"Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen and Bryan Greenberg will star in Randall Miller's family drama "Nobel Son," which Miller is writing and producing with his wife, Jody Savin. Indie film, which begins shooting next week in L.A., also features Shawn Hatosy, Eliza Dushku, Bill Pullman and Danny DeVito. Story concerns a son struggling to finish his thesis when his father wins the Nobel Prize in chemistry, making life all the more difficult for him and his mother, a well-known forensic psychiatrist..." (full details)

"Former "SNL" star Chris Kattan has inked a deal to star in "Time Expired", a comedy about a meter-maid who dreams to be a real copper. Harris Goldberg, of "Without a Paddle" and "Deuce Bigalow : European Gigolo", will write and direct. Kattan will next be seen in the comedy/horror "Santa's Slay" with Bill Goldberg and Emilie De Ravin..." (full details)

"Andy Garcia has pacted to make the Joe Carnahan-directed "Smokin' Aces" his next film job. Garcia will join Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys and Ben Affleck in the Universal Pictures action comedy about an illusionist who snitches on the mob and has hitmen after him. Garcia will play the FBI director who tries to keep the cocky entertainer around long enough to testify..." (full details)

Thanks to 'KC'.