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Jan 20, 2016 2:45 PM
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Daniel Radcliffe

The Harry Potter star will play poet and full-on muggle Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings, an indie thriller about a real murder case that touched the lives of Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs in 1944.


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Michael Fassbender

After a far too busy Christian Bale bowed out of Darren Aronofsky's Noah film, rumor has it that this newcomer may be the replacement! No official offers have been made, but things are looking good for the X-men: First Class star.


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Reese Witherspoon

The Water for Elephants star is the first part of the growing ensemble cast for Devil's Knot, a controversial drama about the West Memphis Three and the murder of three cub scouts in Arkansas and the subsequent trials.


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Denzel Washington

Sony Pictures has got their eye on this Hollywood powerhouse and they've named Denzel as an ideal candidate for the big screen adaptation of the 1980s TV series The Equalizer.


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Saoirse Ronan

The young starlet has just signed on to play lead in How I Live Now, an onscreen adaptation of Meg Rosoff's novel about an American teenager who is visiting family in England when war breaks out.


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Jay Baruchel

Tired of supporting roles, this up and coming actor will star in The Rebel Kind, a film about punk-rock superstardom. It is based off of the memoir John Armstrong, the frontman of The Modernettes, and shooting is set to take place in Vancouver next fall.


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Gael Garcia Bernal

The Mexican soap star turned Hollywood heartthrob is set to star in Weeping Susannah alongside French actress Marina Fois. The film is based off of Alona Kimhi's novel, and takes place after the murder of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.


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Rachel Weisz

The beauty will play opposite dreamboat Colin Firth as his wife in The Railway Man, based on an autobiography by Jonathan Teplitzky. It is about a boy with a passion for trains, who's later ironically captured during World War II to work on the Burma-Siam railroad in Thailand.


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Tom Cruise

Mr. Impossible will continue his adventurous ways as an action star in what is said to be a futuristic version of Groundhog Day, but with an alien invasion. To be more specific, the flick is called All You Need Is Kill, which is an adaptation of the Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.


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Alice Eve

Scotty has officially beamed up yet another castmember for the untitled Star Trek sequel, and it's none other than this British babe. Her role is yet to be determined, but is supposedly a new addition to the crew.


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Daniel Radcliffe

Harry who? This wizard is still making magic on screen and is rumored to be taking on the role of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller Kill Your Darlings. Based on actual events, we will witness the relationship between Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr, which entails much more than sitting around a bar drinking whiskey and writing.


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Tom Hanks

The esteemed actor is headed In the Garden of Beasts as a producer and possible lead in this novel adaptation about a U.S. ambassador and his daughter sent to Berlin during the beginning of Hitler's regime.


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Woody Harrelson

Mr. Tough Guy will be switching gears just a tad and adding some crazy to the mix in Seven Psychopaths, where he's set to play a psycho gangster who's pushed over the edge when his dog is stolen.


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Elijah Wood

Mr. Baggins will go from Hobbit to store clerk with a bad habbit for killing people in the upcoming flick Maniac. Wood takes on another creeper role as an antique mannequin salesman that suffers from hallucinations, bringing him to the times when he was abused by his mother. That's only the beginning, but we don't want to ruin for you.


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Garrett Hedlund

The Tron: Legacy hero is set to star in another hit remake, Akira. Anything that involves a biker gang with psychic powers and the likes of Mr. Hedlund, count us in!


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Sacha Baron Cohen

Last time we saw the crazy character he was walking around as Bruno. These days he's being carefully selected by none other than Quentin Tarantino to join the cast of Django Unchained. Cohen will play Scotty, a gambler with a penchant for buying ex-slaves' wives.


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James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens & Emma Roberts

Got plans for spring break yet? Even if you do, plan to take a wild ride with this bunch in Spring Breakers as a group of girls (Roberts, Hudgens and Gomez) rob a fast food joint in order to pay for their spring break trip. Franco is set to play a rapping drug and gun dealer, which is an essential character for any good vacay, right?


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Steve Carell

Lights, camera, action comedy! Carell is set to produce and star in another funny action flick called Conviction. The script was originally intended for a more dramatic feel, but the comedian will be reworking it to make it his own.


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Eddie Redmayne

Fresh from starring in a flick about one of Hollywood's classic icons (we're looking at you Marilyn), the British actor will be joining the cast for the big-screen version of the broadway classic Les Miserables.


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Nicole Kidman

The actress is getting artistic for The Family Fang. Based on the best selling novel by Kevin Wilson, the story centers around a performance artist couple who drag their children into their bizarre performances.


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Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Mark Wahlberg

This trio of Hollywood heavyweights are set to team up for the 2013 crime drama Broken City. The film noir will follow a private detective, played by Wahlberg, who is hired by the mayor to investigate the infidelity of his wife, played by Crowe and Zeta-Jones respectively.


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Jason Segel & Reese Witherspoon

With both actors set to release comedies in 2012, the pair will potentially combine their comedic talents for the upcoming comedy Sex Tape. The film will tell the story of a married couple who make a sex tape in hopes of reinvigorating their marriage, and then accidentally lose it.


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Eric Bana

In addition to playing brother and sister fugitives with Olivia Wilde in the 2012 film Blackbird, this Australian actor will be playing the King of Rock & Roll in Elvis & Nixon. Bana will potentially act opposite Danny Huston's Nixon in this historical drama directed by Cary Elwes.


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Lily Collins

After gaining attention as Taylor Lautner's love interest in Abduction and from her upcoming role as Snow White, this British actress will make her next big splash in The English Teacher. In the indie comedy about a high school English teacher putting on a play, Collins will play a somewhat antagonistic yet popular high school student.


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