"Ben Affleck is tipped to cast his brother Casey and "Mission: Impossible III's" Michelle Monaghan to play the leads in his big screen adaptation of Boston writer Dennis Lehane's "Gone Baby Gone". The flick follows the adventures of Boston gumshoes Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a 4-year-old girl. Filming begins in Boston in the spring..." (full details)
"Teri Polo is set to topline CBS' comedy pilot "Welcome to the Jungle Gym", Connie Britton has been tapped to star opposite Kyle Chandler in NBC's drama pilot "Friday Night Lights", Daryl Sabara of "Spy Kids" fame has landed the lead in TBS' comedy pilot "Boy's Life", Ben Shenkman has joined the ABC/Touchstone drama pilot "Twenty Questions", Rachel Blanchard has been cast in the ABC/Touchstone comedy pilot "Our Thirties" and Riley Smith has been cast in the CBS/Sony Pictures drama pilot "The Way"..." (full details)
"Alec Baldwin has scored the lead role in the $15 million thriller "The Forbidden City" written by Don Ethan Miller. Based on the book 'The Last Mandarin' by Stephen Becker, the story tells of the Chinese and the American working together to capture Japanese war criminals in 1949. Andrei Konchalovsky ("Runaway Train") will direct when shooting begins in China in May..." (full details)
