Mark Ruffalo to Play Hulk? Please Let It Be True!

/Slashfilm is reporting via Deadline that Mark 'freakin' awesome' Ruffalo may be the next Hulk! I would love my pick of Cillian Murphy, but this will surely do! Mark Ruffalo is an underrated actor in Hollywood and I hope this news is true. Apparently he's in "late stages of negotiations" to play Bruce Banner in The Avengers! There's no other details, so here are a few roles I really enjoyed Ruffalo in:

Shutter Island: Without spoiling the ending, Ruffalo's job was not an easy one. He was to make the audience think two different things at once until the very last scene of the movie. Great job!

The Brothers Bloom: An otherwise forgettable movie, Ruffalo's con-man character was anything but. Ruffalo played the character with sincerity and made us love to hate his character.

Reservation Road: Playing a character that kills a little boy in a hit-and-run accident, Ruffalo was amazing. He and the previously rumored choice for Bruce Banner, Joaquin Phoenix, were terrific in this character piece.

The Last Castle: Playing a disgraced military man, Ruffalo played a traitor who wanted to desperately redeem himself. Ruffalo stood toe to toe with acting greats, Robert Redford and James Gandolfini.

I'll keep ya posted!

Quickie: Robert Redford Abraham Lincoln movie coming soon

THR’s RiskyBizBlog is reporting that an Abraham Lincoln assassination film to be directed by Robert Redford is in the works.

"The Conspirator" will be about Mary Surrat, an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin. She was the first female to be executed by the U.S. Government. The script was written by James Solomon, and is probably influenced by the book "The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln" by Kate Clifford.

There's no word yet on who will play the leading role, but James McAvoy ("Atonement," "Wanted") is in talks to be the lead male possibly as John Surrat, Mary's son, who had his own plot to kidnap Lincoln. It's funny to see how the financing for this film will work out for Redford, seeing as how Steven Speilberg is still having trouble with his own Lincoln flick, and Redford's last directorial outing, "Lions for Lambs," didn't do so well at the box office. Stay tuned in for more on these two later!