Dakota Fanning to Star in MISSISSIPPI WILD; Robert Duvall, Mickey Rourke, and Forest Whitaker in Talks to Co-Star
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 16th, 2011
Dakota Fanning and Ryan Donowho (Bandslam) have signed on to lead the indie thriller Mississippi Wild. Variety reports that Robert Duvall, Mickey Rourke, and Forest Whitaker are in negotiations to co-star. The plot follows a teen (Donowho) “who has to go on the run with his girlfriend (Fanning) after stealing diamonds that belong to a local gangster.” Rourke is being courted for the role of the gangster while Whitaker is in talks to play a gangster who’s after Rourke’s character. There’s no word yet on who Duvall would play. Production is scheduled to begin on March 21st in Atlanta.
Fanning recently signed on to star in Girls Night Out, but Variety says she’ll first be starring alongside Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff in The Motel Life. Filming on Life is expected to begin this month.
Taylor Lautner and Michael Bay Team-Up to Auction Script Described as “MR. & MRS. SMITH Meets WANTED”
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 16th, 2011
Taylor Lautner and director Michael Bay have sent out an untitled script to the major studios. The Twilight actor and Transformers director won’t discuss the story but insiders tell Deadline that “it’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets Wanted.“ I’m interpreting this to mean that the movie is about a nihilistic couple who take their orders from a magic quilt, and that the story abruptly ends.” Or, as is more likely, the movie involves elite assassins. Huzzah.
Hit the jump for where Mr. & Mrs. Wanted might fit into Lautner’s busy schedule.
Cher to Play Mother Superior in THE THREE STOOGES?
by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 16th, 2011
Last December, we reported that Richard Jenkins was the first cast member on board the Farrelly Brothers’ The Three Stooges. Jenkins was set to play an abusive nun who torments Larry, Moe, and Curly at the orphanage where they grow up. As a huge Jenkins fans, I thought that was great news. Now 24 Frames is coming along to slap my enthusiasm in the face by saying that the Farrellys want to cast Cher as Mother Superior, the nun whom the Stooges terrorize. Now it’s possible that Jenkins’ nun would still be in the movie, but 24 Frames makes no mention of him. Cher had a cameo in the Farrellys’ 2003 film, Stuck on You. As someone who has never enjoyed anything I’ve seen Cher do (and that includes Moonstruck), I’m indifferent-at-best about this news.
Hit the jump for more on the project and other potential casting.
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