Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Ray Liotta, Juno Temple and Jeremy Piven have all joined the cast of Robert Rodriguez's currently shooting sequel "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For". The trio's roles are unspecified. The film is targeting an October 4th release. [Source: The Playlist] Untitled Bounty Hunter Drama Series Despite the cancellation of … [Read more...]
Casting: McGregor, Winslet, Tyrese, Duplass
January 18, 2013 by
Our Kind Of Traitor Ewan McGregor has scored the unspecified lead role in "Snowtown" director Justin Kurzel's adaptation of John Le Carré's "Our Kind Of Traitor." Hossein Amini ("Drive," "Snow White and the Huntsman") penned the script. The story follows an English couple who gets mixed up with a Russian oligarch and major money launderer. Caught … [Read more...]
Casting: Johnson, Franco, Macfadyen, Murray
January 11, 2013 by
Godzilla "Kick Ass" star Aaron Johnson has been offered the lead role in Gareth Edwards' "Godzilla" reboot at Legendary Pictures. Johnson reportedly wants to wait to read Frank Darabont's upcoming rewrite before he makes a decision. [Source: Vulture] 21 Jump Street 2 Dave Franco says his character could return for at least a cameo in the … [Read more...]
Casting News: Pullman, Page, Beart
January 11, 2013 by
Independence Day 2 Actor Bill Pullman says that a sequel to the mid-90's alien invasion epic might go ahead with or without Will Smith's involvement. Speaking about the film recently, it sounds like he's been filled in on the plans and the fate of his U.S. President character from the first film: He says: "The Will Smith part of it may be ongoing … [Read more...]
Casting: Irvine, Theron, O’Kane, Bell
January 9, 2013 by
Divergent Jeremy Irvine ("War Horse"), Lucas Till ("X-Men: First Class") and Alex Pettyfer ("Magic Mike") will test for the male lead opposite Shailene Woodley in "Divergent" at Summit Entertainment. Neil Burger helms this adaptation of Veronica Roth's young-adult novel, the story has a futuristic setting and follows 16-year-old Beatrice Prior, … [Read more...]
Casting: Malkovich, Lang, Tisdale, Larson
January 4, 2013 by
The Giacomo Variations John Malkovich will re-team with Austrian film director Michael Sturminger for a big screen adaptation of the chamber opera play "The Giacomo Variations". Malkovich will play the role of an aging Casanova, reliving past exploits in a surreal series of operatic flashbacks. [Source: Screen Daily] The 34th Battalion Vinnie … [Read more...]
Casting: Jackson, Redmayne, Chan, Plaza
December 26, 2012 by
Kite Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of David R. Ellis' "Kite," a live-action version of Yasuomi Umetsu's 1998 anime that will shoot in Johannesburg. The story follows a sexually abused orphaned schoolgirl, Sawa, who becomes an assassin.[Source: Movies.com] Jupiter Ascending Eddie Redmayne ("Les Miserables") is in negotiations to play an … [Read more...]
Casting: Schoenaerts, Sagal, Barks, Burr
December 23, 2012 by
The Faithful Matthias Schoenaerts ("Rust and Bone," "Bullhead") has joined Michael R. Roskam's film noir "The Faithful" at Savage Film and Stone Angels. The story deals with a crime gang in Brussels. Roskam is currently co-writing the script while Pierre-Ange Le Pogam will produce. Shooting kicks off Spring 2014. [Source: Variety] There’s Always … [Read more...]
Casting: Sturgess, Stewart, Murray, Ventimiglia
December 23, 2012 by
Guardians of the Galaxy It's reportedly down to either Jim Sturgess ("Cloud Atlas"), Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and an unnamed third actor to play Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) in James Gunn's upcoming "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie for Marvel Studios. Levi plays Fandral in the upcoming "Thor: The Dark World" and did not appear on a short list of five … [Read more...]
Casting: Speedman, Vikander, Bernthal
December 16, 2012 by
Queen of the Night Mireille Enos and Scott Speedman are set to star with Ryan Reynolds in Atom Egoyan's psychological thriller "Queen Of The Night" which shoots early next year in Ontario. Reynolds plays a father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, a trail that leads him to believe the now … [Read more...]
