Ben Whishaw Movie Updates

Armando Iannucci’s new retelling of Charles Dickens’ The Personal History of David Copperfield is rounding out its cast.

Hugh Grant has joined Paddington 2, playing a vain, charming acting legend whose star has fallen somewhat in recent years.

Emily Mortimer has signed on to join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns.

Ben Whishaw is in negotiations to join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Disney’s sequel to Mary Poppins.

Sam Mendes will begin filming the 24th James Bond film on Dec. 6, with the main cast members meeting for a table read that date at Pinewood Studios.

Ben Whishaw, cast in the latest James Bond movie Skyfall, currently shooting in the U.K., set the Internet atwitter with reports his role is to be that of gadget maestro Q.

Susan Sarandon and Jim Broadbent are in advanced negotiations to join Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings' "Cloud Atlas," which Focus Features Int'l is shopping to buyers in Cannes this week.

Cannes buyers are buzzing about Ben Whishaw and Hugo Weaving taking on major roles in Cloud Atlas, the adaptation of the epic David Mitchell novel from filmmakers Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer. Halle Berry, who floated her possible participation late last year, has also firmed up her role.