tier were Jodie Foster, Sarah Jessica Parker, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Angelina Jolie.
From Entertainment Weekly comes word that Cameron Diaz has been offered and is apparently in early talks to take on the female lead role in Green Hornet, opposite Seth Rogen.
