April 28, 2024

Casting: Lau, Callies, Harden, Wasikowska

Iron Man 3 Hong Kong actor Andy Lau has turned down the role of a key scientist in Shane Black’s "Iron Man 3". Lau pulled out of involvement due to the birth of his first child with wife Carol Chu on May 9th. [Source: Nerd Reactor] Untitled Steve Quale Project Sarah Wayne Callies ("The Walking Dead") has signed on for the untitled Steve Quale … [Read more...]

Casting: Wasikowska, Childers, Cook, Kelly

Tracks Mia Wasikowska is set to star in John Curran's indie drama "Tracks" which Emile Sherman and Iain Canning will produce. The true story follows a young woman, Robyn Davidson, who traveled more than 1,678 miles through the Australian desert in 1977. [Source: ] We Are What We Are Ambyr Childers (TV's "All My Children") has joined the cast of … [Read more...]

Wasikowska, Blanchett In Highsmith’s “Carol”

Aussie actresses Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are set to head up the cast of a new adaptation of "Talented Mr. Ripley" author Patricia Highsmith’s "Carol" (aka "The Price of Salt") says Deadline. Phyllis Nagy adapted the tale about the complex relationship between two very different women in 1950s New York. One is a twenty-something girl … [Read more...]

Blanchett, Wasikowska Are “Turning”

Australian actors Cate Blanchett, Mia Wasikowska and David Wenham will all make their directorial debuts shooting segments for the upcoming anthology feature "The Turning" which Robert Connolly is producing says The Hollywood Reporter. Based on author Tim Winton’s short story collection of the same name, the trio will join fourteen other directors … [Read more...]