As a prequel to the Oscar-winning Lord Of The Rings trilogy, the upcoming film has some big shoes to fill. Many consider those films preciousssss.

Lady Gaga confirmed on twitter that she is set to star in her first film, "Machete Kills" with director Robert Rodriguez.The "Born This Way" singer tweeted: "Yes its true, I will be making my debut as an actress ln the amazing MACHETE KILLS BY @RODRIGUEZ IM (sic) SO EXCITED!!! AH! Filming was insane."Gaga sent the message to her 27 million Twitter fans after the director couldn't contain his excitement. Rodriguez announced the pop star's casting on Twitter first: "I just finished working with @LadyGaga on @MacheteKills , she kicked SO MUCH ASS! Holy Smokes. Blown away!" "Machete Kills" is a sequel to his 2010 film, "Machete" starring Danny Trejo. E!Online reports that The "Fame" singer is playing the character called "La Chameleon."

Clint Eastwood returns to the big screen in a film about a struggling family relationship twisted in a baseball-centered storyline that brings together families, athletes and scouts.

With Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight Rises" trilogy soon coming to an unfortunate screeching halt, many have begun turning their attention toward one of the next highly-anticipated tie ins to the Batman franchise, "Justice League." With "Man of Steel" on the horizon well before Justice League's apparent 2015 release, some of the characters origins will have to be showcased in the Superman film.