"The Good Wife" star Christine Baranski is in talks to join the starry ensemble of Disney's adaptation of the Broadway musical "Into the Woods," TheWrap has learned.

Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp have closed deals, while Emily Blunt is in negotiations for the female lead. James Corden has been rumored for the male lead but has not officially been cast.

Rob Marshall, who is renowned for his prowess with musicals, is directing the darkly comic mash-up of classic fairy tales.

Story follows the Baker and his wife (Blunt) as they venture into the woods to confront the witch (Streep) responsible for putting a family curse on the childless couple...

Olympus may have fallen but Gerard Butler's career as an action star continues to take off, as the "300" hero is in negotiations to topline Ricardo de Montreuil's "The Raven" for Universal Pictures and Gold Circle Films.

Universal, which acquired rights to the director's popular short film in December 2010, will handle worldwide distribution and co-finance with Gold Circle, which will also produce.

Liam Hemsworth had initially been rumored to star, but those reports proved premature.

Now Butler is making a deal to play a man with remarkable powers who is being sought by both the government and the military.

Paul Brooks will produce for Gold Circle, whose...

Zac Efron and Amber Heard will star in “Autobahn,” a thriller about an American backpacker (Efron) whose life takes a turn for the worse after joining a scam on behalf of a Turkish gang, IM Global announced on Thursday.

IM Global is financing the film, which will shoot in Germany in the fall. Eran Creevy, who wrote and directed “Welcome to the Punch,” is directing from a script he co-wrote with F. Scott Frazier.

Heard will play Efron's American girlfriend. As he flees his pursuers in and around Munich, he must protect her as they seek to free themselves from any perilous entanglements.

Efron, represented by CAA, manager Jason Barrett and attorney Patti Felker is currently shooting Universal’s “Townies,” which also star Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne. He will next be seen in the JFK drama “Parkland...

Paul Thomas Anderson continues to cast his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel "Inherent Vice," as Martin Short and Jena Malone are the latest additions to the star-studded ensemble, TheWrap has learned.

Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while a representative for Malone had no comment.

Short and Malone are expected to join Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro and Reese Witherspoon in the soft-boiled crime film, which follows a pot-smoking private detective named Doc Sportello (Phoenix) as he investigates a missing persons case that may have larger implications.

Malone will play a former drug addict...