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Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double) has signed on to star in Cities, replacing Clive Owen (Closer) in the lead role. Cooper will appear opposite Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man), Orlando Bloom (Elizabethtown), and Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire) in the international thriller. Cities intertwines the stories of characters around the globe, including a New York hedge fund manager, a Mumbai [...]
Australian actor Sullivan Stapleton is in final negotiations to lead in Noam Murro’s 300 prequel, it has been announced this week. The apparently untitled prequel (Or 300: Battle of Artemisia as most are naming it), will tell the story of Greek General Themistocles, who leads Athens against Persian invaders in a battle played out simultaneously [...]
Jennifer Aniston, of course best known for her role as Rachel in Friends, has been doing brilliantly with her movie career in the years since the end of that iconic TV show, taking roles in much-talked about films Marley & Me, The Break-Up, Horrible Bosses, and the upcoming Wanderlust, opposite her Friends co-star, Paul Rudd. [...]
John Cusack (Being John Malkovich) and Evan Peters (Kick-Ass) are in advanced talks to star in Adult World. Cusack and Peters will appear opposite Emma Roberts (Scream 4) in the adult themed drama. Adult World centers on a recent college graduate (Roberts) who believes she’s destined to be a great poet, instead winds up working for [...]
Sally Hawkins (Made in Dagenham), Paul Giamatti (Win Win) and Paul Rudd (Knocked Up) have signed on to star in dramedy Lucky Dog. Lucky Dog centers on two rival conmen who pair up on a get-rich-quick-scheme to sell Christmas tress in New York. Phil Morrison, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed Junebug, will direct from a screenplay [...]
After starring opposite each other in the brilliant and successful Wedding Crashers back in 2005, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are set to reunite for what sounds like a very promising comedy, Interns. Shawn Levy (Real Steel) will be taking the helm for this, having worked with Vaughn producing his upcoming Neighborhood Watch, with the [...]
Towards the end of last year, we heard that rising star Jessica Chastain, for whom 2011 was an incredibly impressive year, was set to play Princess Diana as the lead in the film Caught in Flight. Word now comes via Variety that Naomi Watts has been cast in the role instead, and will be directed [...]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) has signed on to topline horror-thriller In Darkness. Loosely based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, In Darkness centers on an American student (Winstead) who starts to work for an English tutor, only to find out that she and the children she is looking after [...]
Tom Felton (Harry Potter, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) has signed on to star in crime-thriller Therese Raquin. Felton will star opposite Glenn Glose (Albert Nobbs) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) in the adaptation of Emile Zola’s novel of the same name. Therese (Olsen) and her lover Laurent murder Camille (Felton), Therese’s husband. [...]
Well, this is some rather cool news as everyone’s favourite Scottish Comedic legend has been announced to be joining Peter Jackson in New Zealand in The Hobbit! Connolly will play the role of Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield. According to Deadline: Billy Connolly is to join the cast in [...]
With a career that began back in 1969, Terrence Malick has become one of the best known directors in film, despite having directed just six films in the past fifty years, well known for the gaps between his films. More recently, however, the writer-director has been beyond prolific, winning the Palme d’Or at last year’s [...]
Having become one of the best-known actors working in Hollywood in recent years, with (500) Days of Summer and then Inception introducing him to huge audiences and critical acclaim, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is now set to make his foray into feature directing, already having a number of shorts under his belt. Deadline report that Gordon-Levitt will [...]
Amy Adams’ career in recent years has seen a terrific rise, and it’s been great to see her gaining more and more recognition, already having three Oscar nominations to her name for her roles in Junebug, Doubt, and The Fighter. Her upcoming roles are most certainly numerous already, including The Muppets (which comes in the [...]
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right) has signed on to star opposite Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) in Can A Song Save Your Life. John Carney, director of the charming low-budget indie musical Once, is attached to direct from his own screenplay. Can A Song Save Your Life centers on a young female singer (Johansson) whose [...]
Best known for her role as Dr. Elliot Reid in Scrubs, Sarah Chalke has signed on to star in a new ABC pilot from Claudia Lonow, the creator of Accidentally on Purpose. She’ll be taking the lead role for the show, entitled, How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life. The [...]
Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls) and Michael Sheen (Midnight in Paris) have signed on as the leads in Masters of Sex. Caplan and Sheen will portray human sexuality pioneers Virginia Johnson and William Masters in the Showtime drama pilot. Masters of Sex chronicles the lives and the intriguing, unusual relationship between Masters and Johnson, the pioneers into the science [...]
Catherine Keener (Where the Wild Things Are) is in early talks to star opposite Tom Hanks (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) in Captain Phillips. Based on true events, Captain Phillips centers on Richard Phillips (Hanks), a sea captain who allows himself to be taken hostage by Somali pirates when his ship comes under attack. Kenner is [...]
Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life), Joel Edgerton (Warrior) and William Hurt (Into the Wild) will star in a new double feature project from Myriad Pictures. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers will explore a couple’s relationship during a difficult time in their marriage from both sides. Written and directed by [...]
Darren Aronofsky’s follow-up to his sleeper success, Black Swan, has been talked about for since the summer of last year, and though it sounds like it’s been progressing nicely, it’s been missing one important thing: a cast. It looks like that could all be changing. Christian Bale was first in talks for the titular role [...]
David Yates and Emma Watson, who worked together on the last four Harry Potter instalments, are set to reunite for Your Voice in My Head. Written by Emma Forrest, Your Voice in My Head centres on a young woman (Watson) who attempts suicide before being saved by a New York-based psychiatrist who’s dying of cancer. It is [...]
