20th Century Fox has announced (via ) that they are pushing back the release of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps from its originally scheduled April 23rd release date back to September 24th later this year. We’ve already featured a , but they don’t want it out in April anymore. I always thought that was a very early release anyway, I didn’t think Stone would even finish it that quickly. Fox has also moved up the release of the Tom Cruise / Cameron Diaz action comedy Knight & Day from July 2nd to the earlier June 25th release date. Some solid and smart date changes from Fox.

When Fox first set Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps for release in April, I was a bit surprised because Oliver Stone had only started shooting at the end of last year, and didn’t even finish shooting until December. I’m glad that they’re waiting to release until it’s completely finished, unlike with Oliver Stone’s W., which was rushed to a quick release by Lionsgate before George W. Bush left office. I’m still very excited for this movie – that last trailer was the one that pushed me over the “highly anticipated” edge. I’m a bit sad that we have to wait another 5 more months, but maybe it’s for the better. Is anyone else was looking forward to this?

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20th Century Fox has announced (via ) that they are pushing back the release of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps from its originally scheduled April 23rd release date back to September 24th later this year. We’ve already featured a , but they don’t want it out in April anymore. I always thought that was a very early release anyway, I didn’t think Stone would even finish it that quickly. Fox has also moved up the release of the Tom Cruise / Cameron Diaz action comedy Knight & Day from July 2nd to the earlier June 25th release date. Some solid and smart date changes from Fox.

When Fox first set Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps for release in April, I was a bit surprised because Oliver Stone had only started shooting at the end of last year, and didn’t even finish shooting until December. I’m glad that they’re waiting to release until it’s completely finished, unlike with Oliver Stone’s W., which was rushed to a quick release by Lionsgate before George W. Bush left office. I’m still very excited for this movie – that last trailer was the one that pushed me over the “highly anticipated” edge. I’m a bit sad that we have to wait another 5 more months, but maybe it’s for the better. Is anyone else was looking forward to this?

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Although Precious director Lee Daniels didn’t take home , his film still ended up with two Oscars and Daniels still went home with quite a few awards overall, including Best Director at last week. We already know Daniels’ is following up Precious with the civil rights movement film Selma, written by Paul Webb. followed the red carpet coverage closely last night and not only learned that Lenny Kravitz (seen above with Daniels) will appear in Selma, but also confirmed that Robert De Niro and Hugh Jackman (both previously announced) are officially on-board for this as well.

The film centers on the famous Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965 to help get voting rights for African Americans that also helped shift public opinion on civil rights overall. De Niro will play Governor , and Kravitz, who had a supporting role in Precious, will play civil rights activist . As for Jackman, speculates that he might be playing a smaller role as , a minister who was fatally beaten to death during the marches. There seem to be a lot of other prominent figures still uncast, so I’m sure we’ll be hearing plenty about this before they start shooting this May. Stay tuned for more casting!

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Remember last month when we heard the recent winning Christoph Waltz was in Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of Water for Elephants? Well, his taking on that role meant that he had to give one up, and reports that it was his forthcoming turn as the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud in David Cronenberg’s The Talking Cure that has been swapped out for another actor. Waltz was swiftly replaced with the comparable talent of Viggo Mortensen in the story, based on a play by , about the conflict between Freud and his pupil Jung, played by Michael Fassbender.

Though Fassbender’s involvement in the adaptation, as well as Keira Knightly’s, has been locked for awhile, apparently Waltz’s departure left it in jeopardy of being shelved. But with Mortensen’s involvement, there’s a level of comfort since he and Cronenberg came together twice for fantastic collaborations on A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. also learned that Vincent Cassell (Eastern Promises, Ocean’s 12) has joined the cast, but his role has yet to be revealed. Though I’m fine with Mortensen taking on the role, it would’ve been nice to see Waltz play something other than such a dastardly character again, since that’s exactly what he’s doing in Water for Elephants. We’ll just have to see how both of these turn out.

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While he has previously taken on the real-life personas of people like Al Capone and Jake La Motta, actor Robert De Niro hasn’t been dabbling in historical territory too much in recent years, at least, until now. Not only has he been to be playing Alabama Governor George Wallace in Lee Daniels’ Selma, but now THR’s reports that he will play iconic coach Vince Lombardi in the ESPN Films biopic simply titled Lombardi, to be written by Oscar winning Forrest Gump writer Eric Roth. The film will focus on the 8 or so years that Lombardi rebuilt the Green Bay Packers into gridiron NFL champions.

Lombardi is a legendary coach most know for his work with the Packers from 1959-67, winning five league championships during his nine years with the team. He went on to accomplish a 105–35–6 record as head coach (.750, discarding ties as was the NFL policy) and he never suffered a losing season. He then led the Packers to a still-unmatched three consecutive NFL championships in 1965, 1966, and 1967; winning the first two Super Bowls, solidifying his place in history as one of, if not the greatest coach in football history.

Charles Coplin, the NFL’s vice president of programming said about this casting news: “There are few actors who could accurately portray the fire, passion and grit of Lombardi, and we’re thrilled to have Robert De Niro on our team. With the addition of De Niro, Eric and Tribeca Productions, we have a deep bench to produce a film worthy of the legendary coach and American icon.” There’s some great projects coming up for De Niro, and I’m happy his career hasn’t been entirely hampered by some less than stellar missteps (such as Righteous Kill). This is definitely a project that we’ll keep our eye on as it develops. Sound good sports fans?

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