“Burn Notice” star Jeffrey Donovan has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood’s Leonardo DiCaprio starrer “J. Edgar” as Robert F. Kennedy.

The Warner Bros. biopic’s in production in Los Angeles. Cast includes Naomi Watts, Ed Westwick, Damon Herriman, Armie Hammer, Ken Howard and Josh Lucas.

Kennedy was U.S. attorney general under his brother, John F. Kennedy. Hoover personally conducted the FBI’s investigation into the president’s 1963 assassination.

Producers are Brian Grazer and Ron Howard via Imagine Entertainment along with Eastwood and Rob Lorenz through their Warner-based Malpaso banner.

Donovan worked with Eastwood on 2008′s “The Changeling.” He revealed the casting in a tweet on Tuesday.

He’s repped by Paradigm.

Below is an interesting article from the often controversial film critic David Thomson. What do you think about what he has to say? Agree/Disagree?

Naomi Watts

If Naomi Watts had only done Mulholland Drive she would be secure in movie history. She deserves a lot of camera time

By David Thomson

Who ever heard a bad word about Naomi Watts? And don’t expect to read one here. Still, her latest film, Fair Game, where she plays the outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, with Sean Penn as her husband, made too little impression on all of us who like her. It seemed promising: attractive married people plus international intrigue, along with the suspicion of there being more to the case than we ever heard. Directed by Doug Liman, the movie turns out rather dull. Is playing opposite Sean Penn anti-chemical (this was the third time Watts had tried)? Or did the drama need to be shifted towards comedy? Being married to a “spy” may play best as a version of “Can you trust your wife?”

But if the Anglo-Australian Watts had only done David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001), she’d be secure in movie history. The way that dreamscape carries her from the archetypal blonde ingénue arriving in Los Angeles, to an accomplished actress in her audition scene, to a wasted wreck, helped make it one of the best films of this century. Lynch may not be a director to everyone’s taste, but when he commits to a project he demands vivid presence from his players – and Watts has always seemed a loyal trouper, waiting (patiently) to have her talent seized.

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In January it was announced that Naomi had been nominated for a Progressive Award, and it has now been revealed that she won!

Other recipients of progressive acknowledgement include Naomi Watts for her work in the Valerie Plame drama, Fair Game, and The Green Zone for Best Anti-War Film. The Kids are Alright received the Pasolini Award for Best Pro-Gay Rights Film, and Made in Dagenham won for the Best Working Class Image Award.

- peoplesworld.org

Another new still from Dream House has been released, although again no Naomi! I think she only has a supporting role, and maybe they’re trying to keep her small but important role under wraps.

The film is still set for release on September 30th 2011.

We have a new UK trailer for You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, ahead of it’s release here on March 18th.

I don’t think we’ve been given an official US release date for The Impossible yet, so I’d guess based on this article that it will be sometime just before November 2011? Just a guess!

Independent distribution company 52 Weeks Entertainment Inc. has acquired India distribution rights for two titles from Summit Entertainment, Source Code and The Impossible.

“Both films are sure to appeal to our audiences. While Source Code, is an edge of the seat action thriller, The Impossible is based on a true story of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Spectacular special effects blend with heart-wrenching emotional drama,” said 52 Weeks Entertainment Inc. head Suniel Wadhwa said.

Directed by Duncan Jones (Moon), Source Code will release in April and stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Captain Colter Stevens, who discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a commuter train. He inhabits the body of another person and relives the last eight minutes over and over again, unearthing clues each time as to the identity of the bomber.

The Impossible is directed by Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage) set for a November starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tim Holland.

52 Weeks Entertainment Inc. has released recent Hindi films such as comedy caper Tere Bin Laden while in certain Indian territories it has sub-distributed titles such as I Hate Luv Stories, Ishqiya, Robot and even The Hurt Locker (in the southern city of Mysore).

Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, and Rebecca Hall are eyeing roles in The Trade, a film that would reunite Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on screen for the first time in over a decade. It is rumored that Matt Damon would also direct the film, based on the true story of former Yankee pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson, who traded wives and families in 1972, reports New York Post.

Which characters the ladies would play has not been specified. Ben Affleck and his brother Casey Affleck are currently working on a new draft of the script.

Mike Kekich, who has been off the radar since the wife-swapping, is trying to prevent his life story making its way to the bigscreen.

“Mike Kekich is panic-stricken. He has moved away and has a new identity. He is freaked out that those working on the movie found out where he is. He isn’t too keen on having the scandal dredged up again after all this time. Other Yankees from that time have also been really unhelpful with facts and details of what happened. They are stonewalling.”

It all started in 1972 when friends and Yankee pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson grew an affinity for each other’s wife and joked about swapping the ladies and their kids and even family pets. Word didn’t get out until the following year about the Yankee pitchers’ scandalous situation, and were eventually traded themselves (out of the Yankees). Marilyn Peterson and Mike Kekich’s relationship did not last, however Susanne Kekich and Fritz Peterson are still married and live in New Jersey and Colorado.

No production date has been set.

As I posted about last night, Ms Watts was in attendance at the Independent Spirit Awards last night, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Mother & Child. Unfortunately she didn’t win the award (see post below), but we’d still like to say congrats to her for being recognised – in this competetive awards season a nomination is still a fabulous thing, so congratulations to Naomi whether she won or not! Naomi walked the red carpet with Liev, and she wore a little black dress by Chanel, with a black jacket and patchwork Chanel bag. Her enviable blonde hair was loosely tied up. Naomi was seen holding hands walking inside with BFF Nicole Kidman, and they were snapped having a chat and a laugh inside. SO great to see them together again! Naomi was also spotted with her Mother & Child co-star Annette Benning, and her husband Warren Beatty, and her good friends Mark Ruffalo and his wife Sunrise Coigney. Not just a nominee, Naomi was also on duty presenting the Robert Altman Award with Stay and The Impossible co-star Ewan McGregor.

After the Spirit Awards Naomi hopped across town, got changed, and went to a Chanel Pre-Oscar Party! She looked lovely in a little white dress with a pearly pink jacket – probably by Chanel.

I’ve added 150 photos from the Spirit Awards, and 31 from the Chanel Party, to the Gallery! I expect there will be more to come in the next few days too. I will also edit this post with any tidbits, quotes and videos I come across from these two events.

• The Independent Spirit Awards x150
• Chanel & Charles Finch Pre-Oscar Dinner Celebrating Fashion & Film x31

Our lovely Naomi is currently attending the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, where she is a nominee for Supporting Actress for Mother & Child! Naomi is walking the red carpet with Liev, and is wearing all black, it seems, besides a colourful patchwork handbag. All 3 of her Mother & Child co-stars – Annette Benning, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson – are also attending. Below are the first few photos of Ms Watts at the event. I’ll edit this post later when we know the winners, and a full set of photos will be added into our Gallery tomorrow.

Keep your fingers crossed for Naomi, and let’s hope she pulls off a well deserved win!! Good luck Naomi!

EDIT: Sadly Naomi did not win the award for Best Supporting Female, it instead went to Dale Dickey for Winter’s Bone. A big congratulations to Naomi nevertheless, for being recognised for her wonderful work by the Independent Spirit Awards!

EDIT #2: We now have a video of Naomi talking to the LA Times on the red carpet! Naomi talks about her character in Mother & Child, how that character is different to Valerie Plame in Fair Game, and how she selects roles these days. Scroll further down this post to view it.

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It’s been a while since we’ve had new photos of Naomi, but today we are in luck! She is still in Thailand filming for The Impossible (it’s been a long shoot, it seems), and earlier this week she was snapped whilst shooting on set. 20 HQ photos have been added to the Gallery for you. As you can see she’s covered in blood make-up and looking pretty beaten up! In some of the photos we can also see some of the destruction they are re-creating. I think this is going to be an impressive and dramatic movie! I’m really looking forward to it … what about you?

• On the set – February 13th 2011 x20