I always like it when New York-based actors who are more prominent on the stage take time off to do films; to spread the wealth of their craft to a larger audience. Such an actor is Bayonne, NJ native Frank Langella.

He once told me he got over his regional accent by listening to recordings of Sir John Gielgud -- can't do better than that. He became a huge star on Broadway as "Dracula" in 1977 and was seen last season as Nixon in "Frost/Nixon." On screen he portrayed CBS founder William S. Paley opposite George Clooney in "Good Night and Good Luck."

Last year, Langella starred in a wonderful little movie almost no one saw called "Starting Out in the Evening" intelligently directed by Andrew Wagner, in which he played a nearly-famous author who's the subject of a thesis written by an attractive college student. It's well worth seeing on video. Now comes word he is in final negotiations to star on screen in "All Good Things."

It begins shooting this month here in New York and Connecticut. The story deals with a real estate dynasty's heir, played by Ryan Gosling, having an affair with Kirsten Dunst (I've almost never been a fan of Ms. Dunst, but each movie is a clean slate.) who goes missing.

Let’s just hope ‘good things’ will surface with Langella’s expected new movie.