Kate Winslet is in negotiations to topline "Little Children" for New Line Cinema. Winslet would play the role of Sarah in the adaptation of Tom Perrotta's book, which Todd Field is set to direct. The film is set in a suburban town where perfect parents rear perfect children by day and surf Internet porn and have affairs by night. Winslet's character is a mother who has a fling with a stay-at-home dad..." (full details)

Sean Astin will give voice to a cat raised as a dog in Imagi Services upcoming computer-animated movie "Cat Tale." Elisha Cuthbert, Stanley Tucci and Alan Cumming round out the feline cast. Astin will play Rover, a cat who grows up in Dogtown by accident and returns to Catopolis to find his roots. Cuthbert will voice Cleo, Rover's love interest, who also is sought after by Simon, a ruthless cat-box-litter exec (Tucci). Cumming is set to play Newton, Rover's guide and friend in Catopolis..." (full details)

Beyonce Knowles is negotiating to star in DreamWorks' "Dreamgirls," the Bill Condon-directed adaptation of the Broadway hit that's a thinly veiled story of the rise of Diana Ross and the Supremes. The negotiations began after Knowles met with Condon and producer Laurence Mark last week to test for a role. Condon is eyeing a fall start date in Los Angeles. He continues to hone the script as he casts the roles. The film retains Tom Eyen's book and lyrics as well as Henry Krieger's music..." (full details)

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