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Despite rumors to the contrary, "Hanna" star Saoirse Ronan is not headed to Middle-Earth.

"It's probably not going to work out with 'The Hobbit,' unfortunately," Ronan told the Belfast Telegraph in a recent interview. "I would have been working for about a year on it and there were other projects that I was very interested in, but Pete and [his producer wife] Fran have been very good about it and very understanding."

Bummer to hear it, but we'll get our Saoirse fix soon enough when she gets in front of the camera for "The Host." In the meantime, let's focus on some happier Hollywood news. Past the jump, get the lowdown on Matt Damon's possible directorial debut and much more!

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After several years and different versions of the project, it looked as if Ron Howard and his team at Imagine Entertainment were finally going to bring us to "The Dark Tower."

Now, not so sure. Several news outlets, including Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, are hearing that Howard's ambitious plan to team with Universal for three film and two television adaptations of Stephen King's masterwork has been put on hold. Staff members working on the project have reportedly been put on "hiatus" as Universal contemplates ways to bring down the budget on the massive "Dark Tower" endeavor.

THR adds that Universal's current thinking regarding "Dark Tower" centers not just on budgetary concerns, but also a "creatively lacking" final portion of the project. The outlet indicates that the final call on whether or not to move forward is "expected soon." But Deadline reports that no matter what happens next, plans to start shooting in September have been scrapped.

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"Thor" lands in theaters today, bringing movie fans one step closer towards next summer's superhero extravaganza, "The Avengers." That's not all that the new Marvel movie brings, however: it also boasts a thunderous star-making turn from Chris Hemsworth, who stars in the film as the hammer-wielding warrior.

This isn't the only place you've seen Hemsworth before, and it certainly won't be the last. After the jump, find out everything you need to know about the past, present and future of Chris Hemsworth's movie career.

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After release date changes and some other unrelated misfortunes, "The Beaver" is finally bowing in theaters (In NYC and LA today, elsewhere May 20). There is a lot to admire about this film, to be perfectly honest. The performances, the uniquely-crafted story of a man battling mental illness, and puppets. Also, Hollywood veteran Jodie Foster starred in and directed the film.

When MTV News caught up with Foster during the press day for "The Beaver," we asked her to walk us through the challenges of acting and directing at the same time.

"Acting and directing at the same time is a very bad idea, don’t do it at home. My first movie I acted and directed in [1994's tear-jerker 'Little Man Tate'] I remember saying to myself, 'Hmm, I’m not gonna do this again.' It’s – it’s tiring!" she admitted. "But at the same time, you do manage to get the performance you were hoping for. Sometimes you wish you had more choices because very often you don’t surprise yourself, you just bring to the table what you were anticipating and you don’t surprise yourself enough."

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FROM MTV MOVIES: During his short life, rapper Tupac Shakur was a notorious double threat, producing platinum albums and singles and earning notices for his acting in films such as "Juice" and "Poetic Justice."

But the thug life MC, who studied acting, poetry, jazz and ballet while performing in Shakespearean plays at the Baltimore School for the Arts as a teenager, not only acted in plays and movies, he also apparently wrote them.

And now the rights to the only full screenplay Shakur wrote while he was in jail, "Live 2 Tell," have been acquired by a production company that plans to start filming the movie next year, according to Variety.

Read the full story at MTV Movies!

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Whosoever holds this movie ticket, if he be worthy, shall see the power of "Thor." Moviegoers nationwide are getting ready for Marvel Studios' next big superhero endeavor, out in theaters today, and the fans lurking about Hollywood are coming out of the woodwork as well.

In other news, last night's episode of "Community" thrust the gang back into the middle of paintball warfare, though one "Lost" star is taking the game a bit too seriously. In case you missed the ep, one of the show's actresses has you covered. Plus, find out how some of your favorite stars partied down on Cinco de Mayo yesterday!

I'm @roundhoward and this is Twitter-Wood for May 6, 2011.

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Tags alison brie, bryan lynch, Community, david wain, duncan jones, kat dennings, kevin smith, olivia wilde, thor

The question surrounding Kathryn Bigelow's next film, titled "Kill Bin Laden," is no longer "Will they still make it?" Rather, it's a question of who will star in it, and Joel Edgerton has helped to answer that.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Edgerton has signed on for the film, which chronicles a failed mission to kill the terrorist leader in 2001. In it, he'll reportedly play a special operative that's part of an ensemble of male commandos. But, it's not the only high-profile project the actor's name is attached to.

The LA Times also writes that Edgerton is on the short-list of actors considered for "The Hunger Games." (Could he be Haymitch? President Snow?) And while Edgerton is widely in demand, the star isn't saying yes to everything that comes his way. The article also notes that he allegedly turned down the chance to play opposite Kristen Stewart in "Snow White and the Huntsman."

Check out the rest of Friday's biggest casting news in Hollywood, including the all-star cast to bring "Lincoln" to the masses.

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Tags Arnold Schwarzenegger, Casting Call, Joel Edgerton, kathryn bigelow, Kill Bin Laden, lay the favorite, lincoln, Snow White and The Huntsman, stephen collins, the bourne legacy, The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, The Hunger Games, the three stooges, twins, vince vaughn

Movement on the sequel to J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" revival hasn't exactly been traveling at warp-speed, but it looks like the U.S.S. Enterprise could embark on its next voyage very soon -- once the director's work on "Super 8" wraps, in fact!

We spoke with Abrams last week as part of our Summer Movie Preview and he revealed that he'd be taking a meeting with his "Trek" collaborators later that day. At the moment, there isn't a script that's been "officially approved" by anyone, he said, "but we're working on it."

For "Star Trek 2," screenwriting duties fall upon the familiar duo of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team that penned the previous "Trek" adventure, while "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof joins in as well, increasing his involvement from his producer role on the last film.

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With the 10th anniversary of "Moulin Rouge" come and gone, director Baz Luhrmann has been teaming up to create a new film experience to capture the imagination of a generation: an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby."

MTV News caught up with the director last week and asked him about the project, which has had rumors of everything from leading actors to being filmed in 3-D. Luhrmann was hesitant to give too much away about the project, which he is still finalizing, but he is enthusiastic to begin the process of bringing the classic story to the screen.

"This is a perfectly structured novella and therefore a very good film is yet to be made that is exactly like the novella, to use the primary elements of the novella," he said. "So I thought, I really want to do this, and then took some time but finally bought the rights to it."

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What would you do if you were abducted by gorilla mask-wearing criminals, forced to strap a bomb to your chest and told to go rob a bank or else incur a terrible, fiery demise? If your name's Jesse Eisenberg, you'd go give your best pal Aziz Ansari a call.

MTV News visited the set of "30 Minutes or Less" late last year and got the inside scoop on everything you want to know about "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer's latest comedy. Eisenberg stars in the film as a pizza delivery guy who finds himself in the exact predicament outlined above, and he quickly realizes that getting out of such a situation is going to require some outside assistance — which is where Ansari comes in.

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Tags 30 Minutes or Less, aziz ansari, Danny McBride, Jesse Eisenberg, Nick Swardson