Lindsay Lohan is ready to sign on to play Liz Taylor, and she’s going to complete her community service faster than required to clear the decks for shooting the flick.

Lindsay — who will appear in court at 10 AM PT for her probation progress hearing — is in the final stages of negotiating the deal — this according to sources very close to the actress/perpetual defendant. We’re told the plan is to sign the deal early next week.

And we’re told … Lindsay is actually getting more scripts than she’s received in years — apparently producers have noticed she’s finally showing some maturity.

As for today … as we first reported Lindsay has completed the required morgue work and psychotherapy sessions. If all goes well, she’ll be off probation at the end of March.

Lindsay Lohan is competing with Megan Fox to play Elizabeth Taylor in a movie of the star’s life.

Lohan, whose latest court appearance was scheduled for 10:00am local time Tuesday, was first linked to the Lifetime cable channel biopic “Liz and Dick” last week, but now it seems she has competition.

“I’ve been talking to Lindsay Lohan directly, and with her reps, and have been in conversations with other actresses, including Megan Fox,” Larry Thompson, the movie’s executive producer, told E! News. “It’s a very serious selection. It’s like casting for Hollywood royalty.”

However, TMZ sources claimed that Taylor lookalike Fox was not the frontrunner for the role and that Lohan is in the final stages of negotiating a deal to star as the legendary actress.

Her newfound “maturity” was reportedly landing the 25-year-old “Mean Girls” star the most movie offers she has had in years — and she could sign a contract for “Liz and Dick” as early as next week.

Lohan, who is currently completing a community-service sentence as part of her probation for a necklace theft conviction in May and a 2007 DUI case, could finish her sentence early to shoot the flick in Canada.

She will appear before Judge Stephanie Sautner on Tuesday to give her second probation progress report.

The actress has reportedly completed the required number of shifts working at the Los Angeles County Morgue and undertaken four psychotherapy sessions.

She has another hearing scheduled for Feb.22nd, and her final hearing is March 29.

Should she fail to complete the required number of days at the morgue or in therapy, she could be given a 270-day jail term.

Lindsay Lohan hasn’t made a movie all year, and she certainly wasn’t up for a Golden Globe, but TMZ reports she potentially has a little something to celebrate. A very little something.

Lohan’s due in court tomorrow for her second probation progress report, and according to the outlet, LiLo’s good-enough behaviour should please the judge: she’s just completed the 12 morgue visits and four therapy sessions asked of her, reports TMZ.

Just like her last progress report, it seems Lohan has succeeded at not doing some dumb shizz – dumb shizz that could land her in prison. (About that, TMZ notes that any slip up could have cost her a 270-day jail sentence.)

Congrats, kid! Of course, none of this will be official until she faces the judge Tuesday in L.A. Still, Lohan’s been celebrating something or other since last week, turning up — perhaps unexpectedly — at a variety of Golden Globes parties.

Last night, Lohan was spotted at The Weinstein Company’s annual afterparty, appearing at the Beverly Hilton hotel in a peach-coloured Prada gown.

Inside, UK tabloid the Daily Mirror photographed Lohan gabbing with her peers in the celebrity low-level leagues: Paris Hilton’s mom, Natasha Bedingfield. Award winners and A-listers were popping Moet bottles at the Weinstein bash, as well, so it’s a little unclear how Lohan scored an invite (and whether or not she might share her secret with the rest of us).

That said, she was at another Weinstein-hosted bash days earlier, the company’s pre-Golden Globes party at the Chateau Marmont Jan. 11, and though the New York Post’s Page Six reports they saw her getting flirty with guests such as Entourage’s Jeremy Piven, the New York Daily News says that Lohan wasn’t actually on the guest list. As per the paper, Lohan, a sometime resident of the hotel, snuck in through the backdoor then “made her way to the entrance for photo ops.”

Don’t ever say Lohan lacks talent, because that there is an admirable skill.

LINDSAY Lohan is in talks to play Dame Elizabeth Taylor in a new film.

The 25-year-old actress has reportedly opened discussions with Lifetime to take on the role of the late screen legend in TV movie Elizabeth & Richard: A Love Story, which will focus on Taylor’s tempestuous romance with actor Richard Burton, according to Deadline.

The project is set to be produced by Larry Thompson and is being written by Christopher Monger.

Although Taylor was married to seven different men during her lifetime, she considered Burton to be the love of her life and she tied the knot with him twice before their romance ultimately ended in a second divorce in 1976.

The Cleopatra star died aged 79 in March 2011 from congestive heart failure.

If the project goes ahead, it will be Lindsay’s first acting role since she appeared in 2010 movie Machete.

The young star — who recently posed naked in Playboy — has seen her career take a back seat to her troubled personal life in recent years which has seen her have numerous court appearances, brief jail stints and undergo rehab treatment for alcohol and substance abuse.

I’ve added about 700 blu ray captures of Lindsay’s 2010 movie Machete. She had such a small role I was surprise to get that many out of the movie.

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But now, Lindsay’s name has been linked—in the tabloids, anyway—to a very interesting project, indeed. Now that Casey Anthony has been acquitted of murder charges, the likelihood that there will be a film based on her sordid saga has skyrocketed.

Could Lindsay be just the gal to play a stonefaced liar who everyone believes is guilty? Maybe: She’s definitely generated just as much controversy and ire, if not more.

Last week, an industry insider speculated that Kristen Stewart would make a great Casey Anthony on the big screen, thanks to her “deer in the headlights” look.

Lindsay Lohan is in talks to star in new film “Escaping the Game”. Keith Middlebrook – Executive Producer. Nathan Folks – Producer. Lindsay Lohan will play an investigator hired in a case involving missing celebrities who fake their own deaths and create a new life for themselves on a remote island.

After a very brief stint on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night after the Oscars, Lindsay Lohan is proving that she’s ready to get back on the big screen, and sources tell us she’ll be starring alongside 90210′s Chris Zylka for her next project.

The movie, entitled Escaping The Game, is in final negotiations with production scheduled for June, according to our source.

After rumors began that Lilo and Chris were a couple, Zylka’s publicist tells X17online exclusively, “It’s true Lindsay Lohan and Chris Zylka have become great friends but nothing more than that for sure. Chris has a girlfriend.”

Lindsay’s character (Virginia) and Chris’ character do get romantically involved on screen. As for the two working together, Zylka’s rep says:

“Chris and Lindsay are excited about the new film they are starring in together and they do have a romantic role together on screen. Other hopes for the film are Helen Mirren and maybe even a role for Justin Bieber.”

Justin Bieber? Whoa! We’re told Escaping The Game is about celebrities that make it famous very quickly and can’t handle every day life. As a result, they must fake their death to move and live on a hidden Island along with other celebrities that have faked their death in the past.

As for which celebrities will be on this island, his rep adds:

“Tupac and Notorious B.I.G are recording on the island, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis seem to living quite well too. Princess Diana and people you would never expect are still alive! So you can imagine how perfect it would be for Justin Bieber!”

Sounds like a party! But is this the best career move for Lohan? The actress is currently without an official agent – X17online put in calls to both CAA and WME, and both agencies deny representing her.

Aside from co-starring with Linds, Zylka has a busy upcoming movie schedule. Find out which superhero flick he has signed onto … after the jump.

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I’ve added the Labor Pain captures to the gallery. They are HD DVD Rip captures but the quality is LQ. When I get my hands on the DVD I’ll recap it for you all.

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