Idris Elba (Takers, "The Wire") will be the new Alex Cross, inheriting the James Patterson-created character from Morgan Freeman, who played the detective in the films Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. The new project will be based on Patterson's twelfth novel featuring Cross, fittingly titled Cross.

"True Blood" star Deborah Ann Woll is joining Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Lucy Liu, Stephen Lang in the drama Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, a coming-of-age indie adaptation of the Peter Cameron novel. Roberto Faenza (Alla luce del sole) is set to direct.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the drama tells the tale of an isolated young adult who must contend with his dysfunctional family the summer before he heads to college.

"Mad Men" actress January Jones and rock and roll royalty Zoe Kravitz have both joined Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class, reports Deadline.com. The two board a cast that literally grows larger by the day - yesterday we wrote about Oliver Platt and Jason Flemyng joining up, and the day before that we touted the Rose Byrne announcement. At the moment, there are approximately 3,259 actors in the film, and there's no sign of letting up...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been found: Rooney Mara, who most recently appeared in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake and will be seen in October's The Social Network, will wear a gloomy expression as Lisbeth Salander, the moody hacker at the center of the blockbuster "Millennium trilogy" and the upcoming films by David Fincher.