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6 June 2011 3:13 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »

Turns out the British tabloids aren’t always wrong. EW has confirmed reports in Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World earlier today that actress Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean, 28 Days Later) is being considered to star as a Bond girl in Bond 23, the stand-in title for the long-delayed, soon-to-shoot 007 movie. A spokesperson for Eon Productions, Bond’s home, tells EW that Harris has indeed met with the filmmakers, although no deals have yet been struck. Beyond that, all we know about the film is that Sam Mendes will direct, Daniel Craig will return as Bond for the third time, »

- Benjamin Svetkey

29 March 2011 11:53 AM, PDT | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »

While there have been reports that Paramount might kill World War Z because of a $125 million budget and no partners, I'm hearing that hot and heavy talks are going on with David Ellison's Skydance and as many as two other financiers to share the load on a movie that is gearing up for production as soon as June. The plan remains for Brad Pitt to star and for Marc Forster to direct the adaptation Max Brooks' novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.  The book looked at the aftermath of a global zombie war 10 years after the conflict, with a researcher for the UN Postwar Commission interviewing survivors in countries that were decimated by flesh eaters. It was thorough, and a thoroughly creepy read. The temptation is to joke about the irony of a zombie project coming back to life after it was pronounced near dead. »

- MIKE FLEMING

2 items from 2011