Dennis Quaid Joins Playing the Field
Source: Blackfilm.com March 20, 2011
Blackfilm.com reports that Dennis Quaid has joined Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel and Noah Lomax in director Gabriele Muccino's sports comedy Playing the Field.
Butler will play a former professional athlete with a weak past who tries to redeem himself by coaching his son's soccer team, only to find himself unable to resist when in scoring position with his players' restless and gorgeous moms.
Biel will play Butler's ex-wife, while Thurman will play a fellow parent.
Quaid is playing one of the coaches on the opposing teams.
Shooting on the film starts this month in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Dennis Quaid Is Playing the Field
Dennis Quaid joins Playing the FieldDennis Quaid has joined director Gabriele Muccino's sports comedy Playing the Field, starring alongside Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel and Noah Lomax.
In Playing the Field, Gerard Butler plays George Dryer, a former soccer player who goes back to try and patch things up with his son (Noah Lomax) and estranged wife (Jessica Biel) - who is engaged to remarry someone else - and ends up coaching the boy's soccer team. He becomes the subject of fascination and desire by every bored house wife in town, especially the gorgeous Patti (Uma Thurman) who sets out on a mission to seduce the coach. Dryer must try to survive the extreme temptations of Patti and advances of the other soccer moms, as well as revive his relationship with his son.
Dennis Quaid is playing one of the coaches on the opposing teams.
Production starts this month in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Playing the Field comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Stephanie Swart, Dennis Quaid. The film is directed by Gabriele Muccino.
Sources: Black Film http://www.movieweb.com/news/dennis-quaid-is-playing-the-field
Johnny Depp to Guest Star in Life Is Short
Johnny Depp wants to guest star on Life's Too ShortJohnny Depp might appear in a guest-starring role on the upcoming BBC series Life's Too Short from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
The series stars Warwick Davis as an egotistical dwarf who runs a talent agency for dwarfs in the entertainment industry. It isn't clear if Johnny Depp would play himself or another character in the show.
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant wrote the pilot script and the series has been greenlit for a six-episode order on BBC. It is expected that the show will also be shown on HBO.
Production will begin on the series this May in England. It is also said that Ricky Gervais has approached Jerry Seinfeld to play a, "whiny Upper East Side Jewish guy."
Sources: Deadline
http://www.movieweb.com/news/johnny-depp-to-guest-star-in-life-is-short
The Dark Knight Rises Gets Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the Holiday Killer
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is The Holiday KillerThe plan was to keep Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role in director Christopher Nolan's upcoming sequel The Dark Knight Rises a secret. The actor was confirmed to be involved with the project on Friday. Now, an insider from Christopher Nolan's camp has stepped forward to reveal more information about this trilogy ending sequel.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be playing Alberto Falcone, aka The Holiday Killer. The character figured heavily in the original comic book story The Long Halloween, in which Alberto, refused a place at his father's side in the Gotham Mafia, goes on a Halloween killing spree. He then continues to pop up on various holidays, taking out members of the criminal underworld. He is captured by Bruce Wayne after murdering Sal Maroni.
Tom Wilkinson portrayed Alberto's Mafia chieftain father Carmine Falcone in Batman Begins, which brings this trilogy full-circle. It is not clear at this point how The Holiday Killer will figure into the storyline of The Dark Knight Rises, which also includes villains Catwoman and Bane.
At this time, Christopher Nolan is continuing to fine-tune his script. Production on The Dark Knight Rises is set to begin later this year.
The Dark Knight Rises comes to theaters July 20th, 2012 and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.
Sources: Variety http://www.movieweb.com/news/the-dark-knight-rises-gets-joseph-gordon-levitt-as-the-holiday-killer
