"Antonio Banderas and Annette Bening are set to co-star in writer-director George Gallo's mystery thriller "Homeland Security". The project is said to be in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief". Pre-production is scheduled to begin in Shreveport, Louisiana in August, with principal photography starting in October..." (full details)

"Zac Efron has graduated from Disney Channel's "High School Musical" to New Line's "Hairspray". New Line and director Adam Shankman have set Efron to play Link, the hunky heartthrob of "The Corny Collins Show," in the screen adaptation of the Broadway musical spawned by the John Waters film. Shankman said he needed to be sure Efron wouldn't be replicating the wholesome nature of the Disney Channel pic..." (full details)

"The first full review of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel by a solid critic is up and it's sparkling - "PIRATES 2 is one of the best summer entertainments I've seen in a while, and it manages to improve on the first film in every way. It's smart, it's funny, it plays out on an epic scale while still putting character first, and it builds to a conclusion that will have audiences twisting in agony as they have to wait for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 next summer. Basically, it's everything fans of the first film hope it will be, but it's also good enough to win over people who were unconvinced by that first movie"..." (full details)