* Colin Firth might see his quest for a Best Actor award at the Oscars end this year for his performance in The King's Speech, but he's already looking towards the future and another possible high profile role. The versatile actor is in talks to star in Gambit, a heist thriller written by the Coen Brothers. Michael Hoffman(The Last Station
) is currently on board to direct. * Kelly MacDonald(Intermission
, No Country for Old Men
), one of my favorite actresses, has signed on to play The Grey Lady in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. From what I can tell, the Grey Lady is the ghost of Helena Ravenclaw, and former holder of one of the horcruxes being used by Voldemort.* With all the high profile cameo appearances hopefully out of the way, they can actually get back to casting characters central to the story. Newcomer Mason Lee has signed on to play Stu's(Ed Helms) future brother-in-law in The Hangover 2. Anybody wanna take bets on how much of a jerk the guy probably is? Brothers-in-law are always jerks in the movies.
