Top thesps take kudo sabbatical

Daniel Day-Lewis in 'Nine.'Will Cruz in 'Seven Pounds.'Javier Bardem, Annette Bening, Daniel Day-Lewis and may Cruz are the thesps sitting the honours season. Numerous Oscar's usual suspects are actually noticeably missing within the bigscreen this season, however, many spent their absences filming and you will need to return on Oscar's most-wanted list next season.Two-time Oscar champion Daniel Day-Lewis was last seen singing his way through Italian showbiz in 2009's "Nine." Within the next project the Brit will portray an legendary American leader in Touchstone's "Lincoln subsequently subsequently," slated for just about any December 2012 bow.Three of 2010's Oscar nominees, Annette Bening, Javier Bardem and Mark Wahlberg, required an onscreen hiatus this season but have several project bowing in 2012.Four-time Oscar nominee Bening is following up her Oscar-nominated perf in 2010's "The Kids Are Right" with "Imogene," alongside the summer's "Bridesmaids" star Kristen Wiig, and Fox's "He Loves Me" in 2012.Though two-time Oscar nominee Wahlberg's creating schedule remains packed this season, his acting needed a bit of the rear burners. Wahlberg is following up his 2010 Oscar-nominated perf in "The Fighter" with Universal's "Contraband" and Seth MacFarlane's "Ted."Bardem, who won in 2007 for "No Country for Old Males," follows-up his 2010 nomination for "Biutiful" in 2012 by getting an untitled Terrence Malick project, along with turning up beside Difficulties in "Bond 23."Still starring in Showtime's hit "The Big C," three-time Oscar nominee Laura Linney reaches "The Particulars," which opened up at Sundance this year but does not have release date yet. Linney look in 2012's "Hyde Park on Hudson" about FDR's affair getting a distant cousin.Jennifer Aniston and may Be focused to more youthful crowd while using summer's "Kung Fu Panda 2" and November's "The Muppets," correspondingly. Next season, three-time Oscar nominee Adams plays Jane in Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's "Around the highwayInch too as with 2013 she'll portray Superman's ladylove Lois Lane in Warner Bros.' "Guy of Steel."Oscar-champion Jolie has several projects in development for an additional couple of years, in December moviegoers will dsicover her move behind the lens in their first feature film. Jolie helmed, written and produced for "Inside the Land of Blood stream and Honey" of a couple in war-torn Bosnia.Finally, though two-time Oscar nominee Will Cruz hasn't experienced a film since 2008's "Seven Pounds," he'll goal to reclaim his crown as summer season box office king next season when he reprises his role as Agent J in "Males in Black III" opposite Tommy Lee Manley, scheduled to bow May 25.Then in 2013, Cruz will reassemble another fruitful film duo for M. Evening Shyamalan's "One 1000 A.E." Cruz and also the boy Jaden are likely to play, not remarkably, a parent or gaurdian-boy pair exploring an alien planet.Eye round the Oscars: Talent RaceStrength of comics in dramatic roles shouldn't surprise Changing studio system reduces minorities' Oscar hopes Chastain, Fassbender everywhere on bigscreen Top thesps take kudo sabbatical Grand globetrotters Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com