Teen Choice Award winner Blake Lively from the sucky television show "Gossip Girl" (sorry, I just can't stand it) has signed on to join the solid cast for Ben Affleck's upcoming crime flick "The Town," the big-screen adaptation of Chuck Hogan's novel "The Prince of Thieves."

She joins Affleck, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall and Jeremy Renner. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the awesome Chris Cooper is also in talks to join the Warner Bros./Legendary project, and I can only hope he does.

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Updated on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 9:07PM by Franck Tabouring

Here's what you need to know in terms of the latest film news on July 30, 2009:

• Matthew McConaughey and Eva Mendes may star in Jonathan Jakubowicz's upcoming indie flick "Southbound." Peter Craig wrote the script, about a border patrol officer who risks his life and career by accepting a bribe from a gorgeous Mexican woman. (Variety)

• Jeremy Renner ("The Hurt Locker") is attached to join Ben Affleck's "The Town," the big-screen adaptation of Chuck Hogan's novel "The Prince of Thieves." Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall also star in the film, about a thief who falls in love with the manager (Hall) of the bank he recently robbed. (THR)

• Joseph Kosinski, the director of "Tron Legacy," will direct "Oblivion," an action flick based on his own concept. The story follows an injured solider sent to a damaged planet to destroy the remains of a primitive alien race. Things change when he runs into a mysterious stranger. (THR)

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Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall are packing for Ben Affleck's "The Town," the big-screen adaptation of Chuck Hogan's novel "The Prince of Thieves."

Directed by Affleck, the film focuses on a thief who falls in love with the manager (Hall) of the bank he recently robbed. Variety says Hamm plays an FBI agent who also gets somehow involved with her.

Hogan and Peter Craig wrote the screenplay, which Affleck rewrote. “Town” marks Affleck’s second directorial effort after his acclaimed drama “Gone Baby Gone.”

Hamm, whose credits include "Mad Men," recently starred in "The Day the Earth Stood Still." As for Hall, the "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" star will soon be seen in "Dorian Gray."