CASTING NEWS: Amanda Seyfried, Rooney Mara, Jamie Foxx, Joel Edgerton, Andrew Garfield

Here are the latest news headlines:

Amanda Seyfried to Star in TED 2
Rooney Mara to Play Tiger Lily in PAN
Jamie Foxx in Talks for BLACK PHANTOM
Joel Edgerton Joins Anton Corbijn's LIFE
Andrew Garfield in Talks for THE WOMAN IN GOLD

Amanda Seyfried to Star in 'TED 2'

Amanda Seyfried ("Les Miserables") has signed on to star as the female lead in the sequel to 2012's hit comedy "Ted". Seth MacFarlane ("Family Guy") will return to direct with Mark Wahlberg also back in the lead alongside his foul-mouthed CGI companion. MacFarlane is currently busy finishing his western comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West" which opens in theaters this May. Mila Kunis will reportedly only appear in a minor role, if at all. "Ted 2" is scheduled for release on June 26, 2015.

Rooney Mara to Play Tiger Lily in 'PAN'

Rooney Mara ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") is in talks to join the cast of director Joe Wright's ("Atonement") new Peter Pan adaptation "Pan". Mara is negotiating for the role of Tiger Lily, a Native American princess living on Neverland island who is saved by Peter Pan from the clutches of captain Hook. The adaptation will be a reimagining of sorts, so expect the film to be somewhat different from the usual Peter Pan movie, particularly in the hands of a directer like Wright, whose credits also include "Hanna" and 2012's "Anna Karenina". "Pan" also stars Hugh Jackman and Garret Hedlund and it will be released on July 17, 2015.

Jamie Foxx in Talks for 'BLACK PHANTOM'

Jamie Foxx ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2") is in talks to star in director Tim Story's new film "Black Phantom" along with Kevin Hart ("Ride Along"). The film is produced by Will Packer ("Think Like a Man") and Will Gluck ("Easy A") and it follows a double-crossed mob hitman who enlists the help of the Black Phantom, the same African-American hitman who had been sent to kill him. Foxx is currently enjoying a lot of publicity thanks to the Spider-Man sequel which opens in May, and the upcoming "Annie" reboot in which he stars alongside Quvenzhane Wallis, Rose Byrne and Cameron Diaz.

Joel Edgerton Joins Anton Corbijn's 'LIFE'

Joel Edgerton ("The Great Gatsby") has joined the cast of Anton Corbijn's "Life". The film, written by Luke Davies ("Candy"), is a period drama that focuses on the friendship between photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) and actor James Dean (Dane DeHaan), when Stock was commissioned to photograph the star for Life magazine in 1955. The assignment took the pair on a photographic journey from Los Angeles to New York and on to Indiana. Edgerton will play Magnum Photography editor John Morris, who brokered the deal for the photos with Life. Production has commenced in Ontario, Canada.

Andrew Garfield in Talks for 'THE WOMAN IN GOLD'

"The Amazing Spider-Man" star Andrew Garfield is in negotiations to star alongside Helen Mirren in "The Woman in Gold". The film is directed by Simon Curtis ("My Week With Marilyn") and it tells the story of "Maria Altmann (Mirren), who joined forces with lawyer Randol Schoenberg to take legal action against the Austrian government to recover art works that once belonged to her family but were stolen by the Nazis. One of the paintings was Gustav Klimt’s The Lady In Gold, Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer. The lady in question was Altmann’s aunt." Garfield will play Schoenberg and Daniel Bruhl is in talks for the role of an Austrian official.

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