Film Flash! Johnny to play Ozzy?

Johnny Depp is could be playing Ozzy Osbourne in a film about his life. Sharon Osbourne told Kerrang! magazine that Ozzy was talking to the Pirates of the Carribean star about the role — although nothing had been confirmed yet

Gary Oldman is in discussions to perform a character voice in Star Wars: Episode III. There's speculation Oldman would voice the villian, General Grievous, who is part alien and part robot.

Tim Robbins is about to sign up to star in the film of a book that was a sequel to Jumanji, although the film's producers insist it will be a standalone project. Empire Online say the Mystic River star is to take the father role in children's space adventure Zathura.

After starring in her first amateur film, socialite Paris Hilton is about to start shooting her first starring role in a feature movie. She will star as the president of an elitist sorority in National Lampoon's comedy South Beach University. Producer Juan Carlos Zapata said: "As the sorority motto is 'Be Perfect,' we knew there was no one better for the lead role than Paris."

Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth have been signed to play the lead roles in writer-helmer Atom Egoyen’s upcoming feature Somebody Loves You, says the Hollywood Reporter. The film noir project is based on the Rupert Holmes novel Where the Truth Lies and explores the "underbelly of fame, fortune and the mores of sexual convention."