Our man Shia is reportedly interested to sign in Oliver Stone‘s next project Pinkville, replacing Channing Tatum who was initially to play the part.

Director Oliver Stone revealed in his commentary track on the Blu-ray release of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps that he and that film’s young lead, Shia LaBeouf, have discussed reuniting for Pinkville, a Vietnam War investigative drama about the My Lai massacre of March 1968.

Stone said that he and LaBeouf discussed reteaming for Pinkville while they were making the Wall Street sequel. According to the helmer, LaBeouf is interesting in exploring the subject matter because his father was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

Pinkville was set to begin filming in Southeast Asia in December 2007, but was shelved at the 11th hour due to the then-impending Writers Guild strike. Stone had assembled a cast that included Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, Michael Pena, Woody Harrelson, Xzibit, Michael Pitt, Toby Jones, Jason Behr and Cam Gigandet.

Given his age and his dad’s role in the war, it seems likely that LaBeouf would want to play Hugh Thompson, the role Tatum was initially set to play. Thompson was the U.S. Army helicopter pilot who stopped the massacre — where G.I.s cut down as many as 500 My Lai villagers, many of them unarmed women, children and the elderly — by placing his chopper between the soldiers and the surviving villagers.

Source: IGN

In case you missed the news: in October 2010 it was announced that Shia LaBeouf will star in College Republicans, a story of the young politicians during their college days.

We reported last week that Shia LaBeouf was seriously weighing a role in “College Republicans,” a fictionalized story of the late Republican political consultant Lee Atwater and recent presidential advisor Karl Rove during their campus days.

Earlier this week, LaBeouf’s interest in the part was highlighted with the most unexpected of sightings: outside a Washington cafe, where he was spotted underlining passages in a book about Atwater. (The Atwater part is considered the meatier of the two; the film’s plot centers on Rove running for the head of a college Republican group in the 1970s, with Atwater orchestrating his campaign.)

Whether LaBeouf has the acting chops to pull it off is an open question, one we’re sure commenters will have an opinion on. But it’s hard not to be amused, in a general casting sense, about the possibility of an actor who started out as a Disney Channel star and then became the center of a Hollywood action franchise like “Transformers” now inhabiting the part of the cutthroat strategist responsible for George H.W. Bush’s notorious Willie Horton ad. Certainly playing an ends-justify-the-means type would be a refreshing switch after LaBeouf”s idealistic turn in ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.”

Yet for those who admire Atwater as a pivotal figure in Reagan-era political blood sport, the part will be scrutinized with a far more ideological lens. LaBeouf would, it’s safe to say, probably not be the first choice to play Atwater among those who hold Republican values dear. Apart from having little known affinity for the GOP, the actor has been known for assorted bad behavior, particularly with a series of arrests several years ago.

It’s almost easy to hear the chorus of exasperation already: The casting of LaBeouf is further proof that Hollywood is intent on telling its own version of history will little regard to accuracy, and with even less favor for ideologies to which it is unsympathetic.

These critics would have some precedents on their side. The big screen is littered with actors who have little or no connection to, or even resentment for, Republican or right-wing causes, yet end up playing famous 20th century members or affiliates of the party.

Source: LA Times

Now College Republican‘s screenplay apparently listed on The Black List 2010. This is the list of great screenplays but “put on hold”–which means not will be in production anytime soon.

THE BLACK LIST was compiled from the suggestions of over 290 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2010 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least five mentions to be included on THE BLACK LIST. All reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained herein. THE BLACK LIST apologizes for all misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2010 affiliations. It has been said many times, but it’s worth repeating: THE BLACK LIST is not a “best of” list. It is, at best, a “most liked” list. Enjoy. All black everything.

49. COLLEGE REPUBLICANS by Wes Jones
“Based on true events. Aspiring politician Karl Rove runs a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater, his campaign manager.”
AGENT Creative Artists Agency – Gregory McKnight, Jay Baker
MANAGER Circle of Confusion – Ken Freimann, Greg Shephard
Anonymous Content producing.

Source: Deadline.com

I reeeally hope Shia will eventually sign up to this movie, because it sounds very promising! I know he’s able to pull out any kind of role he wants to play, and that it will turn out great! I’d love to hear some Oscar buzz of Shia, and this type of movie will definitely support him.

So you might have known that Shia LaBeouf will reprise the Mutt Williams role in Indiana Jones 5, but now appears a new speculation about the movie settings: the Bermuda Triangle.

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Indiana Jones 5 will begin shooting next year, and much of the plot line will be centred around the Bermuda Triangle, an area over the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft are said to have disappeared.

Source: Stuff.co.nz

It’s not yet confirmed about the Bermuda Triangle, but what do you guys think about it?

TFormers.com confirmed that they found the final and real script for Transformers 3. I can’t really believe it right now, but if you want to take a look at the script, click on the image above.