News Wrap Up: ‘Midnight in Paris’ Trailer, Jaden and Will Smith join M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, Liam Hemsworth in ‘The Hunger Games’ & much more

Woody Allen‘s new film, Midnight in Paris, will be world-premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May but the trailer was released last week. [SlashFilm]

– Apple has the full trailers for The Hangover 2 and Everything Must Go. [Apple]

– After much speculation about who would be cast in The Hunger Games, we’ve learned that Josh Hutcherson has been cast as Peeta Mellark, while Liam Hemsworth has been cast in the role of Gale Hawthorne. [Twitter, People]

Jaden Smith is set to star opposite his father, Will Smith, in director M. Night Shyamalan’s untitled sci-fi adventure. We expect the movie will shoot in Pennsylvania. [ComingSoon]

Jeremy Renner, who is currently filming Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters in Germany, has been offered the lead role in the next generation of Bourne movies, starting with The Bourne Legacy. [HuffingtonPost]

Leonard Nimoy will provide the voice for Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. [NME]

Reconstruction, a new pilot starring Rachelle Lefevre, is using several locations in New Mexico, including Sena, Buena Vista, La Cienega, Galisteo, Chama, to represent post-Civil War Missouri. [Las Cruces Sun-News]

– Here are three movies worth catching at the Dallas Film Festival. [DallasNews]

Jennifer Garner is bringing Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple back to the big screen. [THR]

– The screenwriter of one of my favorite movies, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist has written (and will direct) Seeking A Friend For The End of The World, which follows a budding romance on the eve of a humanity destroying asteroid. Steve Carell and Keira Knightley are set to star. [SlashFilm]

James Franco and Danny McBride premiered of their new film, Your Highness, on Friday at the University of California Santa Barbara. And here’s a short featurette about the making of the film in Ireland. [JustJared]

– Our friends over at the Patch.com sent us this story about Cooper and Stone which was filming in Skokie, IL last week. [Skokie.Patch]

Arnold Schwarzenegger is bringing his Governator project to the big screen, small screen, comic book stores and the the web. [Deadline]

– Screen Junkies lists their picks for the best Western Film Locations. [ScreenJunkies]

– Here’s a sneak peek at the next episode of The Good Wife in which they talk about how great Chicago is, even though they’re filming in NYC. [SpoilerTV]

– New footage from Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was screened at CinemaCon, ComingSoon has the details. [ComingSoon]

– Speaking of CinemaCon, Ellen Sterling has a wrap up of the Las Vegas event, including photos of Jason Segel (who announced his plans for The Muppets, including an appearance at Comic-Con), Blake Lively (who was named Female Breakthrough Star of the Year), and Tyler Perry (who won the Visionary Award). [HuffingtonPost]

– ABC’s pilot The River started shooting in Puerto Rico last week, but if it gets picked up it will probably be shot in Hawaii. [StarAdvertiser]

– Despite the fact that The Dark Knight Rises hasn’t even been shot yet, Warner Bros. is already planning to reboot the Batman franchise.The studio plans to make a film about the Justice League of America which includes Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. [CelebrityCafe]

The Knot, which was co-written by Mena Suvari, is currently shooting in South London. [BelfastTelegraph]

Bill Murray has agreed to portray Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park on the Hudson. [WashingtonTimes]

Hugh Dancy and Parker Posey have joined the cast of The Big C, which is currently filming its second season in Connecticut. [AccidentalSexiness]

Wes Craven is giving you the chance to design a Scream 4 poster and win tickets to the movie’s premiere next week! [WesCraven]

Samuel L. Jackson is filming The Samaritan in Toronto through April 20. [Mr.Will]

– According to Jerry Bruckheimer, they’re already developing the screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean 5. [RamaScreen]

Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston is in negotiations to play the bad guy in the Total Recall remake. [SlashFilm]

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