GRUDGE MATCH (Cast News)

• GRUDGE MATCH

Kim Basinger has signed on to appear opposite Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and Kevin Hart in the Warner Bros. boxing comedy Grudge Match, Variety reports.

Kim Basinger

Peter Segal, who last directed Get Smart, will direct the tale of two aging boxers who plan one final match against one another. Basinger will star as the female lead, caught in the middle of the rivalry.

Sylvester Stallone, Robert DeNiro and Kevin Hart

Basinger, best known for roles in fllms like Batman and L.A. Confidential, recently appeared in Charlie St. Cloud.

QUEEN OF THE DESERT (Cast News)

• QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Jude Law has officially joined Naomi Watts and Robert Pattinson in Queen of the Desert, the upcoming period drama written and directed by Werner Herzog.

Jude Law

The film stars Watts as Gertrude Bell, an explorer, writer, archeologist and attaché for the British Empire, who is credited with helping to catalyze the formation of the Middle East at the dawn of the 20th century.

"It is great to be working with Herzog again on this epic story as Ms. Bell been called the female 'Lawrence of Arabia,'" said Nick Raslan.

Nick Meyer, Sierra/Affinity's CEO, added, "It is a great opportunity to be working with such acclaimed talent on such an important project. We look forward to seeing Werner Herzog make this exciting piece of history come alive for a global audience."

Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Morocco in March 2013.

THE HIBERNATION (Director Attached)

• THE HIBERNATION

Justin Lin is busy filming Fast & Furious 6, but he has quite a few other films on the table after his done filming as The Hollywood Reporter brings word of another. Its being reported that Lin has signed on to helm an original sci-fi thriller called Hibernation.

Vin Diesel with director Justin Lin

Details on the film's plot have not yet been revealed, but the script arrives from newcomers Will Frank and Geneva Robertson.

New of the project arrives just days after word of another sci-fi film, a comedy called Subdivision that Lin will produce and will potentially also direct.

Producers on Hibernation include Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, Troy Craig Poon, Bruno Wu and Lin himself. 

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Cast News)

Saoirse Ronan

• THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Saoirse Ronan has taken the female lead in Wes Anderson's next, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Variety reports. She joins a cast that currently includes Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman.

Details of the plot are currently few, but the film is believed to be an Ernst Lubitsch-inspired comedy set in a Hungarian hotel in the late 1920's.

Ronan, best known for her Academy Award nominated role in Joe Wright's Atonement, later reteamed with Wright for Hanna. She's set to soon appear in Neil Jordan's vampire thriller Byzantium as well as in Andrew Niccol's feature adaptation of the Stephenie Meyer horror/sci-fi tale The Host.

UNTITLED TERENCE MALICK FILM (Cast News)

• UNTITLED TERENCE MALICK FILM

Bérénice Marlohe

Bond girl Bérénice Marlohe has joined the all-star cast of Terrence Malick’s latest movie, currently in production in Austin, Texas, THR reports.

The French actress will star alongside Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman.

The untitled movie centers around two intersecting love triangles, obsession and betrayal, set against the music scene. 

It stars Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman.

The details of her character are being kept under wraps, as is often the case with any Terence Malick film.

This is second major English role for the French actress, who co-stars opposite Daniel Craig as the enigmatic Severine. The movie opens November 30 in South Africa but is already shattering records internationally.

Marlohe will shoot the film concurrently with the ongoing press tour for Skyfall.