The great Susan Sarandon is on her way to Wall St., as the Oscar-winning actress has joined Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf in Oliver Stone's upcoming "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," which 20th Century Fox is currently prepping.

Douglas, of course, will return to reprise his role as Gordon Gekko from the first flick, which was released in 1987. LaBeouf will play a young Wall Street trader, and Variety says Sarandon will play his mother. Also on board is Frank Langella, who will play Lewis Zabel, a broker who acts as a mentor to the character LaBeouf will be portraying.

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Here are some short but interesting film news that appeared in the trades or on the Web today:

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"Twilight" will soon return to traveling around the nation to offer fans of the series several three-day conventions to celebrate the phenomenon that is Stephenie Meyer's creation. Chicago, Miami, Seattle, Nashville, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Los Angeles are a few of the cities participating.

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Oscar-nominated actor Frank Langella will join Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf in Oliver Stone's upcoming "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," which 20th Century Fox is currently prepping.

Variety says Langella will play Lewis Zabel, a broker who acts as a mentor to the character LaBeouf will be portraying. The trade says Zabel will play quite an important role in the film.

Douglas, of course, will return to reprise his role as Gordon Gekko from the first flick, which was released in 1987. Also, Josh Brolin has been in talks to play a villain in the sequel. Brolin also worked with Stone on "W."

Langella recently starred in "Frost/Nixon." The "Dracula" actor will soon be seen in Richard Kelly's new mystery thriller "The Box." He's also got "All Good Things" coming up soon.

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Josh Brolin may end up playing the villain in Oliver Stone's upcoming "Wall Street 2" (also known as "Money Never Sleeps"), according to Nikki Finke.

Javier Bardem was originally set to take on the role opposite Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf, but he recently dropped out of the project.

Finke says Brolin received an offer, and if he made a deal, "Street 2" would mark yet another collaboration between the actor and Stone. Brolin previously starred in "W."

Allan Loeb ("21") wrote the script for the sequel, which is said to start shooting soon. Brolin's got "Jonah Hex" coming up soon as well.

Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas are both returning to "Wall Street." According to the Hollywood Reporter, Stone is set to direct "Wall Street 2" (previously titled "Money Never Sleeps"), the sequel to the 1987 film that starred Douglas as Gordon Gekko. And yes, Douglas will return to reprise his role, for which he won an Oscar in 1988.

But wait! There's more! The trade also said Shia LaBeouf is in negotiations to join the project, which Allan Loeb ("21") wrote. Plot details are still kept under wraps. Stone last directed "W." Douglas most recently starred in "King of California." He will next star in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," which opens this weekend. As for Shia, you'll soon get to see him in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."