Rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa are teaming up for a new film, 'High School,' which the former calls "a comedy stoner movie, a little something for the stoners."

The two rappers, who joined forces for the song 'This Weed Is Mine' for Dogg's forthcoming 'Doggumentary' album, will begin filming during the first week of May. The project grew out of a musical collaboration with the Pittsburgh MC, stated billboard.com.

"Just being a fan of his music and likewise, he called me to be on a remix," Snoop said after his performance Saturday night at the SXSW festival in Houston, Tex.

Currently online is the trailer to 'Master Harold...and the Boys,' which stars Ving Rhames and Freddie Highmore.

Rhames plays the lead role in the big-screen adaptation of Athol Fugard's 1982 play, a role Danny Glover originated on Broadway.

Emmy winner Lonny Price, who played opposite Glover in the Broadway play under Fugard's direction and directed the 2003 revival, makes his feature directorial debut with the film. Nicky Rebelo wrote the screen adaptation.

The story centers on Hally (played by Highmore), an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam (played by Rhames). Sam is a black waiter and Hally's friend and teacher. Hally is required to laugh at his father's racist jokes, and by contrast, Sam exposes Hally to uplifting experiences. One day Hally was terribly humiliated by his father and Sam shows Hally how to be proud of something he can achieve.

If anyone ever thought about increasing their IQ by taking a pill and accomplishing a month's work in a day, or even hours, here's a whimsy film that gives an answer, along with the consequences.

Directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Johnny Whitworth and Abbie Cornish, 'Limitless' is a fast-moving, fantasy fun ride full of thrills.

Based on the novel 'The Dark Field' by Alan Glynn, the film starts with Eddie (played by Cooper), a divorced, struggling writer who hasn't started a page of the book and loses his working girlfriend, Linda (played by Cornish), because she's tired of putting up with his downward slope of confidence, as well as his lack of funds.

Enter his former brother-in-law (played by Whitworth), who sees how messy Eddie's life has become and offers him a strategy to be perfect in everything. We're not talking about being an average guy who makes due with what's in front of him, but the opportunity to open his mind to endless possibilities.

During the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, there will be a special tribute to Academy Award and Grammy Award winner Quincy Jones for his contributions to cinema, music & philanthropy.

The announcement was made when the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) selected the 12 projects for the Tribeca All Access (TAA) program. This year, the program will introduce $10,000 grants for each project along with tailored mentorships to maximize its impact. Now in its eighth year, TAA was created to help foster and nurture relationships between film industry executives and filmmakers from traditionally underrepresented communities. TAA will present the 12 projects throughout a five-day program taking place during the annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, held from April 20–May 1, 2011.

As part of a new initiative, TFI will present a special Legacy Celebration on Thursday, April 28 at the Hiro Ballroom to honor Quincy Jones for his contribution to cinema and music as well as his philanthropic efforts across the globe.

In his first major film role since leaving the long-running ABC series 'Lost,' Matthew Fox will play an assassin in 'I, Alex Cross,' the reboot of the James Patterson franchise character with Tyler Perry starring and Rob Cohen directing.

Ed Burns has also signed on to play Tommy Kane, Cross's partner, stated Deadline.com.

Fox plays Michael Sullivan, who kills both for money and thrills. He's known as the Butcher of Sligo and shows why, after Cross thwarts one of his killing attempts. Sullivan makes his retribution personal, by killing the detective's wife in gruesome fashion. Then it becomes a mano-a-mano battle between them. Sullivan is one of the best known villains in the Patterson-penned novel series.

Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro star in 'Limitless,' a paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this suspenseful and provocative film.

Aspiring author Eddie Morra (played by Cooper) is suffering from chronic writer's block, but his life changes instantly when an old friend introduces him to NZT, a revolutionary new pharmaceutical that allows him to tap his full potential. With every synapse crackling, Eddie can recall everything he has ever read, seen or heard, learn any language in a day, comprehend complex equations and beguile anyone he meets -- as long as he keeps taking the untested drug.

Universal Pictures has released the trailer for 'Larry Crowne,' which is directed by Tom Hanks and written by Hanks and Nia Vardalos. The dramatic comedy stars Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Rami Malek, George Takei, Grace Gummer, Rita Wilson and Jon Seda.

Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he's worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked, all trying to find a better future for themselves... often moving around town in a herd of scooters. In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher, Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband.

Coming out this week is the inspirational film 'Desert Flower,' starring Ethiopian model Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson and Timothy Spall.

Directed by Sherry Horman and based on the international best-selling novel of the same name by Waris Dirie, 'Desert Flower' tells Dirie's amazing, heartbreaking and inspirational story from a nomadic goat-herding family to one of the world's most sought-after supermodels and then to a United Nations spokeswoman.

Born into poverty in Somalia, Dirie, at age 13, fled her impending forced marriage by walking days across the Northeast African desert to Somalia's capital, where her relatives aided her escape by putting her on a plane to London. There, arose her fear of returning home -- this time to a war-torn Somalia -- when the embassy she worked as a maid was shut down. So Dirie, homeless and illiterate, took a job at a fast-food restaurant, where she is discovered one day by star modeling photographer Terry Donaldson.

Following in the footsteps of Tyler Perry, her friend and director of her last three films, singer/actress Janet Jackson and her production company, jdj Entertainment, has signed a production deal with Lionsgate to select, develop and produce a feature film for the independent studio.

"My experiences of working with the creative group at Lionsgate have been powerful and exciting," explains Jackson of her decision to produce a film with the studio. "We've made three films together so far, directed by the gifted and prolific Tyler Perry. There is genius at this studio in every department. They don't just make films, they nurture artists who want to make great films. From story to marketing and promotion, Lionsgate is a great organization, and I am proud that they will be the new home for jdj Entertainment."

In speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the Gary, Ind., native noted her early career as an actress before the singing career came along.

"Many people forget I started out as an actor. I have been fortunate to work in the film industry, though not as much as I would like. I have a passion for storytelling, and have been doing it through my music for some time."

Over the past weekend, the sci-fi thriller 'Battle: Los Angeles' came in first place at the box office with a total of $35.6 million dollars, and for its stars Aaron Eckhart, who was in 'The Dark Knight,' and Michelle Rodriguez, having been in 'Avatar,' being in a blockbuster is nothing new for them.

For the other cast members, such as Cory Hardrict, Ne-Yo, Ramon Rodriguez, Jim Parrack and Adetokumboh M'Cormack, though, this is huge for their careers, especially for the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ne-Yo.

Having appeared in 'Save the Last Dance,' 'Stomp the Yard' and in an episode of 'CSI: Miami,' the Arkansas native is still trying to prove to the world that he can contribute more to the entertainment field than some hits songs.

"The main attraction to doing this was, for one, I'm a huge sci-fi buff, a huge action film buff," he told us. "I just love the creativity that goes into the sci-fi element of the film.

"On top of that, the main attraction was the fact that it had nothing to do with music. It was not a movie based around music. It wasn't about the music in the film. I didn't have to be Ne-Yo in this movie. I could be Shaffer Smith, the aspiring actor, in this movie. So that was the main thing. Because after 'Stomp the Yard,' which was my first film, everything that came in was, 'You're an ex choreographer,' or 'You're an aspiring jazz singer.' And I told them, 'If I'm going to do the acting thing, let me act. Let me really do something that's not me.' "