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As the third "Riddick" film moves closer to its target production start date, the casting process is starting to pick up steam. A "Battlestar Galactica" alum and "Columbiana" star are both in talks to play major roles in the project. Meanwhile, a new actor heads "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Bruce Almighty" gets a real sequel and Lindsay Lohan begins negotiations to play a major Hollywood actress.

Today is January 10, and you're tuning into today's casting call.

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The search for Jason Bourne's successor is narrowing down.

Universal and director Tony Gilroy are on the hunt for their leading man in "The Bourne Legacy," a character that is not Jason Bourne but exists in his same world of covert operations and espionage. An initial short-list of actors made the rounds a few weeks ago, and now, the field of contenders has shortened significantly.

Find out who's about to test for the lead role in "The Bourne Legacy" past the jump!

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Some of Hollywood's most popular young actors are about to become the stars of the latest anime-to-movie sensation.

The upcoming live-action remake of "Akira" is coming together for its planned August start date, and Splash Page reports on a list of actors who've allegedly received the script: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy are just some of the names reportedly in contention for roles. Casting is far from finalized, however, so we'll have to wait and see how this one shakes out.

We have more news past the jump, including who might end up directing "Cleopatra," which horror writer might be penning a "The Walking Dead" episode and what ever happened to Brad Pitt's "World War Z" adaptation.

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Matt Damon is not returning for "The Bourne Legacy." This much we know. But who can replace the face of Universal's prized action franchise?

Apparently, there are a lot of people lining up for the job. Deadline reports on an extensive list of actors that are supposedly in the mix for the lead role in Tony Gilroy's next "Bourne" movie, which won't focus on Jason Bourne himself, but rather another character set in that same universe.

So, who are some of the candidates looking to join the "Bourne" franchise? Really, it's almost easier to name the actors who aren't vying for the project. Aside from the sad exclusion of the free-roaming James Franco, the "Bourne" list is a veritable who's who of young up-and-coming Hollywood stars.

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If you're among the "TRON" fans itching to re-enter "The Grid" on December 17 when "TRON: Legacy" hits theaters, we've got some stellar news for you: MTV was in attendance last night when Disney offered a sneak peek at 20+ minutes of footage from the film... and it did not disappoint. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

Fans and members of the press were treated to five scenes, some in 3-D and some not, all from the first half of the film. First up was a 2-D scene that starts out the apartment of Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), son to long-missing software developer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges)... who'll you should remember as the guy who got sucked into and trapped inside his own video game in the 1982 original. Fans seemed pretty pumped when Bruce Boxleitner, reprising his role as Kevin's good pal Alan Bradley, popped up to tell Sam he just received a mysterious page from Kevin's old arcade that could have only come from Kevin himself. Sam goes to check it out and -- shocker -- gets himself sucked into the game as well. Read more...

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By Kristen Shalbinski

Calling all TRONerds! Yesterday, Walt Disney Pictures released a new poster for "TRON: Legacy," the sequel to the 1928 sci-fi classic "TRON," on Yahoo! yesterday... and it's giving us a little spat of déjà vu: You see, it not-so-subtly pays homage to its '82 predecessor.

Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde are the center of attention in this poster, with Hedlund’s hands reaching toward an identity disc. Sound familiar yet? Well, that's because it's the same iconic imagery showcased in the original "TRON" poster.

Of course, there are some differences, with the new "Legacy" poster illustrating just how much technology has advanced since 1982. The original "TRON" one-sheet is all black and we only see the silhouettes of TRON (Bruce Boxleitner) and Sori (Cindy Morgan) reaching for the identity disc. The "Legacy" poster, by contrast offers a crisp, up-close-and-personal view of the easy-on-the-eyes stars and a stunning visual of the entire ENCOM universe in the background. Thank goodness for advancements in CGI. Hit the jump to see both posters for yourself. Read more...

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Kristen Stewart said she would be up to the task of playing Marylou in "On the Road" after she gets done with a four-week "beatnik boot camp," and her co-star Garrett Hedlund, who's signed on to play Dean Moriarty, believes that she has what it takes.

"She's got it all there," Hedlund told MTV News. "She's where she needs to be and further, and also Sam Riley who's playing our Jack Kerouac [named Sal Paradise in the story], is incredibly devoted and a hard worker and also a fantastic actor, so the family we're surrounded by is wonderful and unbelievable."

Hedlund has a lot on his own plate right now as he promotes "Tron: Legacy" and gets read for its release in December. He compared his director and fellow cast members there to the group he's working with for "On the Road," though, and he feels lucky be on board for both movies. Read more...

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-- Sacha Baron Cohen has allegedly been offered the leading role in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," the long delayed remake of the 1947 comedy of the same name. Cohen would star as the title character, a writer whose overactive imagination leads to some intriguing fantasies. [Pajiba]

-- Garrett Hedlund of the upcoming "Tron Legacy" is in talks to star as Dean Moriarty in "On The Road," Walter Salles' adaptation of the classic Jack Kerouac novel. Filming is slated to begin this summer. [Production Weekly] Read more...

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Last June, MTV News traveled up to Vancouver to visit the set of "Tron Legacy," Disney's 3-D stand-alone sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic. Along with a select group of journalists, we toured the set, talked to cast and crew and immersed ourselves in all things "Tron."

A studio-imposed embargo has now lifted and we can bring you the first of our interviews. Here's some of what the film's star, Garrett Hedlund, had to say.

Question: You get to do a lot of physical stuff too in the film?

Garrett Hedlund: Yeah, initially when we started this, I started the first week in January. Started with motorcycle training and getting my license and after the hour and a half of motorcycle training, I'd drive over to 8711, where the stunt coordinator David Leitch — that's his compound. And so we'd do the fight training there. We'd do, you know, parkour sort of exercises and jumps. And do that for an hour and a half and a lot of hand to hand combat. And then trained with the trainer [Matthew] Logan Hood who sort of trained all the "300" guys for [producer] Jeff Silver. And trained with him for an hour, intensive training so. The two months of that felt like I'd already filmed the film, you know? Read more...

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"Tron Legacy" stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde took some time from their busy San Diego Comic-Con schedules to go one-on-one with MTV yesterday. All of this may be old hat for Bridges, who played the central character in the original movie, but Hedlund and Wilde come to Disney's sequel with their childhood memories intact. Imagine the thrill they must have felt then at handling a Disc of Tron for the first time. Or climbing into a Lightcycle. I get chills just thinking about it, and they've lived it.

Head over to MTV.com for more video coverage on the ground at San Diego Comic-Con 2009!

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