"The Great Grabsy": Di Caprio, Maguire and Hall?; Angelina Jolie is James Cameron's "Cleopatra"; "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" keeps alive;

Tobey Maguire and Leonardo Di Caprio were rumoured to star in Baz Lhurman's remake of The Great Grabsy alongside Amanda Seyfried. Now, it seems that Miss Seyfried is out of the project while the name to the female lead is Rebecca Hall right now (fortunatly). It is getting even more interesting now we have a Great Actress to lead the movie (she was completly fantastic in The Prestige). I'll keep my eye on this project!
Angelina Jolie is extremly beautiful and dangerously sexy and it seems that so will be the next Cleopatra of the big screen. In fact, Angelina Jolie (who previously played a Greek queen in the a cinematic failure named Alexander) is confirmed (I think) to portray the legendary queen of Egypt in the upcoming project directed by James Cameron (Titanic; Avatar) named Cleopatra. I know that James Cameron is almost always associated to futuristic movies or something BIG like Titanic, but it will surely be something interesting from his part.
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies silver screen adaptations seems keep breathing in spite of David O. Russell (that gave up from the movie's direction) and Natalie Portman (who gave up from the leading role but will stay as a producer). Now, there are rumours about who will direct it (David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Mike Newell (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Neil Marshall (Centurion), Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), Matt Reeves (Let Me In), Mike White (The Year of the Dog)and Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)) and who will be part of the cast (Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation), Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right), Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) and Catherine O'Hara (A Mighty Wind) are rumoured for the leading female roles while Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) is the name to portray Mr. Darcy).
Well... Did I ever said that I think that this movie adaptation and the story itself seem silly/stupid? I hope that such big talents don't waste their time in something that seems to me that will be a cinematic failure!...

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