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Nothing but good news has been coming from behind the scenes of Zack Snyder.s Sucker Punch, ever since earlier this year when he had to replace nearly his entire cast due to scheduling conflicts. I mean, possible skin from Vanessa Hudgens? Maybe you can argue with that, but I can.t. Added to that good news is the announcement that Snyder has signed on an apparent favorite actress of his. According to THR, Carla Gugino (also known as Silk Spectre from Watchmen), has joined the cast of the femme-power action flick. Written by Zach, Sucker Punch will follow a girl whose father institutionalizes her and plans to have her lobotomized. There are alternate realities. Girls kicking ass. It just seems like an all around good time. Gugino will play an adult at the institution. It.ll be interesting to see Snyder.s take on women, as his movies thus

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Here are some interesting film bits you shouldn't miss on August 4, 2009:
• Steve Zahn is set to star in Thor Freudenthal's adaptation of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," based on Jeff Kinney's novels. The film follows a pre-adolescent wise guy who gets into quite a bit of trouble at school and at home. Zachary Gordon will play the lead. (Variety)
• Carla Gugino from "Watchmen" and "Race to Witch Mountain" is set to star in Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch," about a girl locked inside a mental institution. Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, and Abbie Cornish are already on board. (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Renny Harlin ("Cliffhanger") has come on board to direct an untitled film focusing on the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia. The plot will follow a journalist and his cameraman who get caught in the crossfire in Georgia. Production will kick off this September.
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After working with director Zack Snyder on last year's comic adaptation Watchmen, the generally sexy Carla Gugino is signing on to the director's next project, an original piece of work entitled Sucker Punch. The film is a 1950s-set story of a girl (Emily Browning) confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. She and her friends -- played by Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone and Abbie Cornish -- enter an alternate reality where they plan their escape. Gugino will play Mrs. Shultz, an adult figure within the mental institution. I'm not sure about you, but I just had a little flash of Carla Gugino in a nurse's uniform -- and as a man, that moves me. As well, Gugino is a talented actress. If you just look at Watchmen, you wouldn't know it. But go to her performance in Women in Trouble, which
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