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Justin Timberlake to Star in a Biopic and More of This Week's Biggest Casting News

There's lots of big news in this week's casting update, including the latest tidbit that Justin Timberlake has signed on to play '70s record executive Neil Bogart in a biopic. Meanwhile, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman are taking on Shakespearean roles, and small screen star Nina Dobrev will take a big screen role in a comedy. James Franco has found his next directorial project, and Colin Firth is in talks for not one, but two upcoming parts. Click through to find out where your favorite stars are headed next!

James Franco will star in and direct Garden of Last Days, a contemporary thriller adapted from the bestselling novel.
Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender will star in Macbeth, an updated adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
War Horse's Jeremy Irvine joined The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, the sequel to the 2012 horror starring Daniel Radcliffe. The film will pick up 40 years after the original left off.
Jamie Foxx may star in Annie as Daddy Warbucks. Quvenzhané Wallis is already on board to star in the remake, produced by Will Smith and Jay-Z.
He's still in talks, but it's likely Chris O'Dowd will join The Coward, alongside his Girls costar Adam Driver. O'Dowd will play a criminal in the comedy, set in 18th century England.
Colin Firth joined Secret Service, a comic book adaptation in which he'll play a spy. Firth is also in talks for Woody Allen's next film, starring Emma Stone. He would be the male lead.
Oblivion's Olga Kurylenko joined Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters as the head mistress. The movie is an adaption of a popular YA series.
Downton Abbey's Lily James will play Cinderella in Kenneth Branagh's live-action retelling of the classic fairy tale.
She's still in talks, but it's likely Allison Williams will join Rosaline, a Shakespearean adaptation in which she would play the lead.
Jessica Chastain will star in The Zookeeper's Wife, a adaptation of the WWII novel. The story revolves around the keeper of the Warsaw Zoo, who saved hundreds during the Nazi invasion. Chastain is also in talks for Interstellar, the latest Christopher Nolan sci-film about a voyage through time.
Adam Driver and Naomi Watts are in talks for While We're Young, which is being directed by Noah Baumbach. Watts would play the wife of Ben Stiller, while Driver would be one half of a free-spirited younger couple who Watts and Stiller befriend.
They're still in talks, but it's likely James D'Arcy and Nina Dobrev will join Let's Be Cops, starring Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. Dobrev would play Wayans's love interest in the comedy and D'Arcy would be the villain.
Kelsey Grammar joined Transformers 4 as the villain.
Lily Collins will star in Price and Prejudice and Zombies, the adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith mash-up novel.
Annette Bening is in talks for Imagine, a John Lennon-inspired film that may star Al Pacino.
She's still in talks, but Reese Witherspoon may join Passengers, a sci-fi love story starring Keanu Reeves. Witherspoon is also in talks to star in Depth of Field as a journalist who learns to love sports after covering the World Cup.
Real-life couple Leighton Meester and Adam Brody will star in Life Partners, a comedy about two friends, one of whom is gay. Meester will play the gay best of Gillian Jacobs, and Brody will play Jacob's love interest.
Daniel Radcliffe joined Tokyo Vice, a thriller, as an American reporter.
Justin Timberlake has joined Spinning Gold, a biopic about '70s record exec Neil Bogart.
Bradley Cooper will star in American Sniper, a Steven Spielberg project based on the book American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, and Jim DeFelice.
Logan Lerman has joined Fury, a WWII thriller also starring Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf.
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