May 2, 2024

Casting News: Heard, Roth, Dyer

Three Days To Kill Amber Heard has closed a deal to star in McG's action thriller "Three Days to Kill" at EuropaCorp and Relativity Media. Kevin Costner plays a dying Secret Service agent who decides to retire in order to reconnect with his estranged family. Heard plays a woman who offers him access to an experimental drug that could save his … [Read more...]

Casting: Badgley, Whannell, Hall, Smith

Parts Per Billion Penn Badgley, Teresa Palmer, Alexis Bledel and Hill Harper have joined the ensemble cast of Brian Horiuchi’s "Parts Per Billion". Filming will take place through Christmas in Detroit. The story follows three couples dealing with the same reality shaking event that threatens to tear them apart. Frank Langella, Gena Rowlands, … [Read more...]

Casting: Hart, Burrell, Pace, Miller

Get Hard Kevin Hart has signed on to star in the comedy "Get Hard" at Warner Bros. Pictures. No director is yet onboard, but Gary Sanchez is attached to produce. Will Ferrell plays a wealthy investment banker sentenced to a maximum security prison for a crime he didn't commit. He enlists the help of the man who usually washes his car (Kevin Hart) … [Read more...]

Casting: Marsden, Howard, Harden, Speleers

Walk of Shame James Marsden has joined the cast of the comedy "Walk of Shame" for Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. The story centers on an uptight news anchor (Elizabeth Banks), whose prospects for a new job are put in jeopardy after she is locked out after a one-night stand, with no money, phone, or ID. [Source: … [Read more...]

Casting: Bean, Harewood, Sizemore, Sursok

Legends Sean Bean has signed on to replace Brendan Fraser in the TNT drama series "Legends". Fraser reportedly exited the series due to "creative differences". Bean plays a deep-cover operative Martin Odum, who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a … [Read more...]

Casting: Ronan, Riggs, Montgomery, Hamm

Cinderella Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement"), Alicia Vikander ("Anna Karenina") and Gabriella Wilde ("The Three Musketeers") are all set to test for the title role in Mark Romanek's live-action take on "Cinderella" at Disney. Cate Blanchett is already in negotiations to play the evil stepmother. Chris Weitz penned the script. [Source: … [Read more...]

Casting: Forlani, Mirchoff, Brandt, Dickey

Panda Eyes Claire Forlani has joined the cast of Isabel Coixet’s paranormal thriller "Panda Eyes" which is currently shooting in Wales for Fox International Film. Sophie Turner ("Game of Thrones") plays a young girl haunted by her past. Forlani will play her mother. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Rhys Ifans and Gregg Sulkin also star. [Source: … [Read more...]

Casting: Lewis, Blanchett, Dalton, Nolasco

Title "Homeland" star Damian Lewis will play the lead in the Adam Smith-directed short "Desire" which will serve as an ad for luxury brand Jaguar. Jordi Molla and Shannyn Sossamon will also star. Lewis plays a car deliveryman who runs into trouble after a chance encounter with a mysterious, young woman (Sossamon) in the middle of a lawless desert. … [Read more...]

Casting: Cranston, Dreyfuss, Meloni, Stasey

Eye of Winter Bryan Cranston, Alice Eve, Logan Marshall Green, Ursula Parker and Leo Fitzpatrick are all set to star in Tze Chun's indie "Eye of Winter" at Syncopated Films and Sasquatch Films. Chun co-wrote the script with Osgood Perkins and Nick Simon. Eve plays a struggling motel owner who, along with her daughter, is taken hostage by a nearly … [Read more...]

Casting: Linney, Corden, De Ravin, Labine

Wikileaks Film Laura Linney is in talks to re-team with her "Kinsey" director Bill Condon on the Wikileaks project in development at DreamWorks Pictures. Shooting kicks off in Berlin and Iceland early next year. Benedict Cumberbatch will play Assange, and James McAvoy is circling the role of Assange's former right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg. … [Read more...]