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Josh Brolin to star in 'Cartel' Thesp replaces Sean Penn in Universal film By MICHAEL FLEMING Universal Pictures has set Josh Brolin to star in "Cartel," the Asger Leth-directed drama that will begin shooting January in Mexico City. Brolin takes the role Sean Penn was to perform until he left the project in June to take a movie business sabbatical for personal reasons. Brian Grazer is ...
Hugh Jackman boxed in for Levy Actor in talks to star in 'Steel' for DreamWorks By MICHAEL FLEMING Hugh Jackman, who just opened on Broadway in "A Steady Rain," is in talks to star in the Shawn Levy-directed "Real Steel" for DreamWorks. Project is a Rocky-with-robots saga, with Jackman is negotiating to play an ex-fighter who becomes a promoter when human boxing is outlawed for being too ...
Jamie Foxx joins 'Due Date' Shooting takes place this fall in Atlanta, New Mexico, L.A. By Borys Kit Jamie Foxx is boarding the cast of "Due Date," Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' latest Todd Phillips comedy. Foxx joins Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in the road-trip movie about a high-strung father-to-be (Downey) forced to hitch a ride with a college slacker (Galifianakis) to ...
Jenkins joins 'Right One' remake Smit-McPhee, Moretz also to headline cast By JUSTIN KROLL Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz have been tapped to headline "Let Me In," the remake of the arty Swedish vampire pic "Let the Right One In." Pic is produced by Hammer Films, with Overture aiming for a 2010 release in the U.S. The coming-of-age horror tale revolves around the ...
Three actors join 'Bureau' Daniel Dae Kim, Michael Kelly join MRC/Universal film By Borys Kit Daniel Dae Kim and Michael Kelly have been cast in "The Adjustment Bureau," an MRC project for Universal Pictures written and being directed by George Nolfi. John Slattery also has been cast. The story, which Nolfi adapted from a Philip K. Dick short story, centers on a congressman (Matt Damon), on ...
Liam Neeson filling his 'Days' Actor joins Haggis-directed thriller for Lionsgate By MICHAEL FLEMING Liam Neeson has joined "The Next Three Days," the Paul Haggis-directed thriller for Lionsgate. Pic started shooting Friday, with Russell Crowe playing a teacher whose wife (Elizabeth Banks) is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Neeson plays an ex-con and expert on prison...
'Secretariat' wins three for cast Fred Thompson returns to features for Disney project By Borys Kit Former senator Fred Thompson is making his return to the chamber of feature acting, joining A.J. Michalka and Kevin Connolly in Disney's "Secretariat," the story of the horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown. Margo Martindale, Eric Lange and Drew Roy also have joined the cast of the Randall ...
Wahlberg ices Working Title remake Studio to remake 'Reykjavik-Rotterdam' By MICHAEL FLEMING Working Title Films has put in motion a remake of the Icelandic thriller "Reykjavik-Rotterdam" as a potential star vehicle for Mark Wahlberg. Aaron Guzikowski ("Prisoners") will write the script. Wahlberg is attached to produce with Leverage's Stephen Levinson and Working Title partners Tim Bevan and ...
Brody's ready for action in 'Predators' 'Pianist' star steps into Schwarzenegger role By MICHAEL FLEMING In a surprise, Adrien Brody has been set by 20th Century Fox to play the heroic mercenary who battles alien hunters in "Predators," the reinvention of the "Predator" franchise that is being creatively spearheaded by Robert Rodriguez. Brody will star with Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walton ...
Samuel L. Jackson set for 'Different' Actor to star in 'Same Kind' adaptation By MICHAEL FLEMING Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to star in "Same Kind of Different as Me," an adaptation of a nonfiction bestseller that has been adapted by screenwriters Roderick and Bruce Taylor ("The Brave One"). Jackson will play Denver Moore, an ex-con drifter who develops an unlikely friendship with a ...
Reese Witherspoon follows 'Rule #1' Screenplay by Terrel Seltzer at Fox Searchlight By Jay A. Fernandez Terrel Seltzer has sold her original screenplay "Rule #1" to Fox Searchlight, with Reese Witherspoon attached to star and produce. Brad Epstein ("About a Boy") is producing the project, about a New York woman who befriends a Puerto Rican girl with attention deficit disorder. Seltzer, who is repped by Paradigm...
Michael Haneke has confirmed that his next film will be shot early next year in Paris. Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant will star, playing a daughter and father. The film will be about the "humiliation of the body in old age" so assumedly there is a caregiver-patient dynamic at play here. The film is currently nameless. Excited!!!!
Kristen Bell cast in 'Burlesque': the proof... P.ussycat fight! Kristen Bell will star as Christina Aguilera's rival in "Burlesque," Screen Gems' musical drama being directed by Steve Antin. "Burlesque" centers on the journey of an ambitious small-town girl (Aguilera) with a big-town voice who finds love and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club, reminiscent of the nightclub in Bob Fosse's...
Jenkins joins 'Right One' remake Smit-McPhee, Moretz also to headline cast By JUSTIN KROLL Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz have been tapped to headline "Let Me In," the remake of the arty Swedish vampire pic "Let the Right One In." Pic is produced by Hammer Films, with Overture aiming for a 2010 release in the U.S. The coming-of-age horror tale revolves around the relationship between a preteen...
Garry Marshall Directing Gere and Bening in Capra Remake It won't be a complete 'Pretty Woman' reunion BY: BRAD BREVET | SEPTEMBER 28TH 2009 AT 12:22 PM Production Weekly is reporting Richard Gere and Annette Bening will star opposite one another in State of the Union, a remake of Frank Capra's 1948 film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman) will direct from a script by Rod Lurie (The...
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