"Vera Farmiga ("The Manchurian Candidate") will play the female lead opposite Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson in Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" for Warner Bros. At the same time, she has closed a deal for a supporting role in Anthony Minghella's "Breaking and Entering," starring Jude Law. She will next be seen starring opposite Paul Walker in "Running Scared," a drama directed by Wayne Kramer..." (full details)
"Paramount and MTV Films have signed Tony winner Viola Davis to star opposite 50 Cent in the untitled action-adventure pic formerly dubbed "Locked and Loaded." Davis will play the grandmother who raised 50 Cent; rapper portrays a gangster turned musician. Davis was tapped this week to topline the ABC pilot "Laws of Chance"..." (full details)
"Vet thesp Joan Chen ("The Last Emperor," "Twin Peaks") will play a Shanghai nightclub singer who struggles to survive in Australia with her two kids in "The Home Song Stories," a film to be helmed and written by Tony Ayres ("Walking on Water") based on his childhood..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'.
