March 28, 2024

Gosling, Cooper, Renner Consider “Southpaw”

Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner are all said to be under consideration for Antoine Fuqua's boxing drama "Southpaw" at The Weinstein Company. Fuqua says he's already talked with Cooper & Renner about the role. Asked about the possibility of the originally slated to star Eminem returning, Fuqua says the rapper is "still being a … [Read more...]

Chris Cooper To Play Norman Osborn

Acting veteran Chris Cooper ("The Bourne Identity," "The Muppets") has signed on to play Norman Osborn in Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spider-Man" sequel at Sony Pictures. The character of the terminally ill head of Oscorp is pivotal in the saga, and was only seen as a darkened facial silhouette graphic in the early scenes of the first film. In the … [Read more...]

Bradley Cooper Is Lance Armstrong? Maybe Not

Over the weekend came word that Bradley Cooper was in talks with J.J. Abrams to star in the Lance Armstrong-themed "Cycle of Lies" which Paramount Pictures and Abrams' Bad Robot will produce. Cooper discussed the idea of playing Armstrong last week. He told The BBC: "I remember Matt Damon was going to do his autobiography at one point years ago. … [Read more...]

Cooper, Cianfrance Re-Team For “Chef”

Bradley Cooper is in talks to reunite with his "The Place Beyond The Pines" director Derek Cianfrance on the long-gestating "Chef" at The Weinstein Company. Currently being shopped around at the AFM, "Eastern Promises" writer Steven Knight penned the script about a disgraced chef whose addiction problems lead him to lose his Michelin two star … [Read more...]

Casting: Bentley, Kodjoe, Wilson, Cooper

Final Girl Wes Bentley ("The Hunger Games") has joined the cast of Tyler Shields' psychological thriller "Final Girl". Bentley will play the lead female character's trainer who teaches her how to survive. Abigail Breslin plays a recently arrived teen girl lured into the woods by seniors to be the victim in their final initiation. She turns the … [Read more...]

Casting: Cooper, Brody, Hauer, Thwaites

Reasonable Doubt Samuel L. Jackson and Dominic Cooper will star in the indie legal thriller "Reasonable Doubt" which begins shooting next month in Canada. Formerly titled "The Good Samaritan", the story centers on an up-and-coming assistant D.A. prosecuting a fatal hit-and-run case with inconclusive evidence. Following the trial, the assistant D.A … [Read more...]

Bale, Cooper, Renner Join O. Russell’s Next

Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner have all joined the cast of David O. Russell's untitled true story ensemble drama at Annapurna Pictures reports Variety Previously called "American Bullshit", Bale will play a financial con man forced to work with an ambitious FBI agent (Cooper) to take down other crims, gangsters and … [Read more...]

Bradley Cooper Scores “Blood” & “Trouble”

Bradley Cooper is in negotiations to star in "Disappearance of Alice Creed" helmer J. Blakeson's romantic crime thriller "Bad Blood and Trouble" at MRC says The Hollywood Reporter. The Miami-set story follows a detective who falls in love with a married woman, a woman whose husband is being headhunted by a number of criminals in town. Adrian … [Read more...]

Bradley Cooper Becomes A “Sniper”

Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover," "Limitless") will produce and likely star in "American Sniper", a film adaptation of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's autobiography says The Hollywood Reporter. Jason Dean Hall will pen the script about Texas native Kyle who came to record the highest number of sniper kills for an American. The book is a frank first-person … [Read more...]

Cooper, Lawrence Team In “Serena”

Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover") and Jennifer Lawrence ("The Hunger Games") are set join an adaptation of Ron Rash's 2008 period novel "Serena" at 2929 Entertainment says Vulture. Set in 1929 North Carolina, the story follows two young newlyweds, George and Serena Pemberton, who are building a timber empire and aren't afraid to kill or destroy … [Read more...]