Woody Allen’s upcoming Spanish project will be titled “Midnight in Barcelona.” The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, and Penelope Cruz and is scheduled to shoot on location in Barcelona this Summer.

Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing and Candice Bergen are in negotiations to star in an updated remake of the 1939 classic “The Women.” Diane English, writer and producer of the hit TV show “Murphy Brown,” will be making her directorial debut on the drama, which is due for release next year. George Cukor directed the original, which starred Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell.

Don’t count on Hollywood legend Sofia Loren to make an appearence in any of director Quentin Tarantino’s movies any time soon. During a press conference held at the Italian-Australian Film Festival in Sydney, the 72-year-old Italian cinema icon was asked what she thought about comments Tarantino made at the Cannes Film Festival recently in which he claimed Italian cinema was dead. “How dare he talk about Italian cinema” replied Loren, “when he doesn’t know anything about American cinema.” Ouch.

Sources: Dark Horizons, The Australian