Elle Fanning In Talks For Princess Aurora In Disney's Maleficent

Twitch reports that the rising star Elle Fanning is now in talks to take the Sleeping Beauty role as Princess Aurora in Disney's Maleficent. The film produced by Joe Roth (Alice In Wonderland, Oz The Great And Powerful) has Angelina Jolie attached to play the villainous sorceress. Along with former production designer Robert Stromberg set to direct. Fanning has been having an amazing run of projects recently with roles in films like Benjamin Button, Somewhere, Super 8 and We Bought A Zoo.

UPDATE: HeatVision adds that Disney is looking for a June production start in London.

AJ Michalka Joins J.J. Abrams’ Super 8

SlashFilm reports AJ Michalka (The Lovely Bones) has joined J.J. Abrams Super 8. She'll join Elle Fanning (Somewhere), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), Ron Eldard (Sleepers), Noah Emmerich (Trueman Show), Gabriel Basso, Joel Courtney, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee and Zach Mills. The secretive film is expected to focus on a train carrying "materials" from Area 51 which derails in a small town during the 70's.

Elle Fanning & Kyle Chandler Join Super 8

J.J. Abrams (MI3, Star Trek) is starting to cast his Spielberg inspired Area 51 film Super 8. Vulture reports Elle Fanning (Somewhere) and Kyle Chandler have been cast in the film.