Will Smith has signed on to produce a film adaptation of the graphic novel 'Harlem Hellfighters'. The 45-year-old actor will team up with Sony Pictures to bring Max Brooks' upcoming novel - which is inspired by the true story of the all African-Americ...

Kevin Bacon wants '6 Miranda Drive' to be a psychological terror.
The 55-year-old actor has been cast in the forthcoming film which tells the story of a family who bring home a supernatural force when they return from a trip to the Grand Canyon, and he is hoping it'll join the classic horrors which had "deep emotional backdrops".
He told deadline.com: "'Miranda Drive' is a movie that's emotional. I read it and thought, if this came to me and it wasn't a horror movie but a low-budget drama, I would think about doing it anyway.
"It's a really interesting story the perfect American family that is kind of falling apart. To me it's like a really scary 'Ordinary People'. The greats are 'The Shining', 'Rosemary's Baby', 'Don't Look Now', 'The Exorcist' - those movies were not really slashers, they were about psychological terror and had very deep emotional backdrops. If we do our best, '6 Miranda Drive' can be that kind of a movie."
Bacon is rumoured to star alongside Radha Mitchell in the movie which will be helmed by 'Rogue' director Greg McLean.
Jason Blum's Blumhouse banner and Matt Kaplan from Chapter One Films are producing, while Robyn Marshall from Chapter One will co-produce.

Marc Webb thought it was "crazy" when he was first offered the chance to direct 'The Amazing Spider-Man'.
The 39-year-old filmmaker - who was recently confirmed to helm Andrew Garfield in the third instalment of the superhero franchise - was initially surprised when he was approached by Sony boss, Amy Pascal, to make a remake of Sam Raimi's 2002 film 'Spider-Man'.
Talking at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, in Austin, Texas, he told the audience: "I thought it was crazy."
Pascal responded to his hesitations by saying: "Honey, you can't turn down Spider-Man."
Webb wants the film franchise to be "fantastic" and "big", in keeping with how children feel when they read about the Marvel superhero, who was first created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko.
He added: "I'm going to embrace the spectacle. There was a moment deep in the [first film's] post-production process where a giant lizard smashed through a wall chasing a boy-man in a unitard and I said, 'This is not grounded. I'm not going to be beholden to smallness. I want it to be fantastic, to be big, to command and express that feeling when you're a kid and reading the comics.' I didn't want to hide or shy away from that."

Pharrell Williams thinks he'll never be as successful as Jay Z.
The 'Happy' hitmaker thought he could compete with the 'Holy Grail' rapper when he started releasing solo material but admits he was wrong and was trying to be someone he wasn't when he recorded his debut 'In My Mind' in 2006.
He told the Guardian Weekend magazine: "It was in my mind, but not in my heart. It was this caricature that I'd built in my mind, that fitted in with what Snoop and Jay were doing.
"Some of the things I said on that record, all the bragging, it's not necessary. It doesn't say anything about you, apart from how shallow you are."
He went on : "[I thought I was] this competitive guy in the music industry, who admired my peers and felt he needed to compete with the races that they designed. But in life you're meant to race against yourself."
Pharrell, whose second solo record 'G I R L' has hit the number one spot on the UK Album Chart, admits "Jay was never going to race with any of us."
He explained: "That was just my delusion. Because his career runs laps around people. And he runs laps around people, lyrically. He's a philosopher and a poet."
The 40-year-old star feels more comfortable with who he is these days and insists he isn't interested in living a party lifestyle.
When asked if he has ever taken drugs, he replied: "Very rarely - I've had my share of pot brownies - but it's not my thing. I spend most of my time working. Yes [I am a workaholic], lucidity is important to me."

Pet Shop Boys have sampled a gay rights speech for their new single.
The dance duo's new track 'The Best Gay Possible' features all ten minutes of a speech made by drag queen, Panti Bliss, a leading Irish gay rights activist, who rose to fame after his speech condemning homophobia at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in February went viral on Youtube.
In the speech, Panti says: "To grow up in a society that is overwhelmingly homophobic and to escape unscathed would be miraculous. So I don't hate you because you are homophobic. I actually admire you. I admire you because most of you are only a bit homophobic. Which all things considered is pretty good going."
He adds: "But I do sometimes hate myself. I hate myself because I f*****g check myself while standing at pedestrian crossings. And sometimes I hate you for doing that to me."
Panti - real name Rory O'Neil - took to Twitter to give his nod of approval on the track, as he wrote: "Pet Shop Boys made an amazing track out of my Noble Call speech. Seriously, they did."
Meanwhile, Pet Shop Boys - featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe - will embark on a US tour on April 8 and will also take the stage at Coachella Festival in California.

Lily Allen is to release her new album 'Sheezus' on May 5.
The 28-year-old singer's hotly anticipated third studio LP will contain the hit 'Hard Out Here' and is available to pre-order from today (10.03.14) with a download of her next single 'Our Time' from iTunes.
Lily is clearly excited that fans are going to be able to get their hands on her album as she posted this message her Twitter account this morning, "ZOMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lily Allen - Sheezus (sic)," along with a pre-order link to the LP on iTunes.
The tracklisting for 'Sheezus' - which is inspired by the title of Kanye West's last album 'Yeezus' - includes a title track of the same name, second single 'Air Balloon' and 'L8CMMR', which is about her husband Sam Cooper's bedroom prowess.
All the tracks on Lily's new album were produced by Greg Kurstin, except for the title track which was produced by DJ Dahi and 'Air Balloon' which was produced by Shellback.
'Our Time' will receive a full release on April 27 and the video for the track has been directed by Christopher Sweeney and documents a fictional drunken night out for Lily.

The track-listing for Sheezus is;
'Sheezus'
'L8CMMR'
'Air Balloon'
'Our Time'
'Insincerely Yours'
'Take My Place'
'As Long As I Got You'
'URL Badman'
'Silver Spoon'
'The Life For Me'
'Hard Out Here'

Britain's Prince Edward will celebrate his 50th birthday today (10.03.14). The Earl of Wessex - who is Queen Elizabeth's youngest son - posed for a photograph, which has been released to celebrate the landmark birthday, with his wife the Countess of W...

Tom Hardy has teamed up with his father to write and star in new series 'Bluebell'.
The 36-year-old actor and his writer father Edward - who is known as Chips - have been working together on a new detective series in which he will take on the lead role of Detective Bluebell.
A source said: "It's a lovely project for the pair of them.
"Tom has been wanting to do more writing and directing with his dad being a novelist, it means they can tap into each other's expertise. They have been working on it for a while as they initially submitted the pilot over a year ago."
'The Dark Knight Rises' star - who is also set to appear on the small screen in the second series of BBC Two gangster drama 'Peaky Blinders' - is expected to see his first writing project come to life as early as next year, as 'Bluebell' has now been commissioned by Sky Atlantic.
The source added to The Sun newspaper: "But now the contract has been signed and it's full steam ahead for the series. It is early days but it is being planned to be aired in 2015."
Chips' previous writing credits include the Channel 4 children's series 'Helping Harry' and 'The Dave Allen Show'.

The Wanted's Jay McGuiness was kicked out of a nightclub in Essex on Sunday morning (09.03.14) after being involved in a fight.
The 23-year-old star was enjoying a night out with his band mate Tom Parker, Tom's girlfriend Kelsey Hardwick and a group of friends at The Villa nightclub in Epping, Essex, on Saturday night (08.03.14), but was later removed from the club in the early hours of Sunday morning (09.03.14).
A witness told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Everyone was standing around the front door and there was a big kerfuffle in the foyer.
"Jay then got dragged out by the bouncers.
"He was shouting and screaming and they were trying to pull him back. He was putting up a struggle."
Tom, 25, had been booked as a host for the club night and decided to make the occasion a celebration for his girlfriend's birthday, but the night appeared to have taken a turn for the worst when Jay found himself involved in a brawl.
The 'Walks Like Rihanna' hitmaker's spokesman confirmed the incident yesterday (09.03.14), saying: "There was an altercation in the club that Jay found himself in the middle of. He ended up with minor cuts and bruises."
Tom was spotted with his band mate's blood on his shirt after helping his pal into a taxi before making his own way home with Kelsey and their friends, but it's unclear as to what started the fight.
The witness added: "Someone said they were going to check the CCTV to see exactly what happened.
"He was huddled in a corner for a while. Jay got shoved about a lot but he was pretty smashed."

Rob Kardashian's doctor warned he risked death if he didn't change his lifestyle.
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star - who has been battling with fluctuating weight - sought medical help on the urging of his mother and manager, Kris Jenner, and the family were horrified by the results of his medical testing.
In scenes which aired on 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' in the US last night (09.03.14), the doctor advised Rob was at risk of developing diabetes and eventual organ failure, prompting Kris to give her 26-year-old son a stark warning.
She told him "Your liver is shutting down.
"This is life-threatening at this point. You can only sustain this level of being unhealthy for so long."
Rob - whose father Robert Kardashian died aged just 59 from oesophageal cancer in 2003 - agreed he needed to make changes and was later praised by his personal trainer for his hard work in the gym.
The shocking news came weeks after the sock designer admitted to his older sister Khloe Kardashian that his weight gain has made him depressed.
He recently said: "I've never felt so down depressed in my life. I'm trying to be in the fashion industry and I'm not going to be taken seriously when I'm fifty pounds overweight. It's embarrassing to the family."

Paula Patton is "open" to giving Robin Thicke another chance.
The 'Baggage Claim' actress split from the 'Blurred Lines' singer last month, and though she was reported to have insisted to him she wanted a divorce, insiders say she is now reconsidering her stance.
Sources told gossip website TMZ that the estranged couple - who have been married for eight years and have a three-year-old son, Julian, together - have been talking "constantly" and are now discussing what Robin needs to do to convince Paula they can make their marriage work.
The 38-year-old actress is said to be particularly impressed with how much of a good dad Robin, 36, has continued to be since they separated, keeping in touch while on the road and seeing their little boy whenever he can.
According to the source, Paula hasn't yet hired a divorce lawyer and has no plans to do so.
However, though their conversations have been "smooth and cordial", one thing the 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' star is unhappy with is Robin's public declarations of love for her.
In New York last week, he told his audience at Madison Square Garden: "When there's someone you love, you gotta fight for them no matter what."
And days earlier, he said during a concert in Atlantic City: "Never stop believing and you never stop loving. And even if it is over, make sure you treat each other right. Treat your family right. Take care of your mom, take care of your kids and good things will come to you. Just keep believing that God is good.
"That's what gets me by. Sometimes when I get a little scared or worried about the future, I just try to stay positive and do my part to spread love and spread joy."
Though the couple insisted their split was mutual when they announced their separation, it has subsequently been reported that Paula told her spouse she wanted a divorce and Robin did everything he could to get her to change her mind.

Zayn Malik has inspired a new comic book character.
The One Direction star's "boyish expression" has inspired a new look for crime-fighter Ghost Rider, and the animations of the supernatural stunt-motorcyclist are a dead ringer for the 'Kiss You' singer.
Ghost Rider - also known as Robbie Reyes - features chiselled cheekbones, a mean scowl and Zayn's signature blonde-streaked hairstyle.
According to the Sun Newspaper, Editor Mark Paniccia told Illustrator and creator, Felipe Smith: "The guy from One Direction's name is Zayn Malik. I was picturing Robbie as a beefier version of him. Physically strong with a quiet, troubled, expression...kind of boyish."
Zayn will be pleased with the news as he is a big fan of comic books and his fiance Perrie Edwards, gave him an Incredible Hulk themed cake in celebration of his 21st birthday in January.
The 'Midnight Memories' hitmaker also has a cartoon inspired tattoo of the Little Mix star on his arm and the word 'ZAP!' written in comic strip-style font on his forearm.
Meanwhile, Perrie has said that accepting Zayn's proposal was a "no brainer" after the One Direction star got down on one knee last August.
She said: "I think you know yourself when the time's right and when you're with the right person. I'm not a typical girl that's partying all the time. I just want to be with someone and let that be it."