Monica’s The One

Italian actress Monica Bellucci is currently in negotiations to star in the sequels to The Matrix. Bellucci, who played Dracula's bride in Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, takes the title role in the forthcoming Mala for Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore. The Matrix sequels are due to begin filming in California in March. Stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Laurence Fishburne are already confirmed to return.