ZACHARY QUINTO TO PLAY GEORGE GERSHWIN IN SPIELBERG'S MOVIE

One of the most popular TV stars Zachary Quinto, who has made a successful transmition onto the big screen with his charismatic and stunning portrayal of Spock in last year's blockbuster "Star Trek" is continuing his movie career. According to latest news he has signed on to star in DreamWorks Pictures' upcoming biopic about the American composer and pianist George Gershwin, which might be directed by Steven Spielberg himself.
DreamWorks will provide accent and dialogue coaches for Quinto, and shooting could begin as soon as April.
Gershwin, who passed away suddenly at the age of 38 in 1937 of a brain tumor, composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs. Many of his songs became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations.

JOE JOHNSTON GIVES FIRST INFOS ON HIS "CAPTAIN AMERICA" ADAPTATION

Director Joe Johnston, who is currently promoting his horror flick "The Wolfman" has recently given the first info on the latest pre-production status of the upcoming adaptation of "Captain America":
We're in prep. Rick Heinrichs is production-designing and we're set up down in Manhattan Beach, California. It's the part of the process that I love the most. We have eight or ten really talented artists, and we all just sit around all day and draw pictures and say, 'Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we could do this?' It's that phase of the production where money doesn't matter: 'Let's put all the greatest stuff up on the wall and then later see what we can afford.'The film will begin in 1942, 1943 during World War II. The stuff in the '60s and '70s from the comic books we're sort of avoiding. We're going back to the '40s, and then forward to what they're doing with Captain America now.
"Captain America" is supposed to premiere in summer 2011.