The theme of this week’s Cheat Sheet? Casting. Well, for the most part. We’ve got the best of the best including J.J. Abrams’ hopes to cast Benicio del Toro as his villain in Star Trek 2 as well as a slew of potential recruits for Warner Bros’ Akira. It’s been confirmed that Jennifer Lopez is producing a Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego movie, but now the question is, will she star in it, too? Then there’s Andy Serkis who just earned a solid paycheck for signing on for Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2 as well as subsequent Apes films. Yes, this Cheat Sheet is certainly…

Title: Battle: Los Angeles Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Cory Hardrict, Gino Anthony Pesi, Ne-Yo, James Hiroyuki Liao, Noel Fisher, Bridget Moynahan, Ade M’Cormack, Bryce Cass, Michael Pena, Michelle Rodriguez, Neil Brown Jr., Joey King We were so close. Thirty minutes into Battle: Los Angeles, you’re sure director Jonathan Liebesman has done it. We meet our main players, they’re sent into battle, lives are lost and you’re genuinely sick to your stomach with grief. If aliens ever did come to earth looking to take over, this is what the war would feel like. Sadly, that success is then tarnished by more of the same, unrealistic heroic…

Let’s say aliens really do attack Earth one day; who do you think will defend us? Tom Cruise? Probably not. Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith? Not happening. It’s the army and not the army Mars Attacks!-style. We’re talking dead serious real soldiers with intense weaponry setting off some massive explosions and, based on my chat with Neil Brown Jr., that’s who the unearthly visitors go head-to-head with in Battle: Los Angeles. With quite a few credits to his name, including Fast & Furious and The Walking Dead, Brown Jr. certainly knows what he’s doing on set, but there seems to be something about Battle: LA that really hit home for…

Casting rumors have already begun circulating around ‘Wrath of the Titans,’ the upcoming sequel to last year’s action movie ‘Clash of the Titans,’ Collider.com is reporting. Director Jonathan Liebesman, who is replacing Louis Leterrier for the follow-up after the original received heavy criticism, has already confirmed that Edgar Ramirez and Toby Kebbell have already been cast. They’ll be joining several actors who are returning from the original movie, including Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. Other actors currently in talks to join ‘Wrath of the Titans’ are Bill Nighy, who is being considered to portray Greek god Hephaestus. Hayley Atwell, who will appear in the upcoming superhero…

Variety is reporting that Bridget Moynahan has joined the cast of “Battle: Los Angeles” from director Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Killing Room) for Columbia Pictures. The sci-fi invasion action film also stars Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Rabbit Hole), and is about a Marine platoon that faces off against aliens who come to Earth and begin to lay waste to and invade Los Angeles. Jonathan Liebesman is directing off of a script from Chris Bertolini. Neal Moritz is producing. Production begins in the fall. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news nad more from “Battle: Los Angeles” from Columbia Pictures. By Costa Koutsoutis…