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.
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75419
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
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Monday, March 21, 2011
**Dennis Quaid Joins Playing the Field **Johnny Depp to Guest Star in Life Is Short **The Dark Knight Rises Gets Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the Holiday Killer
Friday, March 18, 2011
**Darren Aronofsky Drops Out of THE WOLVERINE **Matthew Fox to Play Villain in I, ALEX CROSS Starring Tyler Perry **Jerry Seinfeld and Johnny Depp to Guest Star on Ricky Gervais’ Comedy Series LIFE’S TOO SHORT **Alan Tudyk to Play Stephen A. Douglas in ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
Darren Aronofsky Drops Out of THE WOLVERINE
by Matt Goldberg Posted: March 17th, 2011
Darren Aronofsky has exited the director’s chair on The Wolverine. The sequel to 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine was supposed to see Logan taking what he does best (stabbing) to Japan. Filming was rumored to begin this month for a 2012 release date. However, Fox has now sent out a press release stating that Aronofsky didn’t want to spend a year out of the country and away from his family. While the “spend more time with family” excuse usually is a smokescreen for behind-the-scenes machinations, Aronofsky recently divorced from Rachel Weisz and there may be a custody battle over their son. Also, as you may have heard, there was recently a giant earthquake in Japan and now may not be the best time to shoot a movie there.
Hit the jump for the press release, which includes a statement from Aronofsky and from Fox. I’ve also included my thoughts on Aronofsky leaving the project.
http://collider.com/darren-aronofsky-leaves-the-wolverine/81046/
Matthew Fox to Play Villain in I, ALEX CROSS Starring Tyler Perry
by Matt Goldberg Posted: March 17th, 2011
If you’re a fan of James Patterson’s novel I, Alex Cross, the disappointments are starting to pile up. The adaptation is being handled by Rob Cohen (Stealth) and Tyler Perry is playing the titular detective. Now there’s another piece of perplexing casting as Deadline reports that Lost’s Matthew Fox will play the villain, serial killer Michael Sullivan. This is the same Matthew Fox who looks like he’s about to cry every five seconds. Here’s how Deadline describes the character: “one bad dude”, “kills both for money and thrills”, “known as the Butcher of Sligo”. Well, Fox will certainly be playing against type.
The story centers on Cross trying to catch Sullivan only to have Sullivan brutally murder Cross’ wife as retribution (that’ll teach ‘em!). Ed Burns will play Cross’ partner, Tommy Kane. Three studios are reportedly vying for the domestic distribution rights to the project. Hit the jump for a synopsis of the novel.
http://collider.com/matthew-fox-i-alex-cross/81056/
Matthew Fox and Ed Burns Join I, Alex Cross
Source: Deadline March 17, 2011
Matthew Fox ("LOST") and Ed Burns are joining Tyler Perry in the Rob Cohen-directed adaptation of James Patterson's I, Alex Cross, reports Deadline.
Fox will play villain Michael Sullivan and Burns is set to play Tommy Kane, Cross's partner. The site adds that at least three studios are in talks with QED about distributing the movie.
The book is described as follows:
You can't run
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
You can't hide
The hunt for the murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain—they will do anything to keep their secrets safe.
Alex Cross is your only hope to stay alive
As Alex closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable—a revelation that could rock the entire world. With the unstoppable action, unforeseeable twists, and edge-of-your-seat suspense that only a James Patterson thriller delivers, I, Alex Cross is the master of suspense at his sharpest and best.
Mark Moss wrote the script and, according to Deadline, he and Cohen have added some twists that are different from the novel.
Morgan Freeman previously played the Alex Cross role in Paramount's Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75359
Jerry Seinfeld and Johnny Depp to Guest Star on Ricky Gervais’ Comedy Series LIFE’S TOO SHORT
by Ethan Anderton Posted: March 17th, 2011
As a fan of comedy from our friends across the pond in the United Kingdom, I pretty much love anything Ricky Gervais delivers from The Office to Extras. Now I’m currently eagerly anticipating another one of his BBC shows hitting HBO with Life’s Too Short, a series which sees Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter franchise and Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi) as an egomaniac dwarf who runs a talent agency for fellow showbiz dwarfs. Gervais and Stephen Merchant (who also crafted the two aforementioned British comedy series) wrote the six episode first season which is described as a cross between Extras and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Now the show is even more enticing with some great guest appearances from some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Deadline reports Gervais is in the midst of working out a schedule with Johnny Depp to have some sort of guest role on the show, and he’s also approached Jerry Seinfeld for a guest spot to play “quite a whiny Upper East Side Jewish guy.” Honestly, this new series can’t come soon enough. While no formal deal is in place yet, the series is expected to hit HBO at some point, so stay tuned for more news on the project coming to the States.
...... http://collider.com/lifes-too-short-johnny-depp-jerry-seinfeld-ricky-gervais/81076/
Alan Tudyk to Play Stephen A. Douglas in ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
by Matt Goldberg Posted: March 17th, 2011
Alan Tudyk (Firefly) will play Stephen A. Douglas in Timur Bekmambetov’s 3D adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The book imagines our 16th President had a secret life fighting vampires and that was the real reason for the Civil War. In the history books, Douglas was opposite Lincoln on the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 which helped to raise Lincoln’s national profile. In the Vampire Hunter, Douglas is recast as an “ally of the Southern vampires,” because the only thing that’s worse than vampires, are pro-slavery vampires.
Tudyk joins a cast that includes Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper, Jimmi Simpson, and Robin McLeavy. Hit the jump for a synopsis of the novel. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is due out June 22, 2012.
http://collider.com/alan-tudyk-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/81082/
by Matt Goldberg Posted: March 17th, 2011
Darren Aronofsky has exited the director’s chair on The Wolverine. The sequel to 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine was supposed to see Logan taking what he does best (stabbing) to Japan. Filming was rumored to begin this month for a 2012 release date. However, Fox has now sent out a press release stating that Aronofsky didn’t want to spend a year out of the country and away from his family. While the “spend more time with family” excuse usually is a smokescreen for behind-the-scenes machinations, Aronofsky recently divorced from Rachel Weisz and there may be a custody battle over their son. Also, as you may have heard, there was recently a giant earthquake in Japan and now may not be the best time to shoot a movie there.
Hit the jump for the press release, which includes a statement from Aronofsky and from Fox. I’ve also included my thoughts on Aronofsky leaving the project.
http://collider.com/darren-aronofsky-leaves-the-wolverine/81046/
Matthew Fox to Play Villain in I, ALEX CROSS Starring Tyler Perry
by Matt Goldberg Posted: March 17th, 2011
If you’re a fan of James Patterson’s novel I, Alex Cross, the disappointments are starting to pile up. The adaptation is being handled by Rob Cohen (Stealth) and Tyler Perry is playing the titular detective. Now there’s another piece of perplexing casting as Deadline reports that Lost’s Matthew Fox will play the villain, serial killer Michael Sullivan. This is the same Matthew Fox who looks like he’s about to cry every five seconds. Here’s how Deadline describes the character: “one bad dude”, “kills both for money and thrills”, “known as the Butcher of Sligo”. Well, Fox will certainly be playing against type.
The story centers on Cross trying to catch Sullivan only to have Sullivan brutally murder Cross’ wife as retribution (that’ll teach ‘em!). Ed Burns will play Cross’ partner, Tommy Kane. Three studios are reportedly vying for the domestic distribution rights to the project. Hit the jump for a synopsis of the novel.
http://collider.com/matthew-fox-i-alex-cross/81056/
Matthew Fox and Ed Burns Join I, Alex Cross
Source: Deadline March 17, 2011
Matthew Fox ("LOST") and Ed Burns are joining Tyler Perry in the Rob Cohen-directed adaptation of James Patterson's I, Alex Cross, reports Deadline.
Fox will play villain Michael Sullivan and Burns is set to play Tommy Kane, Cross's partner. The site adds that at least three studios are in talks with QED about distributing the movie.
The book is described as follows:
You can't run
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
You can't hide
The hunt for the murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain—they will do anything to keep their secrets safe.
Alex Cross is your only hope to stay alive
As Alex closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable—a revelation that could rock the entire world. With the unstoppable action, unforeseeable twists, and edge-of-your-seat suspense that only a James Patterson thriller delivers, I, Alex Cross is the master of suspense at his sharpest and best.
Mark Moss wrote the script and, according to Deadline, he and Cohen have added some twists that are different from the novel.
Morgan Freeman previously played the Alex Cross role in Paramount's Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider
Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75359
Jerry Seinfeld and Johnny Depp to Guest Star on Ricky Gervais’ Comedy Series LIFE’S TOO SHORT
by Ethan Anderton Posted: March 17th, 2011
Now the show is even more enticing with some great guest appearances from some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Deadline reports Gervais is in the midst of working out a schedule with Johnny Depp to have some sort of guest role on the show, and he’s also approached Jerry Seinfeld for a guest spot to play “quite a whiny Upper East Side Jewish guy.” Honestly, this new series can’t come soon enough. While no formal deal is in place yet, the series is expected to hit HBO at some point, so stay tuned for more news on the project coming to the States.
...... http://collider.com/lifes-too-short-johnny-depp-jerry-seinfeld-ricky-gervais/81076/
Alan Tudyk to Play Stephen A. Douglas in ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
by Matt Goldberg Posted: March 17th, 2011
Alan Tudyk (Firefly) will play Stephen A. Douglas in Timur Bekmambetov’s 3D adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The book imagines our 16th President had a secret life fighting vampires and that was the real reason for the Civil War. In the history books, Douglas was opposite Lincoln on the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 which helped to raise Lincoln’s national profile. In the Vampire Hunter, Douglas is recast as an “ally of the Southern vampires,” because the only thing that’s worse than vampires, are pro-slavery vampires.
Tudyk joins a cast that includes Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper, Jimmi Simpson, and Robin McLeavy. Hit the jump for a synopsis of the novel. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is due out June 22, 2012.
http://collider.com/alan-tudyk-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/81082/
