After months of searching, "Boys Don't Cry" director Kimberly Peirce has found her leading man for the Iraq war drama "Stop-Loss."

Ryan Phillippe is in negotiations to star in the Paramount film, playing a soldier who returns home to Texas and is called to duty again in Iraq through the military's "stop-loss" procedure. The soldier then refuses to return to battle.

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Per the Hollywood Reporter, special-effects pros Colin and Greg Strause (X-Men: The Last Stand) will make their feature directing debut with a sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator....

Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia) is joining Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch and Parker Posey in Spring Breakdown, playing a powerful senator's geeky daughter....

Per Variety, Uma Thurman will topline In Bloom, a thriller about a woman whose life crumbles after she survives a school shooting spree....

Universal has acquired the rights to Talent, a comic-book series about a college prof who emerges from a plane wreck with new abilities.

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