Nicholas Hoult ("Warm Bodies," "Jack The Giant Slayer") has signed on to star in Rupert Wyatt's adaptation of classic WWI romancer "Birdsong" Based on the Sebastian Faulks' novel, Hoult will portray 21-year old officer old Stephen Wraysford who falls in love with a beautiful older married woman. Wyatt has adapted the screenplay, and Alan Moloney … [Read more...]
Scorsese Joins “Malavita,” Cianfrance Skips “Chef”
February 9, 2013 by
Previously working on the project as a creative consultant, Martin Scorsese has fully come onboard as a hands-on executive producer on the Luc Besson-directed project. EuropaCorp and Relativity are producing the film in which Robert De Niro plays a retired mob boss who moves to a small town in France's Normandy with his wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) … [Read more...]
Chris Pratt Joins Marvel’s “Guardians”
February 6, 2013 by
In an astute choice, Chris Pratt has been selected to play Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) in James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy" at Marvel Studios. The character is very likely to be the lead role in the film. In the comic, the young man and former astronaut learns his father was from outer space. He is soon drawn into an intergalactic conflict … [Read more...]
Julia Stiles Joins Mary Pickford Biopic
February 2, 2013 by
Julia Stiles has joined the cast of "The First," Jennifer DeLia's biopic about Mary Pickford. Mary (played by Lily Rabe) was one of the early Canadian pioneers in Hollywood and went on to found the United Artists studio with other stars including Charlie Chaplin. She also had a troubled marriage, blighted by the alcoholism and insecurity of her … [Read more...]
Sam Worthington Joins Phil Noyce’s “Dogs”
January 31, 2013 by
Sam Worthington is set to star in Phillip Noyce's indie action-thriller "For the Dogs". The story is based on Kevin Wignall's novel and centers on a solitary assassin who agrees to help a bright college girl exact revenge on those who mercilessly murdered her parents and younger brother. Oren Moverman will re-write a script by Paul Leyden. … [Read more...]
Carice van Houten Joins Wikileaks Film
January 20, 2013 by
"Game of Thrones" star Carice van Houten has joined Bill Condon's untitled Wikileaks movie at DreamWorks. Josh Singer scripted the project about Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) who launched the whistleblowing site in 2006 and began antagonizing world governments by leaking embarrassing diplomatic cables and other state secrets. Van Houten … [Read more...]
Louis CK Joins David O. Russell’s Next
January 13, 2013 by
Louis C.K. is in talks for a key role in David O. Russell's period drama feature previously titled "American Bullshit" at Sony Pictures. Eric Singer ("The International") penned the script which follows con artist Mel Weinberg, an FBI informant in a far-reaching corruption case that stretched from Atlantic City to Washington DC. The "Louie" star … [Read more...]
Mayor joins effort to save Waldorf Hotel
January 11, 2013 by
The developer who's purchased Vancouver's Waldorf Hotel says he has no plans to tear down the popular music and nightclub venue, but that hasn't stopped Vancouver's mayor from jumping on the bandwagon to save the building from the wrecker's ball. Gregor Robertson says he's directed the city manager to report back to council with options for … [Read more...]
Rapace Joins Hardy In “Animal Rescue”
December 25, 2012 by
Noomi Rapace ("Prometheus," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") has been offered the female lead role opposite Tom Hardy in Michael R. Roskam's adaptation of the Dennis Lehane short story "Animal Rescue" at Fox Searchlight. The drama focuses on a man who wants to shed his criminal path but somehow gets mixed up in a bad heist and a killing … [Read more...]
McDermott Joins King Adaptation “Mercy”
December 15, 2012 by
Dylan McDermott has joined the cast of Peter Cornwell's "Mercy," a fantasy-horror feature based on Stephen King's short story "Gramma". Published in the 1985 anthology "Skeleton Crew," the story follows two young boys who, along with their single mother (Frances O'Connor), take care of their elderly, senile grandmother. They discover she's a … [Read more...]
