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Daily Mirror had reported that Brad Pitt was to commence filming for Sherlock Holmes at locations like the Royal Victoria Dock, Pontoon Docks, Pinewood and Chatham Docks in Kent.

Now, usmagazine.com has quoted a studio representative as saying that the Daily Mirror report is completely inaccurate. “Brad Pitt is not joining the cast of Sherlock Holmes and we’re extremely pleased with the production of the film. As planned, it will be released on Christmas Day, 2009.”

He also said that to complete the movie, “we’ve scheduled a few days on set to shoot a couple of additional scenes, obtain pick-up shots, and perfect some of the visual effects elements, all of which is standard filmmaking practice.”

The Daily Mirror had claimed that Guy Ritchie, who has worked with Pitt in the 2000 Snatch, had asked Pitt to join the cast.

“It’s a huge coup to have Brad joining the cast. He has worked for Guy before and said if he could, he would do anything to help out,” the paper had quoted a soure as saying.

Sherlock Holmes, that will be released in 2010, stars Robert Downey Jr. in the titular role. The movie will also star Jude Law as Dr. Watson, Rachel McAdams as Irene Adin, and Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood.

Sherlock Holmes will be based on the classic book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by the same name as well as the upcoming Sherlock Holmes comic book by Lionel Wigram.

Guy Ritchie, who has also scripted the movie, had said earlier that Sherlock Holmes will be a gritty, Bondesque contemporary remake in which Sherlock Holmes will be portrayed as a skilled swordsman.

The movie will be produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin.

In other news, Brad Pitt has replaced Robert Downey Jr. in the superhero movie, Oobermind, after the former walked out of the project. Directed by Tom McGrath, Oobermind will be released in December 2010.

Brad Pitt in Troy

Brad Pitt had earlier player Achilles in the 2004 Troy, based on Homer’s The Iliad. The movie got Pitt a fair bit of drubbing.

The sci-fi Odyssey will be set in outer space, according to Variety. So those of you looking forward to Brad Pitt’s toned thighs in a skirt can forget about it. But really Odyssey set in outer space? The mind boggles.

In Homer’s Odyssey, Greek general Odysseus is returning to his wife Penelope in Ithaca, after the Trojan war. But Odyssey has to deal with sea-nymphs, witches, monsters, and cyclops for 10 years before he can return.

Brad Pitt in Troy

Brad Pitt will be seen next in David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the story of a man who ages backwards, later in 2008. The movie also stars Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton.

Brad Pitt will then appear in The Tree of Life, set in the 1950s, in 2009.

The other Brad Pitt movies in production and post-production are Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards, The Fighter, Chad Schmidt, and Dirty Tricks.

Brad Pitt’s sci-fi Odyssey will be produced by his own company Plan B.

Earlier, Brad Pitt has produced The Departed and Running with Scissors in 2006, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and co-produced A Mighty Heart in 2007. Brad Pitt has also exec produced Year of the Dog in 2007 and Shantaram that will be released in 2009.

A few days before the announcement of Odyssey, director Ridley Scott, has also announced his first science film, Forever War, since Blade Runner and Alien. Forever War will be based on Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel, “The Odyssey by way of Blade Runner.”

But that at least is a sci-fi novel to start with.

Inglorious Bastards is produced by Weinstein Co. and Universal. Filming will start in October 2008.

A bit like Alistair McLean’s Guns of Navarone, Force Ten from Navarone, and Where Eagles Dare, Inglorious Bastards in about a bunch of  ragatag soldiers, sent to take down Nazi soldiers. The prisoner-turned-soldiers, led by Brad Pitt, disrupt the Nazi war machine by brutally decimating Nazi soldiers. Meanwhile, a French-Jewish girl, who runs a movie theatre, wants to avenge the death of her parents at Nazi hands.

Nastassja Kinski plays a reigning German movie star, while Simon Pegg plays a British Lieutenant. David Krumholtz and B.J. Novak will play Brad Pitt’s gang members. Eli Roth has been cast as Seargent Donnie Donowitz.

Inglorious Bastards has been scripted by Tarantino in as early as 2002. Tarantino was not satisfied with the script, despite multiple changes. The project was put on hold, while Tarantino went on to make Kill Bill and Grindhouse.

Inglorious Bastards will be set in France, with dialogues in French and Germans, though subtitles will be used.

Angelina’s baby girl was named after her mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died in January 2007 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Angelia Jolie gave birth to the twins on the night of July 12, 2008, at the Lenval hospital in Nice, southern France. Angelina Jolie has checked into the seafront Santa Maria maternity clinic for a rest period before she gave birth.

Jolie, 33, is expected to give birth to the twins sometime in the second week of July 2008. Some reports have said that Angelina’s babies are not due before August 2008.

Dr. Michel Sussman, who delivered the twins, said that the mother and babies were doing fine. He added that Knox Leon weighed over 5 pounds while Vivienne Marcheline weighed five pounds.

Brad Pitt was present during the caesarean, which had been conducted earlier than planned because of medical reasons, that Dr. Sussman did not elaborate upon.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, already have four kids, sons Maddox and Pax, and daughters Zahara, and Shiloh, their biological daughter. In 2002, Angelina Jolie adopted Maddox from Cambodia when he was seven-months old. Three years later, Angelina adopted six-month-old  Zahara. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had their biological daugher, Shiloh, in 2006. The surnames of all the children were changed to Jolie-Pitt in 2006.

The babies have barely been born but the photo frenzy has reached fever pitch. While it’s not clear whether it is People magazine or Hello! magazine who will bag the exclusive photo rights, but it is expected that they may have to shell out to the tune of $15 – 20 million.

In 2006, People magazine paid $4.1 million for the North American rights, of baby Shiloh’s first photos, while Hello! paid $3.5 million for the international rights.

Like last time, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are expected to donated the sales profits to an undisclosed charity.

In 2006, when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s biological daughter, Shiloh, was born, People magazine spent
$4.1 million for the North American rights. Hello! bagged the international rights for $ 3.5 million.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated the sales profits, to the tune of $10 million, to an undisclosed charity.

Now that Angelina Jolie is all set to deliver twins, the bidding war has started again with both People and Hello! desperate for the first pictures.

Reports say that Angelina Jolie has checked into the seafront Santa Maria maternity clinic in Nice, France.

Angelina has checked into the hospital for a rest period, where she will be under observation by doctors,
before she gives birth.

Jolie, 33, is expected to give birth to the twins sometime in the second week of July 2008. Some reports have said that Angelina’s babies are not due before August 2008.

Angelina Jolie’s spokeswoman has said that Angelina is doing well and is not on the verge of giving birth. The spokewoman of Lenvar Hospital has that Angelina Jolie will stay in the hospital until she gives birth to the twins.

Angelina Jolie has three adopted children. In 2002, Angelina adopted Maddox from Cambodia when he was
seven-months old. In 2005, Angelina adopted six-month-old Zahara from an orphanage in Addis Ababa. In
December 2006, when Brad Pitt indicated that he wanted to adopt the two children, the surnames of the
children were officially changed to Jolie Pitt.

In 2006, Angelina Jolie had a biological daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, who was born in Namibia.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt then adopted son Pax from Vietnam.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt along with their children have moved to a new home, the Miraval Estate villa in the Correns, the south of France. Correns, in the Provence region, is very close to Nice. The Lenver Santa Maria clinic is situated in California Avenue, in Nice.