Role Call: Movie Casting News

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Cast In: 'G.I. Joe' & '500 Nights of Summer'
About the Roles: After starring as Cobra Commander in the upcoming live-action 'G.I. Joe,' Levitt will play a man who falls hard for a woman (Zooey Deschanel) who doesn't believe in love in '500 Nights.'

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Zooey Deschanel
Cast In: '500 Nights of Summer'
About the Role: After going dark for M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Happening,' she'll play the love-averse object of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's desire in the anti-romantic comedy '500 Nights.'

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Ellen Page
Cast In: 'Jane Eyre,' 'Peacock' & 'Whip It'
About the Roles: She'll play Charlotte Bronte's legendary heroine in 'Eyre,' a young mom grappling with a split-personality psycho in 'Peacock' and a roller-derby-loving teen in Drew Barrymore's 'Whip It.'

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Parker Posey and Johnny Knoxville
Cast In: 'Fruitcake'
About the Roles: They'll star in John Waters' Christmas flick, about a boy named after his favorite dessert (yes, fruitcake) who runs away from home during the holidays and teams up with a girl in search of her birth mother.

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Ian McKellen
Cast In: 'The Hobbit'
About the Role: Sir Ian, who earned an Oscar nod for his turn as true-hearted wizard Gandalf in 'The Lord of the Rings,' will play a younger version of himself who helps Frodo's uncle, Bilbo, slay a dragon.

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Mel Gibson
Cast In: 'Edge of Darkness'
About the Role: This thriller, based on a BBC miniseries, marks Gibson's first starring turn since 2002's 'Signs.' He'll play a straitlaced cop investigating the death of his activist daughter.

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Brad Pitt
Cast In: 'Chad Schmidt'
About the Role: Pitt will play the eponymous Chad Schmidt, a wannabe actor whose career is hurt by his uncanny resemblance to Brad Pitt (also played by -- you guessed it -- Brad Pitt).

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Emma Watson
Cast In: 'Napoleon and Betsy'
About the Role: The 'Harry Potter' star will play an impetuous young noblewoman who falls for diminuitive French dictator Napoleon whilst he's in exile on the British Isle of Helena.

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Shia LaBeouf
Cast In: 'The Dark Fields'
About the Role: "The Beef" will play a slacker who ingests a top-secret drug to make him smarter -- but begins to experience trippy side effects -- in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

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Natalie Portman
Cast In: 'Wuthering Heights'
About the Role: She'll play Heathcliff's star-crossed lover Catherine Earnshaw in the latest adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel.

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