'Avatar' Star Zoe Saldana Moves Towards 'Dominion'

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[img]http://moviesblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/zoe.jpg[/img]Between her starring turns in "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/301495/moviemain.jhtml"]Avatar[/url]" and "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/462176/moviemain.jhtml"]Columbiana[/url]," [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/242567/personmain.jhtml"]Zoe Saldana[/url] is finally on the cusp of total "Dominion."

Saldana is set for the lead role in "Dominion," a supernatural thriller in which she'll play a half-human, half-angel hybrid, reports [url="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/zoe-saldana-produce-star-thriller-228369"]The Hollywood Reporter[/url]. The movie, set up at Paramount, is based on a pitch from writers Dean McReary and Chester Hastings. Saldana will also produce the project.

Check out the rest of today's biggest casting news after the jump!

[b]Nolte Goes "Gangster"[/b]
Add another top level talent to the list, boys and girls: [url="http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/nick-nolte-joins-gangster-squad/"]Nick Nolte is joining "Gangster Squad,"[/url] Ruben Fleischer's 1940s drama about a squad of cops aiming to put an end to drug kingpin Mickey Cohen's criminal reign over Los Angeles. Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Sean Penn also star.

[b]"Resident Evil" Recommits To Valentine[/b]
After some initial back and forth, it looks like Jill Valentine is back again to fight some zombies. Actress Sienna Guillory is officially set to return for "Resident Evil: Retribution," as made clear by her own comments on [url="https://twitter.com/#!/guillorybe/status/108247052244369408"]Twitter[/url]. She'll once again star opposite series lead Milla Jovovich as the genetically altered badass Alice.

[b]Hathaway Is "Miserables"[/b]
Anne Hathaway already made her "Les Miserables" love known to Hugh Jackman at the Oscars earlier this year, and now she could be going for an encore. [url="http://broadwayworld.com/article/RIALTO-CHATTER-EXCLUSIVE-Anne-Hathaway-Set-as-Fantine-for-LES-MISERABLES-Film-20110829"]Broadway World[/url] reports that Jackman, who's starring in the upcoming "Miserables" adaptation as Jean Valjean, is trying to get Hathaway on board as the ill-fated Fantine. So far, no official news to report, but keep those fingers crossed.

[b]Brolin is An "Old Boy"[/b]
Our pals at [url="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/08/30/josh-brolin-spike-lee-oldboy/"]Splash Page[/url] have the news that Josh Brolin is officially attached to star in Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy." An awesome pairing, if we do say so ourselves. Here's hoping those rumors of Christian Bale joining as the movie's villain turn out to be true!

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