Documentary filmmaker Ross Clarke ("Skid Row") will make his narrative directorial debut on a feature film adaptation of Craig Clevenger's novel "Dermaphoria". The story centers on a brilliant chemist who wakes up in jail after a drug lab explosion and is suffering from amnesia. Trapped between cops who want to arrest him and heavies who will … [Read more...]
Jason Clarke Joins Rebooted “Apes” Sequel
February 19, 2013 by
Jason Clarke ("Zero Dark Thirty," "Lawless") has signed on to star in the Matt Reeves-directed "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" at 20th Century Fox. Set 15 years after the events of 2011’s "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the story is rumored to focus on human scientists struggling to survive alone in San Francisco. Another aspect of the story … [Read more...]
R.I.P. Michael Clarke Duncan
September 3, 2012 by
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan passed away today, he was 54. Duncan was receiving treatment in a Los Angeles hospital this morning for a heart attack he suffered in July. His fiancee, Omarosa Manigault said in a statement from her reps "The Oscar-nominated actor suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered. Manigault is … [Read more...]
Casting: Spencer, Clarke, Vega, Walsh
August 5, 2012 by
Baggage Claim Octavia Spencer ("The Help") has joined the cast of David E. Talbert's rom-com "Baggage Claim" at Fox Searchlight. Paula Patton stars as a flight attendant who is the oldest unmarried gal in her family and sets her sights on finding a groom before her sister gets hitched in 30 days. [Source: Vulture] White House Down Jason Clarke … [Read more...]
Clarke Set, More Up For Bigelow’s Next
November 12, 2011 by
Aussie actor Jason Clarke ("Public Enemies," "Chicago Code") is the first actor to have been locked down for Kathryn Bigelow's drama about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden at Sony Pictures and Annapurna Pictures reports Deadline. Clarke will play a terrorist hunter in service of the U.S. efforts to hunt the wanted man in this Mark Boal-scripted drama … [Read more...]
