James Franco and Cate Blanchett Drop Out of WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: March 6th, 2011
Noah Baumbach (Greenberg) had an excellent cast lined up for his next feature: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, James Franco, Cate Blanchett. It is with great regret that I use the past tense. Scheduling issues kept Gerwig from committing, and Just Jared reports that Franco and Blanchett have dropped out. Filming on While We’re Young was set to begin in New York in June, but Franco will be busy shooting Oz, the Great and Powerful. Blanchett’s motivation is not specified, but it’s possible there is overlap with her time on set for the sure-to-be sprawling production on The Hobbit, which starts shooting later this month. More on While We’re Young after the break:
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Adam Shankman Confirms Alec Baldwin, Mary J. Blige, Tom Cruise, and Julianne Hough for ROCK OF AGES
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: March 6th, 2011
Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, and Julianne Hough have spent recent weeks negotiating with New Line to star in Rock of Ages. Director Adam Shankman (Hairspray) has confirmed their involvement via Twitter. Shankman also promises “more to come,” which may address the rumored involvement of Anne Hathaway, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Russell Brand.
Justin Theroux (Iron Man 2) is currently polishing the script written by Allan Loeb (The Switch) based on the Broadway musical about a small town girl (Hough) who falls in love with a rocker in the fictionally famous LA rock club, The Bourbon Club. Set in 1987, the stage show is fueled by the hair metal of the era, including songs by Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagan, Pat Benatar, and Twisted Sister.
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http://collider.com/alec-baldwin-rock-of-ages/79284/
Arnold Schwarzenegger Considering "Terminator," "Predator" and "Running Man" Remakes
Posted: March 7th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Showing posts with label Adam Shankman. Show all posts
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Monday, March 7, 2011
**De Niro Confirms I Heard You Paint Houses With Scorsese, Pacino And Pesci **James Franco and Cate Blanchett Drop Out of WHILE WE’RE YOUNG **Adam Shankman Confirms Alec Baldwin, Mary J. Blige, Tom Cruise, and Julianne Hough for ROCK OF AGES **Arnold Schwarzenegger Considering "Terminator," "Predator" and "Running Man" Remakes
Saturday, February 12, 2011
***Gerard Butler to Star in Curtis Hanson’s MAVERICKS ***Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in Talks to Join STOKER ***Anne Hathaway May Join ROCK OF AGES ***Christopher Nolan Plans to Direct Howard Hughes Biopic after THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in Talks to Join STOKER
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 11th, 2011
Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman and likely-Oscar-winner Colin Firth are in negotiations to star in Stoker. The film is the English-language debut of Oldboy director Chan Wook-Park. As we reported a couple weeks ago, Mia Wasikowska has signed on to play the lead role of India Stoker, “an eccentric teen whose enigmatic and estranged uncle returns to the family after the death of the girl’s father.” Jodie Foster was set to play the girl’s mother, but dropped out. Now it looks like Kidman will play the mom while Firth will play the uncle.
The way the shooting schedule is shaking out, it looks like Stoker will be Firth’s first film (say that five times fast) since The King’s Speech became the Oscar front-runner and scored at the box office. While he’s also signed on to star in the remake of Gambit, 24 Frames reports that Stoker is likely to go in front of cameras first. As for Kidman, she’ll next be seen in the hostage drama Trespass with Nicolas Cage.
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Anne Hathaway May Join ROCK OF AGES
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 11th, 2011
Earlier today, we reported that Tom Cruise was in final talks to star in Adam Shankman’s adaptation of the hit musical Rock of Ages. Other actors reportedly circling the film include Mary J. Blige, Gwyneth Paltrow, Russell Brand, and Alec Baldwin. You can now add Anne Hathaway to their ranks as Deadline reports that the Oscar host is in talks to costar. According to Deadline, Hathaway is up for the role “the uptight journalist who intends to eviscerate Cruise’s decadent rock star Stacee Jax with an expose. Instead, she falls for the charms of the rocker, and after they duet to the Foreigner song ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’, they engage in a wild, passionate bedroom romp.” Hathaway showed she had singing chops when she sang with Hugh Jackman on stage at the 2009 Oscars. She’s also planning to play Judy Garland in a biopic about the singer/actress.
Deadline reports that the question of whether Hathaway signs or not is if the Rock of Ages schedule will work with The Dark Knight Rises (Hathaway is playing Selina Kyle/Catwoman). Hit the jump for her other potential projects.
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Gerard Butler to Star in Curtis Hanson’s MAVERICKS
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 11th, 2011
Gerard Butler has signed on to play surfer Rick “Frosty” Hesson in Curtis Hanson’s Mavericks. We first reported on the film about a year ago when we learned that Hanson was developing a movie based on the late legendary surfer Jay Moriarty and that Sean Penn was considering the Hesson role. According to Variety, the story will center on Moriarty’s “quest to ride the iconic Northern California break known as Mavericks, where winter swells bring in treacherous waves the size of five-story buildings. Moriarity trained for more than a year under Hesson, forging a relationship that transformed both their lives.” Hanson, whose last film was 2007’s Lucky You, will direct from a script by Kario Salem and Brandon Hooper.
While Lucky You was a misfire, Hanson tends to deliver solid movies and I’m interested to see what he’ll do with this story. I’m also thrilled to see Gerard Butler in a movie that isn’t a disposable, lowest-common-denominator, get-a-new-agent rom-com.
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Christopher Nolan Plans to Direct Howard Hughes Biopic after THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 11th, 2011
Christopher Nolan has previously said that The Dark Knight Rises will be his last Batman film, so what comes next? According to Vulture, Nolan will pursue a biopic about billionaire-filmmaker-engineer-nutjob Howard Hughes that he shelved when Martin Scorsese came out with The Aviator in 2004. However, while Scorsese’s film drew heavily from Charles Higham’s biography Howard Hughes: The Secret Life and focused on the first half of Hughes’ life, it didn’t really embrace how batshit-loony Hughes went in the latter half of his life. Nolan’s film, will ride Hughes’ crazy-pants way-of-the-future and pull from Michael Drosnin’s Citizen Hughes: The Power, the Money and the Madness. Drosnin, a former Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reporter, pulled from over 3,000 pages of Hughes’s own handwritten memoranda, which leaked after the billionaire’s office was burglarized in 1975. I hope the burglars were specifically after the memoranda because as we all know, rich guy madness scribblings are worth their weight in gold.
Hit the jump for more on this exciting project.
Friday, January 21, 2011
***THE DARK KNIGHT RISES to Film in Bucharest? [Update: Filming "At Least Partially in Los Angeles"] ***Russell Brand Circling ROCK OF AGES With Tom Cruise ***CONFIRMED: Michael Shannon, Benicio del Toro and James Franco Set for THE ICEMAN
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES to Film in Bucharest? [Update: Filming "At Least Partially in Los Angeles"]
by Adam Chitwood Posted: January 20th, 2011
Following yesterday’s huge Batman news that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle and Tom Hardy will be playing Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, comes word that director Christopher Nolan may be shooting some of the film in Bucharest. Nolan is known for favoring actual locations rather than filming on backlots/stages (Inception alone was filmed on three different continents), so this news really isn’t all that surprising. And yet, it’s Batman news, so it’s immediately 500% more interesting.
The Bucharest Mayor said that the film’s producers had recently met with city officials to discuss filming. The Romania Business Insider (via SuperHeroHype) reports that filming may take place in Bucharest’s historical center, Edgar Quintet Street or the Palace of Parliament. The report also says that Nolan visited the Turda salt mines in Romania last month, though the visit was “unofficial.” So what does all of this mean? Speculate away, Bat-fans! The Dark Knight Rises is due out July 20, 2012.
[Update: The LA Times reports Warner Bros. has set up a production office in Los Angeles Center Studios, and will film "at least partially in Los Angeles"]
Russell Brand Circling ROCK OF AGES With Tom Cruise
by Adam Chitwood Posted: January 20th, 2011
The ever-growing list of stars that are “circling” or “in talks” to appear in director Adam Shankman’s (Hairspray) adaptation of the stage musical Rock of Ages has just added one more name. Russell Brand is apparently looking at starring in the film as Lonnie, who runs the 80’s rock club The Bourbon. Alec Baldwin is said to be looking at the role of the owner of that club, who sings a rousing rendition of “I Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon with Brand’s character.
The musical takes place in 1987 and tells the story of “a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the 80s.” We recently told you that Gwyneth Paltrow was offered a role in the film. Deadline reports that Tom Cruise will close a deal to headline the film as aging rocker Stacee Jax shortly. Mary J. Blige is also in talks to join the cast. The script for the film was originally written by the musical’s book writer Chris D’Arienzo, but has since seen a revision by Toy Story 3 scribe Michael Arndt. Production is looking towards a May start date.
http://collider.com/russell-brand-rock-of-ages/71649/CONFIRMED: Michael Shannon, Benicio del Toro and James Franco Set for THE ICEMAN
by Adam Chitwood Posted: January 20th, 2011
Back in September, we reported that a trio of actors were reportedly looking at starring in The Iceman, the true story of mob contract-killer Richard Kuklinski. Today, we’ve got confirmation that Michael Shannon, Benicio del Toro and James Franco have officially joined the cast. Shannon has been cast in the lead role of Kuklinski, with del Toro set to play Kuklinski’s employer, mobster Roy Demeo, and Franco tapped as Kuklinski’s mentor assassin. Directed by Ariel Vromen (Danika), the film is based on the book The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer by Anthony Bruno, as well as interview footage. Regarding the casting, Vromen said:
“I am honored to work with such a talented cast on such a compelling story. Since the early stages of development I had the dream of casting Michael Shannon as Kuklinski, as I believe there’s no one else that can play this part better than him.”
Kurklinski earned his nickname by freezing the bodies of his victims, disguising the time of death, and throwing police off-track. Hit the jump to read the full press release, which includes a rather terrifying description of Kuklinski.
Here’s the press release:
http://collider.com/michael-shannon-james-franco-benicio-del-toro-the-iceman/71662/
