The details are chilling. in 1981 Natalie Wood – who had an intense fear of drowning – was on a boat one night with her husband Robert Wagner, Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken and the boat’s captain when she hit her head and fell overboard. A woman at a neighboring boat heard calls for help at some point around that time, and someone responding with “Take it easy. We’ll be over to get you.” – though it’s unknown if that was Wood’s party. The next morning her body was discovered. The situation has always been mysterious, possibly hinky, and now the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office is reopening the case.

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So many castings, so little time. A lot of news regarding some of your favorite actors and actresses has broken overnight. Here’s a rundown of who’s hooking up with who and for what project.

• Dwayne Johnson will be going back to his action roots with his latest film. The actor is in final negotiations to star in Faster, where he’ll play an ex-con trying to avenge his brothers death. The film will reteam the actor with Gridiron Gang director Phil Joanau. [Variety]
• After the greatness that was 2001′s The Score, Edward Norton and Robert De Niro are reuniting for another project. They will star in the indie thriller, Stone. De Niro will play “a correctional officer who is seduced by the wife of a convicted arsonist (Norton) up for parole.”[Variety]
• James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, and Anna Friel will star in a comedy entitled, The Details. The film will be directed by Jacob Estes, who also wrote the screenplay featuring a couple who disagrees about how to handle a raccoon infestation in their backyard. [RopeofSilicon]

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