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Jane Fonda has been cast in Paolo Sorrentino's 'Youth'.
The 76-year-old actress has a "a key role in the English-language film that starts shooting at the end of the month", reports Deadline.com.
Fonda will reunite will Michael Caine who she previously starred opposite in the 1978 comedy 'California Suite' and 1967 'Hurry Sundown'.
The A-List cast also includes 'The Deep Blue Sea' actress Rachel Weisz, 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' star Harvey Keitel and 12 Years a Slave's Paul Dano.
The film follows old friends Fred and Mick, who are approaching 80, during a getaway near the Alps.
Fred, a composer and conductor, is retired, but film director Mick is still working and he tries to finish the screenplay for what he believes will be his last important film, while Fred doesn't intend to return to music but someone is keen to hear his compositions.
Fonda - who was catapulted to the spotlight in the 60s with 'Barbarella' and 'Cat Ballou' - last hit the big screen in 'The Butler' and had a cameo in 'Better Living Through Chemistry'.

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Drew Barrymore plans to make more films with Adam Sandler.
The 'Charlie's Angels' star first starred alongside the comedian in 1998 film 'The Wedding Singer' followed by '50 First Dates' in 2004 and is currently playing the mother of his children in 'Blended'.
She insists it would be fun to work with him again when their own children are teenagers.
The screen beauty told Red magazine: "When we did '50 First Dates', I was so confused about love but he was about to marry Jackie [Sandler]. I was like, how do you make a relationship work and stay?
"When we did 'The Wedding Singer', we were such young kids with barely a care in the world, there was that joy.
"So it will be interesting to see what our next film together will be. Parenting teenagers next, I think."
The 39-year-old - who has two daughters with her 'Friendly Fire' actor husband Will Kopelman - also hinted that father-of-two Adam could be looking to stray from the comedy genre that he is so well known for.
She added: "A musical would be really fun!"

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje did an intense four-week boot camp to prepare for 'Pompeii'.
The actor, who stars alongside 'Games of Thrones' star Kit Harington and 'Sleeping Beauty' star Emily Browning in the forthcoming film, was dedicated to getting into shape for the role so him hit the gym hard and watched what he ate to ensure he could live up to the expectation of being a gladiator.
Asked how he got in shape, he told website movies.ie: "Boot camp. Gladiator boot camp; four weeks prior to the beginning of the movie. You enrol in that as part of the process. When you and the audience hear the world 'gladiator' you have your expectations, and we have to deliver. "
The intense workout sessions lasted four hours a day and included swordfighting training.
He added: "To do that, we had to go to gladiator boot camp, which consisted of four hours working out a day, two hours of swordsmanship, an hour of weightlifting, an hour of cardio... Coupled with this 1,800 calorie diet. That is what got us in that Adonis-like shape. There are no ifs, buts, ands or maybes about it, that's what you have to do!"

Hugh Jackman felt old on the set of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
The 45-year-old actor stars alongside 'Skins' star Nicholas Hoult, 24, in the latest instalment of the Marvel comic book franchise and he's admitted that he felt really old when he told him he'd watched the first film as a child.
He told ELLE magazine: "The first day we shot in the X-Mansion, Nic said, 'I'm sorry, but this is just so cool because I saw you walking down these halls when I was 10 years old.' And I said, 'I know that's meant as a compliment, but it still stings a little, mate.' "
Hoult's girlfriend Jennifer Lawrence, 23, and Ellen Page, 27, also star in the film and Hugh admits he felt like their dad when they were messing about on set.
He explained: "That bunch were close on set, all partying together, shooting each other with BB guns in the trailer park.
"I thought, 'I'm not going to shush them, because if I tell them to stop they'll just shoot at my trailer window. So I stayed inside - that's when you realise you're the old man now."

Amanda Seyfried doesn't want to be typecast in romantic comedies.
The 28-year-old actress has starred in several romantic-comedies including 'Mamma Mia!' and 'Dear John' but has since tried to avoid those kinds of roles because she doesn't want to be known for those parts alone.
She told ELLE magazine: "If you make two romantic comedies, you're presumed to do just that."
The 'Mean Girls' star took on the role of real life porn star Linda Lovelace in the biopic 'Lovelace' last year and she admits she took the role very seriously because she wanted to give meaning to the story and prove she is a dedicated actress who can do varied work.
She explained: "I wasn't necessarily afraid of what the public would think of me. I wanted to validate her [Linda] existence and give the most positive version of her that I could.
"I mean, maybe I am tainted by it. But I feel like all that movie did for me was solidify my seriousness."

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been injured on every action movie he has starred in.
The 66-year-old actor has been hurt throughout his film career, with many mishaps resulting in him ending up in the emergency room, but none of his injuries have resulted in a set being "shut down".
He explained:"[Producers] don't like you to get injured, I get injured in every movie, but its small things like banging you're head on the camera - and you just go and get stitched up quickly in the emergency room and then you come right back and continue shooting - but when you injure your leg or shoulder that's when things shut down."
Schwarzenegger - who can currently be seen in crime thriller 'Sabotage' - has always been in top physical condition throughout his career and first made a name for himself as a champion bodybuilder.
However, he admits there are "certain exercises" he can no longer do because at his age he could easily get injured.
Revealing his best workout tips, Schwarzenegger told BANG Showbiz: "If you are going to work out you should really do the whole body. You should go from one machine to the next, don't stop, and adjust the weight of the machines to prevent injuries. As soon as you get older you get injuries, there's certain exercises you can't do."

Arnold Schwarznegger thinks Eddie Murphy is "perfect" for the 'Twins' sequel.
The 'Sabotage' actor is set to reprise his role alongside Danny Devito as two unlikely twins who were separated at birth in the follow-up to the 1988 comedy action film, but thinks the 'Nutty Professor' actor will make a good addition to the cast.
He said: "We have not done any rehearsals for it other than meeting several times, and I admire Eddie as an actor and as a talent, with the three of us."
While Schwarzenegger is looking forward to working on the movie, he knows it will be a different filmmaking experience to the original.
He added to BANG Showbiz: "They said, 'Do you want to do 'Twins', and this is something that I've chased for 20 years."
There is a different studio technique now, it's a different generation, the old guard is gone, there is some different people in there..so this is how it works, I didn't really think or have a plan, you now some of those ideas work, don't work, but I believe very strongly in those characters.

Zoe Saldana says playing Nina Simone was a huge "responsibility".
The 35-year-old actress portrays the late jazz legend in an upcoming biopic, 'Nina', and despite facing criticism for not looking enough like the singer, Zoe felt the most important thing was to stay true to the memory of the iconic star, who passed away in 2003 aged 70.
She explained: "I felt a huge responsibility and a lot of pressure to be true to her, to respect her legacy because she was real and so iconic and one of the most beautiful women to walk this earth.
"So in a way it was a difficult role for me. It was heartbreaking at times as it demanded a lot of emotional work and some days and becoming this person; to walk in her shoes was sometimes not a happy place to be."
The actress has been able to work with great personal trainers thanks to her roles in action flicks 'The Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Avatar' and has begun to associate keeping fit with her career.
She told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "Recently I began to associate working out with work, so I took a break as I was tired. I swear by reformer Pilates as it gets you fit in a very balanced and healthy way because you use your own body weight.
"It can help back, knee, shoulder and hip problems, ease joints and get you in shape. Garrett Warren has been my stunt trainer in films for years; he gets me in shape for action roles, then I rely on Steve Moyer in LA who I met on 'Avatar'. They are my go-to trainers for life."