In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Kerry Williamson is going to adapt a feature screenplay that features medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. This character is the star of the best-selling mystery series written by Patricia Cornwell. Fox 2000 grabbed the rights to the books in April. Angelina Jolie is attached to star. There is talk that the Scarpetta movie might be the launch of another franchise for Jolie as there are 17 Scarpetta novels. Putnam Publishing released Cornwell’s most recent effort, The Scarpetta Factor, this past October. The screenplay is said to draw from the world and characters that Cornwell has created but will not be derived from any novel’s specific plot. Source: MovieWeb.com

Angelina Jolie’s latest film project opposite Johnny Depp is back on track after the director returned to helm The Tourist just months after quitting the production. Oscar-winning German moviemaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was lined up to take charge of the picture, which will see Jolie play an Interpol agent opposite the Hollywood hunk, but walked away late last year throwing the project into jeopardy. But the director, who reportedly cited creative differences with studio bosses for his decision to quit, is now back on board, according to Variety.com. The movie has faced an uncertain future over the last year after a string of stars dropped out – Jolie replaced Charlize Theron and Depp joined after Tom Cruise quit. The thriller, a remake of 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer, is now scheduled to begin shooting this spring.

Brad Pitt might want to give his partner Angelina Jolie’s next movie a miss as it features a steamy shower sex scene with People magazine’s new Sexiest Man Alive, Johnny Depp. Pitt and Jolie first fell in love playing husband and wife on the set of 2005 action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but their saucy scenes have nothing on what’s planned for Jolie and Depp in upcoming film The Tourist. Life & Style magazine has obtained a draft of writer Julian Fellowes’ screenplay, and there’s one naked shower encounter between Jolie’s Interpol agent Cara Mason and Frank Taylor, Depp’s character, that is sure to be a major talking point when the film is released. The script draft reads, “The outline of her naked body is visible in the shower. Frank walks to the shower and opens the glass door. Walking in, he lifts Cara against the glass, clutching at her slithery body, kissing her frantically. She kisses him back with ardour, wrapping her dripping legs around his back.” The script continues, “Cara turns abruptly to Frank and presses her body against his. He’s taken by surprise but willingly responds to her advance, wrapping his arms around her back. They exchange a long, passionate kiss.” The film is slated for a 2011 release.

Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie may soon share the screen in new film The Tourist. The Pirates of the Caribbean star is reportedly in negotiations to strike a deal with Graham King’’s GK Films, which will finance and distribute the movie in association with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Depp will presumably play the role of an American tourist who enters the life of a female Interpol agent in search of a criminal who had been her lover. Earlier, Avatar star Sam Worthington was expected to play the lead but had quit over creative differences, reports Variety. Also, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck had stepped out. Now, Alfonso Cuaron along with others is in contention to replace him. Depp has collaborated with King in The Rum Diary and the Gore Verbinski-directed animated pic Rango in the past. The film is scheduled to start production in February next year.

Yahoo! Movies has just released the first domestic trailer for the upcoming action-thriller Salt, which will hit theaters on July 23, 2010. Click here to watch this new trailer. Source: MovieWeb