Update: Chan says on his Facebook page that he was mistranslated. He's not retiring from action movies per se, but he is planning to do "less life risking stunts... I need to take better care of my body so I can keep working". Original: In an unexpected move at Cannes whilst promoting his new action film "Chinese Zodiac", Jackie Chan revealed he … [Read more...]
Hawkes, Def In “Jackie Brown” Prequel
February 6, 2012 by
"Winter's Bone" and "Deadwood" star John Hawkes will star opposite Yasiin Bey (aka. Mos Def) in an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1978 crime novel "Switch" reports Variety. Dan Schechter ("Supporting Characters") is adapting the script and will direct. "Switch" is a prequel to Leonard's "Rum Punch" which was adapted into Quentin Tarantino's 1997 … [Read more...]
Jackie Earle Haley Joins Spielberg’s “Lincoln”
September 21, 2011 by
Jackie Earle Haley ("Watchmen," "Little Children") has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s "Lincoln" reports Deadline. Haley will play Alexander Stephens, the vice president of the Confederate States during the Civil War and a nemesis of Abraham Lincoln’s slavery reform agenda. Stephens is remembered for an infamous speech in which he said … [Read more...]
