Sundance News: Lindsay Lohan announces new film 'Inconceivable'

Hot off the presses from the Sundance Film Festival is the news that Lindsay Lohan is in town to announce a new film project, Inconceivable, that she will start filming in March. Do you care? Does the fact that it's a psychological thriller intrigue you? Or that producer Randall Emmett, who has previously produced movies like 2 Guns and Broken City and Righteous Kill, is involved? Or that Lilo will be a producer, and therefore involved in casting? How excited, at this point, can we really be about Lohan's umpteenth attempt at getting her career back on track?

Of course, there is a very easy joke to be made about the fact that the film is called Inconceivable. I mean, it's "inconceivable" that Lilo will ever have a true, seriously taken career again, right? It's just not possible. Or, maybe I'll end up being wrong and she'll leave crap like The Canyons behind and she'll eventually be the new Matthew McConaughey. ... Maybe.

Anyway, Inconceivable seems to be in its early stages, but look for more news about the project as the weeks go by, or maybe even in the next few days of the Sundance Film Festival. Travis Hopson, our man on the festival streets, will keep you in the loop. Until then, just watch Mean Girls and comfort yourself with the greatness that Lilo once was.

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Lindsay Lohan May Join Ben Affleck's 'Live By Night'

So has Lindsay Lohan finally turned another corner in her rocky career? The once-promising young actress has been little more than tabloid fodder over the last few years, and producers have been quick to use her fall from grace as a marketing tool rather than as a legitimate opportunity for her to bounce back. Of course she hasn't helped herself any by frequently falling back into her personal demons, but lately it seems like she may be making a real effort. She recently starred in the attention-grabbing Liz & Dick, has Paul Schrader's The Canyons opening this week, and will be working with none other than Oprah Winfrey on a docu-series chronicling her comeback. And hey, maybe Hollywood has taken notice, because her name just surfaced for Ben Affleck's next directorial effort.

A story over at Showbiz411 says that Lohan is close to signing on to Live By Night, Affleck's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's crime novel, set in roaring 1920s Boston. The Prohibition-era tale centers on Joe Coughlin, the son of a prominent police captain, who turns his back on the law and climbs to the top of organized crime. Affleck will also be starring, and if she does sign on Lohan could take the role of Emma, a tough waitress who gets between the two male leads.

The big question is whether or not a major studio would take the gamble on the mercurial Lohan, whose actions on the set of The Canyons were questionable at best. Considering the problems she's had arriving to set on time and completing the work without distractions, she may not even be insurable right now. Lohan gets out of 90-day rehab this Saturday, and we'll see then how all of this develops. Filming on Live By Night begins next year after Affleck wraps on David Ficher's Gone Girl.

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From out of left field emerges Kevin Costner in Zack Snyder's 'Superman'

Yeah, that's a lame Field of Dreams joke. Or it's a  Bull Durham joke. Take your pick. I've been out of town all weekend and this was the only piece of news I saw for three days, from Deadline initially reporting that Zack Snyder was interested in Kevin Costner for an unspecified role in his Superman flick. Henry Cavill(The Tudors) was recently signed to play the Man of Steel.

So as soon as this news broke, thoughts of Costner as General Zod filled my head. With the news that a number of actresses were already up for the role of evil Kryptonian chick, Ursa, it made some sense.  But now Latino Review has squashed by dreams by reporting that if signed Costner would be up for playing Clark Kent's daddy, Jonathan Kent.

It's still an inspired selection, and further solidifies Snyder's approach of going in off beat directions for his casting choices.   I mean this is hardly Lindsay Lohan or anything, but I doubt many people expected to ever hear Costner's name mentioned in relation to a superhero movie, whether he's wearing tights or not.

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Quick Hits: Lohan as Lovelace; Jones Cast in CAPTAIN AMERICA; APES Prequel Release Date

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*I meant to post about this a few days ago, but it's been confirmed that Lindsay Lohan will be starring as 1970's pornstar Linda Lovelace in the upcoming biopic, Inferno. The role had once belonged to Anna Faris(Scary Movie), but she dropped out and producers decided it was best to hire someone familiar with Lovelace's....hobbies. Maybe they can get Samantha Ronson to play Lovelace's husband/pimp, Chuck Traynor? She certainly looks the part.

*One of my biggest gripes with the casting of Captain America so far is that there are no really stand out character actors involved, which can be a problem considering Chris Evans' spotty track record. That's being rectified now, as Toby Jones is in final negotiations to play evil scientist Arnim Zola. Jones is best known for his role as Truman Capote in Infamous, but the guy can do anything from dramatic period pieces(The Painted Veil) to B-grade horror(The Mist). Oh, and the title of the movie is now officially Captain America: The First Avenger.

*Rupert Wyatt's Rise of the Apes, a prequel to Planet of the Apes, has been given a release date of June 24th 2011. The CGI heavy flick(no dudes in costumes, folks!) will do battle that weekend with Pixar's Cars sequel. Since I'm not really fond of either of these movies, maybe they should've combined the two and saved me a couple of hours? But if they did it might look too much like this...

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