News Hound | 27 May 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t get your head stuck inside the wrong bin…

Mel Gibson has confirmed on Jay Leno that his Russian girlfriend Oksana is pregnant:

Cher is in talks to join Christina Aguilera in Burlesque as the owner of the club where Aguilera’s character works.

Sam Raimi hopes to have Spider-Man 4 in production by February 2010. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire is currently writing the script.

The exciting news that Anthony Hopkins was returning as Hannibal Lecter with Cate Blachett playing Clarice Starling have sadly turned out to be entirely untrue.

Miley Cyrus is rumoured to be up against Hayden Panettiere, Amanda Bynes and Dancing With the Stars pro Julianne Hough for that coveted starring role as Ariel Moore in Footloose.

Michael Moore’s latest documentary, which will be looking at the reasons behind the worldwide financial crisis, has been given a release date of 2 October.

Dan Aykroyd has revealed that a woman will be leader of the ghostbusting gang in the upcoming sequel Ghostbusters 3 while the original cast will act as mentors, teaching the newbies how to deal with ectoplasmic mishaps.