- Academy Award winning actress Dame Helen Mirren is to star in The Last Station which is shooting now in Germany.

The film, which is directed by Russian filmmaker Andrei Konshalovski, is a historical drama based on the latter years of writer Tolstoy’s life.

Mirren is set to play his wife Sopia who is angered by her husband’s decision to give his book royalties to charity.

- 3:10 to Yuma and Puccini for Beginners actress Gretchen Mol has joined Luke Wilson for new film Blowtorch.

The film, which has been written and will be directed by Mike Million, follows two professors who are fighting it out for the same permanent spot on a college faculty roster.

Filming gets underway in Philadelphia next week.

- Pride and Prejudice actress Rosamund Pike and Pitch Black star Rhada Mitchell have joined Disney’s The Surrogates.

The film is based on Robert Venditti’s graphic novel and will also star Bruce Willis.

Directed by Jonathan Mostow the film is expected to start shooting in Boston later this month.

- Diane Keaton has signed up to star in road trip comedy The Widows’ Adventure.

The film will revolve around two widowed sisters who go on an unlikely trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.

The project is currently looking for a director.

- PS I Love You actor Jeffery Dean Morgan has joined All The Good Things alongside Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst.

The eighties drama follows a New York real estate mogul (Gosling) who becomes involved with a girl (Dunst) from the poorer side of town.

Morgan is expected to play the detective who investigates the disappearance of Dunst’s character.

Filming begins later this month in Connecticut.

- Little Miss Sunshine actress Toni Collette has joined Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes’ as yet untitled comedy.

According to the Hollywood Reporter Collete will play a professor and friend of a couple who are looking for a place to settle down and start a family.

Filming gets underway later this month.