- "The Incredible Hulk" looking like a bad bet to make some green, with fighting between star Ed Norton and Marvel Studios. (NY Times)
- Some of Heath Ledger's scenes for "The Dark Knight" reportedly on the chopping block due to eerie parallels to actor's death? (Cinema Blend)
- Has Blue Sky optioned "The Anubis Tapestry"? Ask your mummy. (/film)
- Everybody loves NY. No, everybody, including Orlando Bloom Ethan Hawke, Hayden Christensen, and Shia LaBeouf. These thesps and others join "New York, I Love You."(Variety and The Hollywood Reporter)
Hollywood is filled with the what-could-have-beens...Tom Selleck as Indy, Dougray Scott as Wolverine, Nicolas Cage as Superman. And with an eye towards a galaxy far, far away, don't forget Ryan Phillippe as Anakin Skywalker, at the time one of the most aggressively pursued roles in Hollywood.
Of course, the winning candidate was Hayden Christensen, but Phillippe -- soon to be seen in this weekend's "Stop-Loss" -- confirmed to MTV News that he nearly had the part, making it so far as to meet with George Lucas and Queen Amidala herself. "I read with Natalie Portman," the actor revealed. "I think it was sort of an age thing in their mind. It wasn't quite right, but yeah, they were interested." Watch the video below for more, and then click here for the rest of our chat.
Yup, we're back again with more links. Today, news on "The Neuromancer," "Transformers 2," "A-Team," "Eagle Eye," and more.
- I pity the fool who doesn't read Ice Cube's interview about "The A-Team," where he talks about the possibility of playing BA Baracus. (Blackfilm)
- Super-producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Wayans casting on "G.I. Joe," says "Transformers 2" is "hurt" by the strike. (IESB)
- "Noooooooooo!" Hayden Christensen cast in "The Neuromancer." In all fairness, he was awesome in "Shattered Glass." (JoBlo)
- It's clobbering time. Michael Chiklis joins cast of "Eagle Eye" as Secretary of Defense. (Hollywood Reporter)
- On the cutting room floor: 15 big name actors who got left out of a movie. (IFC)
- Michael Cera isn't ticklish in this hilarious fake interview. (Funny or Die)
