Sci-Fi Movie Casting News Roundup

I'm a bit behind on these casting news so I'm just rounding them up here for you. you can clink on the links to read the full story.

Tommy Lee Jones has been cast as Colonel Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger. [Collider]

Alice Eve is in negotiations to play Emma Frost, a.k.a the White Queen on X-Men First: Class. [Heat Vision]

Rosamund Pike, who had been in the running to play Emma Frost, will instead play Moira McTaggert. [Cinema Blend]

Dominic Cooper has been confirmed as playing a young Howard Stark (Tony Stark's dad - Iron Man) in Captain America: The First Avenger. [Collider]

Andrew Serkis, who was absolutely fantastic as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, has been cast in the role of Caesar in Rise of the Apes. The role is a motion capture performance [Collider]

The Hobbit Movies Update

After all the talks about filming starting in June and then July, we now have some news as to when shooting will now apparently begin for the long-awaited The Hobbit movies. As well, we also have some news as to the status of the two scripts, and the possibility that it will shoot in 3D (Lord help us. Though OK, it would probably be great to see The Hobbit in 3D but I'm expecting massive headaches):

On The Hobbit front, I'm told that both scripts are in, that discussions are underway right now to determine if they'll shoot in 3D. (I think it's inevitable). They will set everything in place in a New Zealand powwow next month, and then casting will begin for a November start. As for the King Kong attraction that's based on Jackson's 2005 film, he'll tell you himself.
[Deadline]

There you have it. I hope we'll get some news sooner rather than later as to who will be cast as a young Bilbo Baggins because this is what people are mostly interested in right now. Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are set to reprise their Lord of the Rings roles..