Jack Ryan Keira Knightley has come out on top and is in negotiations to star opposite Chris Pine in Kenneth Branagh's Jack Ryan franchise reboot at Paramount Pictures. The story centers on ex-Marine and Moscow-based financial analyst Jack Ryan (Pine), who uncovers a plot by his employer to finance a terrorist attack designed to collapse the U.S. … [Read more...]
Knightley, Lily, Jones Vie For “Jack Ryan”
August 2, 2012 by
Keira Knightley is the front runner, while Felicity Jones ("Like Crazy") and Evangeline Lily ("Lost") are also in the mix for the role of Cathy Muller, the future wife to be of Jack Ryan, in Paramount's upcoming reboot of that franchise says Deadline. This time out Chris Pine plays the young CIA analyst from Tom Clancy's novels who has appeared in … [Read more...]
Casting: Clafin, Coogan, Patric, Law, Knightley
May 16, 2012 by
Belle Sam Claflin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Matthew Goode, Tom Wilkinson and Miranda Richardson have all joined the cast of "Belle", British filmmaker Amma Asante's new biopic of Dido Elizabeth Belle. Dido (Mbatha-Raw) was the half-black illegitimate daughter of renowned Admiral Sir John Lindsay, eventually taken in and raised … [Read more...]
Knightley, Pitt, Renner Casting Rumors
March 16, 2012 by
Twitchfilm has been busy the past 24 hours with three big casting rumours for some pretty high profile projects. First up they say Keira Knightley is reportedly in early talks for the lead role in the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel "Safe Haven" at Relativity Media. Lasse Hallstrom ("Dear John") helms the story of a young woman with a … [Read more...]
Casting News: Knightley, Oldman, Martinez
November 4, 2011 by
Akira Keira Knightley has joined the list of actors being offered roles in Jaume Collet-Sera's live-action remake of "Akira" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Garrett Hedlund is in negotiations to play Kaneda while Helena Bonham Carter and Gary Oldman are also said to have been offered parts. [Source: Heat Vision] Arthur and Lancelot Gary Oldman is … [Read more...]
