Natalie Dormer is 'Patient Zero'; Liam Neeson Cameos in 'Ted 2'; Patrick Wilson Joins 'Bone Tomahawk'

Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer will continue her busy steak by starring in Patient Zero, a zombie apocalypse thriller from Stefan Ruzowitzky, the Oscar-winning director of The Counterfeiters. Written by Mike Le, Patient Zero centers on one man with the ability to speak with the undead and hopes to use that power to end the zombie outbreak, saving his wife in the process. Dormer will be seen next in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. [Deadline]

While Seth MacFarlane's comedy-western A Million Ways to Die in the West drew tumbleweeds earlier this year, he apparently had a good time working with Liam Neeson. MacFarlane revealed on Twitter that Neeson was part of Ted 2, but didn't say much about his role. It's likely to be just a cameo as it sounds like he was only on set for a day. He joins the returning Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, with Amanda Seyfried taking on the female lead this time and Morgan Freeman playing a famous civil rights attorney. Ted 2 opens June 26th 2015.

Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox have joined the intriguing horror Western, Bone Hawk, which already has Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins starring. Directed by S. Craig Zahler, the story follows a sheriff (Russell), a gunslinger, a befuddled oldster (Jenkins) and a cowboy as they attempt to rescue a group of captives  from a band of cannibalistic troglodytes. Wilson plays a driven and thoughtful cowboy whose rise to the foreman position of a cattle outfit is interrupted by an unfortunate accident that reshapes his life in unforeseen ways. Fox will play John Brooder, the eloquent, albeit inscrutable gentleman whose dark inclinations have put him and his polished weapons at the very edge of the western frontier.

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Sure Shots: World War Z; Snow White and the Huntsman; Anna Kendrick joins End of Watch

* Ed Harris(The Way Back) and Matthew Fox(We Are Marshall) have entered talks to join Marc Forster's World War Z, an adaptation of Max Brooks' book about the ramifications of a global zombie war. No clue who they'll be playing just yet, but they become part of a cast that includes Brad Pitt, James Badge Dale, Mirielle Enos, and the newly added Julia Levy-Boeken(Road Trip: Beer Pong). [Deadline]

* The battle between Universal and Relativity over their dueling Snow White films appears to be over, with Relativity making the dumbass move of jumping their Tarsem Singh-directed film up more than six months in order to beat out Snow White and the Huntsman. A total jack move, in my opinion. Universal is wisely kicking back and fine tuning their film to make sure it's...y'know, good. And so they've decided to do a little tweaking by hiring hot writer Hossein Amini(Drive, 47 Ronin) to do some rewrites on the film. Whether that includes adding some sexual tension between stars Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart remains to be seen, but I'm betting it does. Snow White and the Huntsman is due out June 1st 2012. [Deadline]

* One of the things that consistently makes me smile is the development of Anna Kendrick into a bonafide star. The first time I saw her was in the little seen teen musical, Camp(one of my favorites and a must-watch), and she's only gotten better since. Variety reports she'll be starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and another personal fave, Michael Pena, in End of Watch. Natalie Martinez(Death Race) is also co-starring.The film was written and directed by David Ayer, and is another one of his gritty cop dramas focused on the LAPD. Ayer has fared better as a writer, having scripted both Dark Blue and Training Day. As a director his resume is less impressive, featuring Street Kings(blah) and Harsh Times(double blah). It doesn't sound like Kendrick or Martinez will have a lot to do, however, as they'll just be playing the love interests to the two dudes. Hmph.

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