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U.S. actress Rene Russo is to play Frigga, the mother of the title character in Kenneth Branagh 's upcoming comic-book adaptation "Thor," sources told Variety.

Variety reports thatA DreamWorksA Animation is looking to produce an adaptation ofA Gil's All Fright Diner .

If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag . . . Q: Several summer seasons of replacement series ago, we watched ''Maximum Bob.'' It starred one of the Bridges brothers.

Dennis Farina has been set to star in the independent feature drama, The Last Rites of Joe May , written and directed by auteur director Joe Maggio.

The impossibly clunky comedy Old Dogs is dedicated to the proposition that the only thing funnier than a guy getting hit in the crotch is two guys getting hit in the crotch.

John Travolta plays a B-2 Stealth Bomber pilot who's gone over to the dark side with classic Travoltian "Get Shorty" swagger and "ain't it cool?" attitude while good guy Christian Slater is his unknowing co-pilot. Samantha Mathis is great as a park ranger who gets caught up in the action.

Since breaking out in the mid-'90s with the hip-hop-flavored "Friday" and the young-women-robbing-banks urban thriller "Set It Off," F. Gary Gray has established himself among the handful of former music video directors who graduated to helming big-budget projects.

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I am - " Hercules!! Barry Sonnenfeld, the "Men in Black" director who helmed the acclaimed pilot for "Pushing Daisies," will direct an untitled ABC pilot about a mom who comes into possession of a costume that gives her superpowers.

Home : Features : News : Travolta to Trial? Travolta to Trial? 20-Sep-2009 Written by: Chelsea Toder An extortion complaint filed by the grieving father may find Travolta in court.

Antonio Banderas is on his way to Spokane to star in a film-noir movie, "The Big Bang." The Spanish heartthrob plays a private eye who is hired to find a missing stripper.

June is turning out to be the best month of the summer. The Hurt Locker is the best action movie of the summer.

John Travolta should be the most typecast actor in Hollywood. His two iconic roles came as a young actor.