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ROLE CALL: Zeta-Jones Talks ‘Trust’

Catherine Zeta-Jones knows how important trust is.

The new Mrs. Michael Douglas will star in the thriller “Trust,” a project that is said by Daily Variety to be in the vein of 1987’s “Fatal Attraction.”

Originally a British miniseries, “Trust” will follow a lawyer living in New York who discovers that her psychiatrist hubby is having an affair with one of his patients.

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KING OF THE ‘CASTLE’: “The Legend of Bagger Vance” helmer and actor Robert Redford might return to the front of the camera in “The Castle,” a drama directed by “The Contender’s” Rod Lurie, Variety says.

The project, which centers on an imprisoned five-star general as he rallies other prisoners into a mutiny, is also in discussions with Mark Wahlberg for a co-starring role.

‘SHOW’ TIME: Variety also says that Ethan Hawke, Carla Gugino and Frank Whaley have all signed on to the indie flick “The Jimmy Show,” about a New Jersey guy who embarks on a doomed career in stand-up comedy.

Hawke‘s last screen role was in last year’s “Hamlet” with Julia Stiles.

‘BARK’ IF YOU’RE HAPPY: Lisa Kudrow, Hank Azaria and Vincent D’Onofrio will star in the romantic comedy “Bark,” Variety tells us. The film is about a young woman who has a nervous breakdown and believes that she’s a dog.

‘GUEST’ LIST: “That ’70s Show” dude Ashton Kutcher might star in the film “The Guest,” The Hollywood Reporter says.

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Kutcher — who will be seen in the upcoming “Dude, Where’s My Car?” alongside “Road Trip‘s” Seann William Scott — would play a guy who tries to woo the daughter of his boss in the new project.

SHALL WE ‘DANCE’: James Coburn might join Cuba Gooding Jr. in the adventure pic “Winterdance,” the Reporter informs. Based on the 1994 novel by Gary Paulsen, the story is an autobiographical account of the writer’s participation in a gruesome dogsled race in Alaska.

Gooding will play the part of the dogsled racer and Coburn would play his estranged father.

LAST ROUND: Mykelti Williamson might play boxing promoter Don King in the “Ali” biopic, the Reporter says. The project stars Will Smith as the titular boxer and is expected to go into production next month.

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