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Well, this sounds hot.

Johnny Depp is in talks to star with Angelina Jolie in The Tourist, a remake of a French thriller in which Depp would play an American abroad who gets swept up in an Interpol agent's web of intrigue as she tracks down a fugitive who used to be her lover, according to Variety.

And we feel sorry for any guy who incurs Jolie's wrath.

Sam Worthington, the Australian star of James Cameron's upcoming 3-D spectacle, Avatar, had been slated to play the titular tourist, but recently dropped out, along with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who helmed the Oscar-winning The Lives of Others.

This isn't The Tourist's first casting shakeup, either. Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron were originally set to give chase in the lead roles before scheduling snafus got in the way.

We don't know about you, but we're liking the sound, not to mention the look, of this switcheroo.

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Looks like this whole "vampire craze" isn't going away anytime soon.

Spike TV celebrated all things scary and sci-fi Saturday night at the Scream 2009 Awards, and no surprise here, the T's owned the show— Twilight, Transformers, True Blood and Trekkies.

The tasty Taylor Lautner was the talk of the night, not only picking up one of the four Twilight trophies, beating out resident heartthrob Robert Pattinson for Breakout Male Performance (don't worry! R. Pattz and rumored ladylove Kristen Stewart skipped the festivities, but both won Best Fantasy Actors).

Lautner showed up with his game face on, debuting exclusive New Moon footage for those devoted Jacob (and Edward and Bella) fans.

Lautner wasn't the only lovely face in attendance. Megan Fox and Johnny Depp showed up and created memorable moments of their own.

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Johnny Depp stormed Disney's D23 Expo today in Anaheim, Calif., riding a giant pirate ship, wearing full Jack Sparrow garb and bearing big news:

The fourth film in his huge swashbuckling series will be called Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. And it'll storm theaters summer 2011.

This was a surprise appearance, of course, Depp's favorite kind, and made minutes after Kermit and Miss Piggy popped in to promote the new Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made (to be written by Jason Segel). 

"I'm looking for a talking Frog," Depp mumbled to the crowd of 5,000 or so fans assembled for the expo. "I like frogs."

And then he sailed off.

The Pirates movies have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States alone.

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Our throats are all sore from shrieking at Robert Pattinson with all the Twi-girls and our light sabers hardly have enough juice to challenge a Sith Lord to a decent duel. And yet we still have just enough energy left to tell you all about the best parts of Comic-Con 2009.

Here are the most incredible, explosive things we learned about stars, movies and, gulp, some of your mothers:

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As if those awesome preview pics last month didn't get us excited enough to take a trip down the rabbit hole, along comes this new teaser trailer for Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland.

From the first frame, you realize that the man who brought us such visual stunners as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice was destined to make this. We just don't know what took him so long.

Of course, joining Burton on this fantastical journey is his go-to guy Johnny Depp, whose Mad Hatter looks to be yet another feather in his already illustrious, er, cap. 

But what say you? Will you not be late for the very important release date (March 5, 2010), or does it all just look less Tweedledee and more Tweedledum? 

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There had been murmurs that Johnny Depp, one of the stars of Tim Burton's way weird live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, would drop by this morning's Disney 3-D panel.

And—would you look at that!—he did.

In fact, Depp stopped by, said five words and then totally just left.

Here's what went down:

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For many actors, the Mad Hatter, Edward Scissorhands and Capt. Jack Sparrow would be considered a trio of roles of a lifetime. But Johnny Depp has never been one to rest on his laurels.

Last week, we told you about the star's dream gig: to star in a Carol Channing biopic as the song-and-dance gal herself.

Well, he took a big step in that shiny-shoed direction the other day when Channing gave her blessing!

"I imagine when or if Johnny should portray me, he will succeed," the Broadway legend told the Advocate. "Because a true artist, such as himself, is one who loves his or her creation and therefore represents their honest view of that which they are creating. I think he is a gifted performer and I would be very proud, as well as interested, in seeing what his vision of me would be."

Apparently, this isn't the first time a man has wanted the coveted part.

"Men have been imitating me for as long as I can remember," she said. "In fact, most of the impersonations I have seen have had a five-o'clock shadow."

Perhaps Johnny was onto something after all...

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Everyone is lookin' lovely in the Big Picture gallery today!

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Starting tomorrow, attendees of Comic-Con 2009 will get a sneak peak into some of the most biggest, most buzzed-about flicks from...the future! Fanboys and Twilight tweens will gather to get up in the faces of Robert Pattinson, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Tim Burton and James Cameron.

Watch With Kristin will corner every TV star at the Con. Plus, we'll be there in capes and fangs, live-tweeting the biggest movie panels on @eonlineMovies and asking the questions you want to know!

What kinds of questions? Well, like...

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When you're as awesome as Johnny Depp, you can pretty much do—or be—anything you want.

After a pirate, John Dillinger, Willy Wonka, Ichabod Crane, Sweeney Todd and a surfer dude on SpongeBob SquarePants, what else is there?

The steamy actor points out several new frontiers for himself in an interview in the U.K.'s Mirror.

"My dream role would be to play music legend Carol Channing in a biopic of her life," he said. "I love her, I really do. She's amazing. With all the digital technology these days, I could probably pull it off."

The Tony Award winner is 88 years old!

He jumps even further off the deep end when he adds, "I'd have a go at playing a 12-year-old girl if they asked me to."

Hmm...We're not so sure we want to see that. Do you? Or would you rather him stick to typical (if you could call it that) Tim Burton fare like Alice in Wonderland?

(Originally published July 16, 2009 at 5:25 a.m. PT)

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A would-be Oscar vehicle doesn't go up against a giant-robot movie and live to tell about it.

Or does it...?

Johnny Depp's Public Enemies, the period gangster drama with Oscar aspirations that opens Wednesday, was expected to acquit itself OK in a box office battle with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Which is not the same as saying it's going to topple the Michael Bay behemoth.

Chad Hartigan, a box office analyst for Exhibitor Relations, is calling for Public Enemies to gross in the high $20 millions to low $30 millions, and finish its first weekend in third place, behind Revenge of the Fallen and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, another giant popcorn picture, likewise opening Wednesday.

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