She got her start on television in shows like "Roar" with Heath Ledger and the "Touching Evil" remake with Jeffrey 'Burn Notice' Donovan, now Vera Farmiga is coming back to the small screen for A&E's "Bates Motel" says The Live Feed. Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic "Psycho", the show is described as a contemporary exploration of … [Read more...]
Casting News: Farmiga, Andrews, Karna
May 20, 2012 by
Greenland Time Vera Farmiga will join David Newman and Catherine Linstrum's new psychological-thriller "Greenland Time" at Sigma and Zentropa. The story follows a woman out for revenge on the man who killed her daughter in a hit-and-run accident. Discussions are underway for the male role and shooting aims to begin in October and November. … [Read more...]
Casting: Sheen, Farmiga, Gad, Ramsey
April 27, 2012 by
Admission Michael Sheen will reunite with Tina Fey in Paul Weitz's "Admission" in which the latter plays an unmarried college admissions counselor who falls for an old flame. Much like their arrangement during his story arc on "30 Rock", Sheen will play the uptight British boyfriend to Fey’s character. Filming begins next month in New York. … [Read more...]
Farmiga To Play McVie In “Drummer”
February 1, 2012 by
Vera Farmiga ("The Departed," "Up in the Air") is set to play singer-songwriter and "Fleetwood Mac" member Christine McVie in Randall Miller's "The Drummer" for W2 says Screen Daily. Jody Savin’s screenplay follows the last six years of the life of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson (Aaron Eckhart). Wilson and McVie had a passionate relationship, … [Read more...]
Wilson, Farmiga Team For “Conjuring”
January 21, 2012 by
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson are in final negotiations to star in James Wan's horror feature "The Conjuring" for New Line says Variety. Chad and Carey Hayes penned the script based on the true-life story of the Perron family. The family claimed they "lived among the dead" in the 1970s as spirits both friendly and sinister inhabited their Rhode … [Read more...]
Farmiga, Strong Get “Closer To The Moon”
August 10, 2011 by
Vera Farmiga ("Up in the Air") and Mark Strong ("Sherlock Holmes") have joined Nae Caranfil's Russia-set period drama "Closer to the Moon" reports Deadline. Strong plays Max Rosenthal, the former head of a Bucharest police criminal investigation unit. He and four prominent Jews pulled off a bank robbery while assuring the crowds they were filming … [Read more...]
