Vincent Cassel Join James McAvoy in Danny Boyle’s TRANCE

Danny Boyle has found two more leads for his heist-thriller Trance. Deadline reports that Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel will join James McAvoy in the film which centers on an art heist that goes sideways when its mastermind (McAvoy) gets amnesia and can’t remember where he stashed the loot. Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson were previously rumored for the other lead roles, but now it looks like Cassel will play the leader of the heist team while Dawson will play the hypnotist tasked with recovering the mastermind’s memories. The modestly-budgeted and harder-edged picture will be more in line with Boyle’s earlier films Trainspotting and Shallow Grave.

Filming on Trance is set to begin in September and then will be put on a shelf while Boyle directs the summer Olympics. He’ll pick it back up again in August 2012 for editing and then release it in March 2013. Both Dawson and Cassel will next be seen at the Toronto International Film Festival with Ten Year and A Dangerous Method, respectively.

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Lindsay Lohan wanted lead role in "Black Swan"

According to recent news items, controversial actress Lindsay Lohan, famous for her roles in movies such as The Parent Trap remake, Mean Girls, and I Know Who Killed Me and also for her well-publicized court/rehab life, feels as though she "deserves" the role Natalie Portman had in Black Swan - that of a schizophrenic ballerina suffering from an eating disorder and stress.

Lohan reportedly took ballet until she was 19.

Do you think Lohan would have been a good choice for Nina, or too close to real-life for comfort?

Mila Kunis cast as the Wicked Witch of the West

Black Swan actress Mila Kunis has been cast as Theodora, the eventual Wicked Witch of the West, alongside James Franco in Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful, a prequel to the classic story, The Wizard of Oz.

According to Vulture, Franco and Raimi (who worked together on the Spider-Man series) met and discussed Kunis’ involvement before he officially signed to star as the fast-talking magician who flees from a traveling circus in a hot air balloon only to wind up in the magical land of Oz.

Theodora, who eventually becomes the Wicked Witch of the West in the familiar story, begins as a good witch, torn by her affections for Oz and the corrupting influences of her powerful sister Evanora (of the East). When war breaks out between the evil witches and the various creatures of Oz, the magician (mistaken as a wizard) joins the forces of good with Glinda (of the North) for an epic battle — reminiscent of the stand-off in Burton’s recent Alice in Wonderland.

In the script, which underwent revisions recently by David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), Theodora is described as beautiful, dressed in an open-collared white shirt, black pants, and black knee-high boots with “quick eyes, quick movements, and a quick, lively mind.”

Vulture also says Kunis was being considered for a part in WB’s live-action Akira remake, which signed the Hughes brothers to direct over a year ago. Warner Bros president Jeff Robinov reportedly (and rather randomly) offered the lead, Kaneda, to Brad Pitt, who passed. Franco was also rumored for the part, as was Zac Efron. It’s unclear when, or if, the expensive Akira redo will get off the ground, but Disney’s Oz prequel shoots this July.

The ubiquitous Franco, 32, and Kunis, 27, played supporting roles together in Date Night, a rather disposable romantic comedy that starred Steve Carell and Tina Fey but wasn’t quite the hilarious flick its star-studded ensemble deserved.

This announcement partially confirms suspicions that Kunis is using some kind of witchcraft and/or wizardry in order to appear exponentially more sexy every day. However, we’ve been unable to confirm this because she will not respond to our numerous calls to her personal cell phone.

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