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Jason Bateman is to direct and star in 'IPO Man'. The new movie is based on an article in Wired magazine entitled 'Meet The Man Who Sold His Fate To Investors At $1 A Share', and will see Bateman play the lead character, Mike Merrill, who achieved not...

Cara Delevingne is being lined up to play Harley Quinn in 'Suicide Squad'.
The British actress-model has become the latest big name star to be linked with a part in the eagerly-awaited DC film, which is set for release in 2016.
Harley Quinn - the on-screen character Cara has been linked to by Latino Review - appears in the Batman stories as the unrequited lover of the Joker.
The character has featured in recent stories of the 'Suicide Squad', a government-run group who are tasked with various black ops missions.
Cara, 22, furthered the rumours by posting a picture of herself on Instagram dressed as Harley Quinn earlier this month.
Other superstars linked to a role in the much-anticipated film include Will Smith, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie and Jesse Eisenberg as the iconic character of Lex Luther.
The movie was confirmed by Warner Bros. earlier this month, when the company announced its schedule up to 2020.
Cara has also been linked to a part in 'Pirates of the Caribbean 5', while she recently starred alongside Kate Beckinsale and Daniel Brühl in 'The Face of an Angel', which is based on the real-life story of Amanda Knox.

Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow will play a "very big" part in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'.
The 29-year-old actress is to reprise her role as the Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff in the upcoming superhero sequel and Marvel's Kevin Feige has revealed she will be integral to the plot.
Explaining that the Black Widow will not be getting her own stand-alone film, Feige said: "Black Widow couldn't be more important as an Avenger, but, like Hulk, the Avengers films will be the films where they play a primary role.
"Her part in Avengers: Age of Ultron' is very, very big and further develops her character. The plans we have for her through the rest of the Avengers saga are very big and she is a linchpin, in fact, to those films."
The producer and president of Marvel films insisted that while Black Widow could be the subject of a solo film in the future, they're focusing on her place in the 'Avengers' films for the foreseeable future.
He added: "So instead of taking her out there or doing a prequel which we haven't done yet, we're continuing the forward momentum of the continuity of the Cinematic Universe, of which Widow is a key part."
'Age of Ultron' is the follow up to 2012 film 'The Avengers' and will also see the return of characters including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Captain America (Chris Evans) when it's released in April next year.
Meanwhile, Marvel has also announced they are planning a further two-part 'Avengers' story titled 'Infinity War', which will be released in 2018 and 2019.

'Captain America: Civil War' will feature an appearance from Iron Man.
The third installment in the Marvel franchise - which features Chris Evans in the title role and as his alter ego Steve Rogers - will be released on May 6, 2016 and at Marvel Studios' Phase Three schedule event yesterday (28.10.14), both Chris and Robert Downey Jr., who plays Iron Man/Tony Stark, made appearances at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles to confirm their involvement in the movie.
The next Phase Three film for the studio will be 'Doctor Strange' - which is rumoured to have Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role - but it won't be released until November 4, 2016, later than originally thought.
Marvel president Kevin Feige said: "It takes a while to work on these movies before they're ready to come to you in theatres.
"Doctor Stephen Strange, brilliant neurosurgeon, bit of an arrogant fellow who gets in a car accident and ruins what he thinks are the tools of his trade: his hands.
"In the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the supernatural, that involves everything from quantum mechanics to string theory. The idea of this film is to open up a whole new corner of the cinematic universe. We want to enter, through Strange, the world of parallel dimensions."
2017 will see three Marvel movies released, beginning with 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' on May 5, followed by 'Thor: Ragnarok' - which will see both Chris Hemsworth return as the hero and Tom Hiddleston come back as Loki - and 'Black Panther' ending the year, with Chadwick Boseman in the lead role.
The following year will see the debut of a new character from the Marvel Universe, Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, in July 6, though no casting has been done yet and in November 2018, the much-rumoured 'The Inhumans' will enter cinemas.
The final announcement at the event was a two-part 'Avengers' story, 'Infinity War', which will be released in May 2018 and 2019.

Timothy Spall sees "certain parallels" between himself and William Turner.
Spall, 57, plays the influential painter in his new film 'Mr. Turner', for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the actor says that in some ways, he can relate to his on-screen character.
He told The Guardian newspaper: "I don't want to associate myself with Turner, but there are certain parallels.
"I'm working-class and he was from trade. I went to a comprehensive and I wasn't academic. So everything I've learned that has increased my understanding of literature and art has all been through my work. And Turner was the same. He never intellectualised. Any response from what he learned was always going to be direct and unguarded."
Spall - who's also appeared in the 'Harry Potter' films and 'The King's Speech' - suggested that in order to do well as an actor, it's helpful to come from an affluent background.
He remarked: "I don't want to generalise and say that working-class actors can never do well. I mean, look at someone like Danny Mays. Normal background, very fine actor.
"I was going to say my son, but then I suppose he's just the son of a working-class actor. So I can't say my son. Yeah, maybe these days you simply need to be posh. If that's the case, it's a bloody shame."

'Avengers: Age of Ultron' will conclude with a revamped superhero team.
Kevin Feige, the President of Marvel Studios, has confirmed widespread rumours that the iconic lineup will look different at the end of the much-hyped 2015 sequel.
He told BuzzFeed: "The Avengers films, ideally, in the grand plan are always big, giant linchpins.
"It's like as it was in publishing, when each of the characters would go on their own adventures and then occasionally team up for a big, 12-issue mega-event. Then they would go back into their own comics, and be changed from whatever that event was.
"I envision the same thing occurring after this movie, because the [Avengers] roster is altered by the finale of this film."
The new film will see the introduction of Marvel characters Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and the Vision, while Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson and Cobie Smulders will all reprise their previous roles.
The trailer for the eagerly-awaited new flick - which opens next year - has already broke Marvel records, attracting as many as 34.3 million views in the first 24 hours alone.

Al Pacino didn't want to appear in 'The Godfather'.
The Oscar-winning actor played the part of Michael Corleone in the three crime films, but has revealed he was initially reluctant to accept the role as he considered director Francis Coppola, 75, to be "a bit mad".
Pacino, 74, told the new issue of Loaded magazine out now: "I didn't want to do 'The Godfather'. I didn't know what was going on. I thought, 'How am I going to play this part?'"
What's more, Warner Brothers, the studio responsible for the film - which also starred the likes of Diane Keaton and Robert Duvall - were reluctant to hire Pacino because he was not a huge name at the time.
He reflected: "No one wanted me. Except for Coppola who was, I thought, a bit mad. He just wanted me. Even I said, 'What are you doing Francis? They don't want me'.
"Of course Warner Brothers said, 'Who is this kid?! Why do you like this kid? What do you see?'"
However, Pacino explained that an impressive performance in a play convinced Coppola he was the right man for the part - and that even Marlon Brando had to win over doubters to secure the part of Vito Corleone.
He continued: "Francis saw me in a play called 'Does A Tiger Wear A Necktie?' I won a Tony for it and he just took a liking to me. I must say, very lucky me, because he is a great man and he wanted me and they wouldn't take me still.
"I thought, 'He's going to lose his job'. They didn't want Brando either, all due respect."

Benedict Cumberbatch is to star as Doctor Strange. The 'Star Trek Into Darkness' actor is in final negotiations with Marvel for the lead role in the upcoming superhero movie, according to Deadline. He will star as Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange - a ...

Mark Rylance is to play the title character in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of 'The BFG'.
The 67-year-old filmmaker said he was "honoured" the Brit had accepted the opportunity to star in the much-anticipated film, which is based on Roald Dahl's novel about an orphaned girl called Sophie who is befriended by a kindly giant.
Spielberg commented: "Mark Rylance is a transformational actor. I am excited and thrilled that Mark will be making this journey with us to Giant Country.
"Everything about his career so far is about making the courageous choice, and I'm honoured he has chosen 'The BFG' as his next big screen performance."
Rylance, 54, is currently working alongside Spielberg on an untitled Cold War spy thriller, which also features Hollywood legend Tom Hanks.
But Rylance is perhaps best known for his association with Shakespeare's Globe in London and for his part in stage hit 'Jerusalem'.
Shooting for the film will begin in 2015 and it will be released in July 2016 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Dahl's birth.
The author, who died in 1990 at the age of 74, regarded 'The BFG' as one of his favourite books.