"Mariah Carey will star in "Tennessee," an indie drama to be directed by Aaron Woodley ("Rhinoceros Eyes") from a script by Russell Schaumberg. Carey plays a waitress who sets off with two brothers to find their estranged father. Their goal: Get dad involved in saving their younger brother, who has leukemia. Shooting happens in New Mexico and Tennessee this spring..." (full details)

"In the Weinstein Company's production of "Fanboys", the 'character' of infamous webmaster Harry Knowles will be played by Jorge Garcia (TV's "Lost"). The film follows a group of fans desperate attempts to watch 'The Phantom Menace' on the Skywalker Ranch lot, and the character of Harry Knowles is responsible for giving the guys the plans, schematics, etc for getting into the Ranch..." (full details)

"Catherine Keener speaking to Charlie Rose on Friday's show said "I'm getting ready to work with him again. He's doing Where the Wild Things Are. He's doing it in New Zealand. I'm playing the mom looking for Max. Then there will be six actors or so performing the roles of the monsters, the wild things. And then Henson's company is making puppets"..." (full details)

"Australian actor Joel Edgerton ("Star Wars: Episode II", "King Arthur") says he'll be co-starring in Joe Carnahan's next film "Smokin' Aces". "I've got this tiny under-the-radar kind of role in Smokin' Aces, this movie that Joe Carnahan directed and that I'm really looking forward to seeing" said the actor recently in an interview. The likes of Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Alicia Keys, Jeremy Piven, Andy Garcia and Martin Henderson star in the feature..." (full details)