Morning Grind: Jessica Chastain Pairs with Tom Cruise for Untitled Sci-Fi Project, and much more

The Entire Year of Jessica Chastain continues. The ubiquitous actress ('The Tree of Existence,' 'The Help,' 'The Debt,' 'Coriolanus,' and 'Texas Killing Fields') has snapped up among the female leads opposite Tom Cruise within the sci-fi action film formerly referred to as 'Oblivion' and 'Horizons.' The untitled pic is a little like 'WALL*E': later on, a solider is positioned on the destroyed Earth when he encounters a mysterious lady who helps change his perspective. Frederick Kosinski ('Tron Legacy') authored the script and can direct. [Variety] The Robert Luketic-directed gemstone heist thriller 'Brilliant' may soon possess a leading guy: Eric Bana is within discussions to seize a starring role within the film, in regards to a small-time criminal who will get in league with professional gemstone thieves. Brilliant? [Variety] It is a 'Take Shelter' reunion! Director Shaun Nichols has cast 'Take Shelter' star Michael Shannon in the next film 'Mud,' opposite Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey. Mike Shepard and Sarah Paulson are also put into the cast. [Deadline] Deadline reviews that Kevin Costner has run out of Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' because of arranging conflicts, something you most likely understood already. [Deadline] Great news for Jacki Weaver fans: the Australian actress and finest Supporting Actress nominee continues to be put into the cast of 'The Silver Lining Playbook' opposite Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence she'll play Cooper's onscreen mother. The David O. Russell-directed film will shoot later this season. [THR] 'Blaze You Out Of Trouble,A a dramatic thriller like 'Winter's Bone' and 'Frozen River,' started shooting in New Mexico now. Former Disney executive Alicia Keyes Touche produces. [Pr Release] Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images for 'The Debt'