Top thesps take kudo sabbatical

Daniel Day-Lewis in 'Nine.'Will Cruz in 'Seven Pounds.'Javier Bardem, Annette Bening, Daniel Day-Lewis and can Cruz are some of the thesps sitting the honours season. A number of Oscar's usual suspects happen to be noticeably missing in the bigscreen this year, but many spent their absences filming and will be ready to return on Oscar's most-wanted list the coming year.Two-time Oscar champion Daniel Day-Lewis was last seen singing his way through Italian showbiz in 2009's "Nine." In the next project the Brit will portray an legendary American leader in Touchstone's "Lincoln subsequently," slated for any December 2012 bow.Three of 2010's Oscar nominees, Annette Bening, Javier Bardem and Mark Wahlberg, took an onscreen hiatus this year but have several project bowing in 2012.Four-time Oscar nominee Bening is following up her Oscar-nominated perf in 2010's "The Children 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 continues to be packed this year, his acting required a little of the back burner. 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," will follow-up his 2010 nomination for "Biutiful" in 2012 by having an untitled Terrence Malick project, together with showing up beside Difficulties in "Bond 23."Still starring in Showtime's hit "The Large C," three-time Oscar nominee Laura Linney is at "The Particulars," which opened at Sundance this season but doesn't have release date yet. Linney can look in 2012's "Hyde Park on Hudson" about FDR's affair having a distant cousin.Julia Roberts and Can Be focused to some more youthful crowd using the summer's "Kung Fu Panda 2" and November's "The Muppets," correspondingly. The coming year, three-time Oscar nominee Adams plays Jane in Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's "On the highwayInch as well as in 2013 she'll portray Superman's ladylove Lois Lane in Warner Bros.' "Guy of Steel."Oscar-champion Jolie has several projects in development for the following few years, however in December moviegoers might find her move behind the lens in her own first feature film. Jolie helmed, authored and created for "Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey" in regards to a couple in war-torn Bosnia.Finally, though two-time Oscar nominee Will Cruz has not experienced a movie since 2008's "Seven Pounds," he'll goal to reclaim his crown as summer time box office king the coming year when he reprises his role as Agent J in "Males in Black III" opposite Tommy Lee Johnson, 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 the boy Jaden are going to play, not remarkably, a parent-boy pair exploring an alien planet.Eye around the Academy awards: Talent RaceStrength of comics in dramatic roles should not surprise Altering studio system reduces minorities' Oscar hopes Chastain, Fassbender everywhere on bigscreen Top thesps take kudo sabbatical Grand globetrotters Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com