News: Andy Garcia

After cropping up in this week’s crime caper Smokin’ Aces, Garcia will be continuing in his favourite genre – albeit in a somewhat more experimental manner – with his next outing, playing the wonderfully classically-named criminal character “Fingers” in the odd-sounding The Air That I Breathe (see here for more).

Then, due out in June, he’ll be returning to his sleazy role for the third Danny Ocean movie, Ocean’s Thirteen, alongside many of the A-listers of the previous two outings, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould and Don Cheadle, as well as newcomer to the series Al Pacino, with whom he last appeared in 1990’s frequently underrated The Godfather: Part III.

Finally, he”ll be opting for a change of pace – but an equally star-studded list of co-stars – for The Last Full Measure, based on the true story of a group of Vietnam veterans who campaigned to have their long-dead comrade’s heroism recognised by the United States Congress. Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis will make up the rest of the cast, so it should be good stuff.

News: Mark Wahlberg

Though only taking a supporting role in Scorsese’s The Departed, Wahlberg will soon be back in the lead.

First up is We Own the Night, alongside Robert Duvall, Joaquin Phoenix and Eva Mendes, with Wahlberg playing a New York nightclub manager trying to save his family from hitmen from the Russian mafia. After that, Wahlberg will turn hitman himself for director Antoine Fuqua (King Arthur) as an assassin set up as the fall-guy for the attempted murder of the US Presdent US President in Shooter.

The less said about the announced sequel to the abysmal remake of the Italian Job, provisionally titled The Brazilian Job, the better, but Wahlberg will be returning to do yet more damage to the memory of the Michael Caine classic some time in 2008.