Liv Tyler spent a day tied to a chair with a ball gag in her mouth filming her new movie – and liked it. The star insisted on being there for co-star Patrick Wilson, who plays her religious fanatic husband in The Ledge, and enjoyed the experience of just watching the film getting made around her. She tells WENN, “There was quite a hard day because this whole production was a very small budget and we didn’t have many days. The subject matter was quite intense and dense and quite tricky to navigate. That day was hard because we only had a couple of hours to shoot that scene in a hotel room on location. ”They Read the full story

Julia Ormond is in negotiations to join the cast of Zack Snyder’s forthcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel, it has been revealed.The British actress will play Superman’s (Henry Cavill) biological mother Lara Lor-Van, Deadline reports. Russell Crowe was recently offered to role of Jor-El, the Kryptonian father of the legendary superhero.Man of Steel also stars Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Amy Adams and Michael Shannon. It is being produced by Christopher Nolan. In April, Ormond joined the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Dr Paula Severin, a police psychologist who is assigned to treat Detective Goren Read the full story

The house used in the hit movie ‘Marley and Me’ starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson is on the market for $1.25 million, according to the Daily Local newspaper. The ‘Marley and Me’ house sits on a 16-acre lot and is currently owned by the attorney John Ennis and the fine-arts photographer Lisa Tayor Ennis.The couple, who are looking to downsize now their three kids have grown-up, say their home is still of interest to passers-by, saying, “People still come by to take pictures. A whole load of kids and parents will jump out of the car and snap photos in front of Marley’s house. People are polite and Read the full story

‘Easy A’ actress Emma Stone is wanted for the leading role in the forthcoming movie ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’. Emma Stone has been offered a part in ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’. The ‘Easy A’ actress – who recently completed filming on forthcoming Marvel comic prequel ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ with Andrew Garfield – is wanted for the role of Elizabeth Bennett after Oscar-winning star Natalie Portman dropped out. The movie is based on the book of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith and takes the traditional Jane Austen novel and adds the un-dead into the mix of romance Read the full story

Julia Roberts gave the cast and crew on her new movie knitting tips after she turned up to the set one day and found everyone with needles and wool.Co-star and director Tom Hanks thought it would be fun to pretend everyone had caught the actress’ knitting bug and sent out for needles and skeins of yarn from a nearby knitting store.He then called on everyone to gather the next morning before Roberts showed up for work and take a quick lesson in knitting so grips, lighting men, extras and runners would all look like they knew what they were doing when his leading lady arrived. And the prank worked – Roberts Read the full story

James McAvoy has revealed that he is not a fan of 3D.The Wanted actor spoke to Deadline about his views on the technology, confessing that he is relieved that his recent film X-Men: First Class was not shot in 3D. “Thank God this movie [X-Men: First Class] is not in 3D, which is just an excuse to charge an extra ten bucks at the theatre,” McAvoy said. “Then in the end, they’re not 3D at all. The idea of things coming out of the screen and making you jump out your seat are done very well, but I think it’s a waste of time and money and I wouldn’t pay for a ticket to go to one of those films.”The 32-year-old continued: “I maintain you can’t do a good conversion Read the full story

Marilyn Monroe’s subway dress from The Seven Year Itch fetched $4.6 million (£2.8 million) at an auction of Hollywood costumes that took place over the weekend. Considered one of the most recognisable costumes in movie history, the iconic ivory gown far exceeded sales expectations, according to Reuters. The dress was originally estimated to sell for only $1 million to $2 million (£618,000 to £1.2 million). Monroe wore the dress in a scene in the 1955 movie in which the actress stands above a subway grate as a passing train raises it around her head. The auction was held by actress Debbie Reynolds, who began collecting movie costumes Read the full story

Jodie Foster makes movies to understand her feelings.The actress-turned-director is “fascinated” by depression, a subject she explores in new movie ‘The Beaver’, and says working on films about challenging subjects help her to deal with her own problems better.She explained: “I think depression is fascinating, there was a lot of depression in my family. Making movies about people in spiritual crises helps me to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.”My way of organising my feelings is to make movies out of them and see problems from all points of view.”The former child star also admitted she is only attracted to directing films which Read the full story

The Weinstein Company has announced that Scary Movie 5 will launch in cinemas in April 2012.Earlier this year, it was confirmed that the studio were planning a fifth instalment in the long-running horror spoof franchise.Despite the announced release date, it is still unknown whether stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall will reprise their roles as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks respectively.The franchise’s last entry Scary Movie 4 took $41 million at the US box office upon its release in April 2006, and went on to gross around $91 million domestically.The studio also announced that Patrick Lussier’s rebooted Halloween 3D will be released on Read the full story

Logan Lerman will reportedly return for a second film instalment based on the Percy Jackson teen fantasy series.According to the Los Angeles Times, studio Fox 2000 has exercised its option to have Logan Lerman reprise his role as the titular character in the second entry.First film Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released last year, taking $89 million domestically and $137 million internationally, but received a lukewarm reception from critics.In addition to Lerman’s return, the studio has also hired Diary of a Wimpy Kid director Thor Freudenthal to helm the film, while The Lightning Thief director Chris Columbus Read the full story