A new possible project was announced yesterday, IndieWire first reported that Rachel is currently in talks to join her “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” co-star Noomi Rapace in “Passion” which will be directed by Brian De Palma.

Brian de Palma is wasting no time moving forward on “Passion,” his remake of the 2011 French psychodrama, “Crime d’Amour,” which is shaping up for a March 5th shoot date in Berlin. Word is that Rachel McAdams is in talks to join Noomi Rapace in the film based on Alain Corneau’s twisted murder tale starring Kristin Scott Thomas as an older executive who takes revenge on her protege (Ludivine Sagnier). Rapace and McAdams also co-star in the upcoming “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” which opens stateside on Friday.

Budgeted at $20 million, Said Ben Said (“Carnage”) is producing the film with Paris-based SBS Productions, which was also involved in the French film. Writer-director De Palma’s version tells the story of woman who turns murderess when her boss steals her idea.
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Keep in mind this is still a rumored project. Earlier this year we also heard rumors Rachel was attached to “The Emperor’s Children“, “Ecstasia” and other project but still none of them are confirmed.

Update: Deadline posted a new article and has more information about the movie and casting. It looks like this project is official, most of the time Deadline is reliable.

Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace are set to star in Brian De Palma’s remake of Alain Corneau’s 2010 thriller Crime D’Amour. The De Palma version will be titled Passion and begins shooting in Berlin on March 5.

Palma adding his spin to a script he wrote. A major male role and a smaller female role have yet to be cast. Those will likely be played by Europeans, with deals expected to be firmed up in January. De Palma will shoot for 10 weeks with delivery expected at the end of the year. Ben Saïd’s SBS has international sales. McAdams and Rapace are repped by UTA and Magnolia Entertainment.
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Since we there are a few press high lights from this week we decided to make a round-up in one update.

• Entertainment Tonight aired a special on “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” including a look back with the cast members of the first movie were they released unseen footage of their set visit to the first “Sherlock Holmes” be sure to watch the special with new on set interview footage with Rachel in our media archive. The special of the first film can still be watched in our media archive as well.

• The award season has started and the first nominations for “Midnight in Paris” were announced. Rachel already received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. AFI announced their top ten films of this year and “Midnight in Paris” was one of them.

• The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced its nominees for the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards “Midnight in Paris” is nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Comedy. The awards will be given out 12 January, 2012.

• The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced earlier today and “Midnight in Paris” is nominated for Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. The awards will be given out January 29, 2012 Congratulations to the cast and crew of “Midnight in Paris” for the nominations so far!

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Sherlock Holmes > Entertainment Tonight Special

Great news, Twitch Films is reporting that Rachel is set to star in the upcoming movie adaption of “The Emperor’s Children” by Claire Messud alongside Richard Gere, Keira Knightley, and Emma Thompson. Indie Wire is reporting that Keira Knightley, Eric Bana and Richard Gere were attached to star in this movie back in 2010. Michelle Williams was mentioned for this at one point as well.

Twitch has learned that Crazy Heart writer-director Scott Cooper is replacing Noah Baumbach as the director of The Emperor’s Children. Baumbach scripted the adaptation of the novel by Claire Messud and had been attached to direct as well with Richard Gere, Rachel McAdams, Keira Knightley, and Emma Thompson all apparently attached to star. Brian Grazer will produce at Imagine Entertainment with Worldview Entertainment and IM Global financing and a spring 2012 start date being eyed.

Plot: The Emperor’s Children is about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way–and not–in New York City. There is beautiful, sophisticated Marina Thwaite–an “It” girl finishing her first book; the daughter of Murray Thwaite, celebrated intellectual and journalist–and her two closest friends from Brown, Danielle, a quietly appealing television producer, and Julius, a cash-strapped freelance critic. The delicious complications that arise among them become dangerous when Murray’s nephew, Frederick “Bootie” Tubb, an idealistic college dropout determined to make his mark, comes to town. As the skies darken, it is Bootie’s unexpected decisions–and their stunning, heartbreaking outcome–that will change each of their lives forever.

The shuffle is likely a result of scheduling issues for Baumbach who is currently in production on a documentary project and already slated to direct While We’re Young – which he also wrote – with Jesse Eisenberg, Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts in 2012. The shift raises questions about the status of Cooper’s Out Of The Furnace – previously known as The Low Dweller – the project Cooper is attached to direct for Relativity.

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We really hope this is going to happen, we are big fan of Keira Knightley and Emma Thompson! We assume Rachel will be one of the three friends. Still no official confirmation, but let’s we will get confirmation soon.

Rachel has quite a lot ‘rumored/in development/possible’ projects going on, still none of them are confirmed but we do have some updates on some of the projects.

• Filming for “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” started filming, Rachel was mentioned or the female lead but it looks like Kate Hudson got the part. (Source)

• There is a rumors that Colin Farell was offered the lead in “Ecstasia” directed by Wayne Kramer. It was reported before that Rachel and James McAvoy were eyed for the project. (Source)

• It looks like the “Luna“/Doug Liman project is not going to happen after all. New York Times is reporting that the movie officially got dropped because of a co-financier bailed out. Liman is now working on a project with Brad Pitt. (Source

Insiders tell Vulture that Paramount has given up on making Liman’s planned space heist movie, Luna, after co-financier Skydance bailed out of the $100+ million project.

• The Variety is reporting that Eric Bana is in talks to star in “Brilliant“. Rachel was offered the female lead in the movie back in February when Matthew McConaughey was still attached. Eric and Rachel co-starred together in “The Time Traveler’s Wife“. (Source)

All the other possible projects are still in development. We really hope Rachel will join a new movie soon but it looks like she took a break after her busy year in 2010.

Yesterday we reported Rachel was seen with Robert Downey Jr. and Guy Ritchie on set of “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” in London. Extra Friends, an UK community for movie/television extras, is reporting they weren’t filming re-shoots but a linking scene that will connect “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” to a potential Sherlock Holmes 3. No official confirmation so far.

We also added additions to the photos we added yesterday in our gallery, including more close-ups of Rachel. Robert Downey Jr. was seen today (September 23) on set again, let’s hope we will get a glimpse of Rachel as well.

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows > Behind The Scenes > 2011: September 22nd: London (UK)

As most of you know Rachel dated her “The Notebook” co-star Ryan Gosling after they met on set of the movie for a few years. Ryan recently opened up to the UK Times about dating Rachel (and Sandra Bullock).

“There’s interest but I’m in a committed relationship with film. I’m giving as much to it as a marriage. I had two of the greatest girlfriends of all time [Sandra and Rachel]. I haven’t met anyone who could top them,”

“[On why the relationship ended] Showbusiness is the bad guy. When both people are in showbusiness it’s too much showbusiness. It takes all of the light, so nothing else can grow.”

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According to Fansshare.com there is a possibility of a “Wedding Crashers” sequel. Back in 2007 Vince Vaughn confirmed himself in an interview he and Owen Wilson were working on a script/ideas for a second “Wedding Crashers” but it was never officially announced there would be a sequel to the movie but maybe that’s about to change.

It has been suggested that there could well be a follow up to the hit 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers after one of the movies stars, Isla Fisher was overheard talking about the possibility of a sequel. The movie would be a definite hit after the success of Wedding Crashers.

An eye witness explained, “I’m a massive fan of Isla Fisher and when I saw her I couldn’t help but “accidentally” overhear her conversation and she was saying something about being offered the chance to return for Wedding Crashers 2 but she didn’t go into details about it.”

Wedding Crashers, which also starred Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, made $283 million worldwide and a sequel would obviously be very profitable. However, the storyline would be a stumbling block as the main characters crash weddings to pick up girls but both men ended up with their dream girl at the end of the movie. If Wedding Crashers 2 does get the go ahead, do not expect to see it before 2015.

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We are not sure how reliable the source is but we thought it was interesting there could be a follow-up to “Wedding Crashers“. Keep in mind this is still a rumor and if there is a sequel it could be Rachel isn’t returning to play Claire. Thanks to our affiliate Isla Fisher Web for pointing this news out.