Daily news dose: Dakota Fanning to star in 'New Moon'?; 'Lost Planet' to cost $2M

Here's your dose of quick news bits for Jan. 22, 2008...

• According to E!Online, Dakota Fanning is in talks to star as Jane in Chris Weitz's "New Moon," the sequel to "Twilight." “They just offered it to her outright, and now they’re in negotiations. They’ve been going back and forth,” according to a source. Fanning as a bloodsucker? Well, well...

• Ving Rhames has signed on to star in Lonny Price's "Master Harold... and the Boys," the big-screen adaptation of Athol Fugard's 1982 play. The Hollywood Reporter has more: "Rhames takes on the lead role of Sam, a dignified, noble waiter who is a father figure to young Hally."

• Capcom has announced that the big-screen adaptation of its video game "Lost Planet" may cost up to $200 million. "I think that it is because of our original IPs that we are able to try something so ambitious," said Capcom's Toshihiro Tokumaru.

• Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut "Sympathy for Delicious," which was put on hold last year after the death of his brother, is now officially back on track with Orlando Bloom and Laura Linney among the leads. The film focuses on a paralyzed disc jockey who mysteriously becomes a faith healer. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Comments

[Rod]

Well, I think Dakota would be a great Jane... can´t wait for that!

I´m already her friend on facebook ;)))))

http://apps.facebook.com/lovecinema/celebrity/profile/Dakota-Fanning--1994