Vanessa Hudgens has signed up for serial killer movie 'Frozen Ground'.

DIRECTOR Peter Jackson has been told he will not be hired to direct a movie based on JRR Tolkien novel The Hobbit, despite the nearly $3 billion (€2.3bn) global box office success of his Lord of the Ring trilogy that picked up 17 Oscars.

Bosses of Nicole Kidman's latest movie Birth are defending the decision to include the actress in a bathtub scene with a 10-year-old boy.