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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Isabelle Fuhrman and Alexander Ludwig Round Out the Tributes in THE HUNGER GAMES Cast Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, and Christopher Walken Join Colin Farrell in SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Ashton Kutcher to Replace Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men" Alex Pettyfer Joins Channing Tatum as Strippers in "Magic Mike"

Isabelle Fuhrman and Alexander Ludwig Round Out the Tributes in THE HUNGER GAMES Cast
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: May 11th, 2011 at 8:51 pm

The basic premise behind The Hunger Games is a fight to the death between 24 kids (ages 12-18) — two “tributes” selected from each of the 12 districts of Panem, the dictatorship of the future. Lionsgate has spent the last month steadily rolling out the young cast that will play the kids, saving two of the most important tributes for today’s final announcement. You can gauge their relative importance by their names — known not as “Tribute Boy” and “Tribute Girl,” but rather as Cato and Clove of District 2. Alexander Ludwig (Race to Witch Mountain) will play Cato, Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) will play Clove. I can’t speak for Ludwig’s talent, but the Fuhrman casting is excellent. She wowed us all in Orphan in 2009, but screen credits since have been minimal (The Cleveland Show?). Fuhrman is perfect for Clove, who is great with a knife and, um… not very nice.
Virtually all of the principal roles are filled: Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch, Liam Hemsworth as Gale, Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane, Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, Willow Shields as Primrose, and Paula Malcomson as Mrs. Everdeen. Find a Cinna (perhaps Lenny Kravitz?) and a President Snow, and you’re pretty much set. Director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit) ought to begin production soon to make the planned March 23, 2012 release date. Hit the jump for the official synopsis the full tribute casting rundown.
http://collider.com/the-hunger-games-tributes-cast/90436/

Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, and Christopher Walken Join Colin Farrell in SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

by Brendan Bettinger Posted: May 11th, 2011 at 9:45 pm

Quick — before you read the headline, think of four male actors you’d like to see in a movie together. Now, less than 2% of you named Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, and Christopher Walken. But 14% combined two or more of these actors, and an impressive 37% of your lists included at least one. This bodes well for Seven Psychopaths, the black comedy which secured Farrell, Rockwell, Rourke, and Walken at the Cannes Film Festival today. Per Variety, the story centers on “a screenwriter (Farrell) struggling for inspiration for his script, Seven Psychopaths, who gets drawn into the dog kidnapping schemes of his oddball friends (Rockwell and Walken).” How can you not love a movie that casts Rockwell and Walken as “oddball friends”/dog kidnappers separated by 26 years in age? Rourke will play a gangster who causes trouble when his dog goes missing. (Given Rourke’s love of dogs and general flirtation with insanity, he may not know he is in Seven Psychopaths.)
The project reunites Farrell and In Bruges writer/director Martin McDonagh, not to mention In Bruges producers Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Tessa Ross. The ineffable Meghan Ellison (True Grit) is also on board as producer.

http://collider.com/sam-rockwell-mickey-rourke-colin-farrell-seven-psychopaths/90450/

Mickey Rourke and Christopher Walken in "Seven Psychopaths" Comedy

Posted: May 12th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff

Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Christopher Walken will join Colin Farrell in the black comedy "Seven Psychopaths," which HanWay is selling at the Cannes Film Festival.

Story follows a screenwriter (Farrell) struggling for inspiration for his script, "Seven Psychopaths," who gets drawn into the dog kidnapping schemes of his oddball friends (Rockwell, Walken). Things take a turn for the worse when a gangster's (Rourke) mutt goes missing.

The new movie is directed and written by "In Bruges" helmer Martin McDonagh.

Source: Varietyhttp://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=21631&count=0

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Roles Revealed for Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES 4 New Images from 30 MINUTES OR LESS Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, and Danny McBride Isla Fisher May Play Myrtle Wilson in Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY Tim Roth to Return to Directing with Adaptation of TURNING STONES; Wants Sam Rockwell to Star

Roles Revealed for Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011
Warner Bros. has sent out a press release revealing who Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play in The Dark Knight Rises. Rumors that Cotillard and Gordon-Levitt would play Talia al Ghul and Alberto Falcone, respectively, have turned out to be false, or at least not as simple as a straight reveal. Cotillard will play “Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham.” As for Gordon-Levitt, he’s been cast as “John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon. Neither character has previously appeared in the comics.

Hit the jump for my thoughts on the casting along with the full press release. The film also stars Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine. The Dark Knight Rises opens July 20, 2012.
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4 New Images from 30 MINUTES OR LESS Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, and Danny McBride
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011

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Sony has released four new images from the upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), the film centers on a couple of wannabe criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) who force a pizza delivery guy (Jesse Eisenberg) to rob a bank. The pizza delivery guy enlists the help of his ex-best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) to pull off the heist.

Hit the jump to check out the images. 30 Minutes or Less opens August 12th.

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Isla Fisher May Play Myrtle Wilson in Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011
Isla Fisher may be joining Baz Luhrmann’s 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Heat Vision reports that Fisher is in negotiations to play Myrtle Wilson, the wife of George B. Wilson and the mistress of Tom Buchanan (Ben Affleck). If Fisher signs on, she’ll join Leonardo DiCaprio (Jay Gatsby), Carey Mulligan (Daisy Buchanan, wife of Tom Buchanan), and Tobey Maguire (the novel’s narrator Nick Carraway). The other major roles left to be cast are Daisy’s friend Jordan Baker and George Wilson. Hit the jump for a synopsis of The Great Gatsby.
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Tim Roth to Return to Directing with Adaptation of TURNING STONES; Wants Sam Rockwell to Star
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011
Tim Roth is looking to get back in the directing game with an adaptation of Marc Parent’s non-fiction book, Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk. Roth, who was abused as a child, sees the film as a companion piece to his 1999 directorial debut, The War Zone. Parent was a struggling actor in his twenties who joined an experimental social work unit that called upon him to project children from abusive parents. His work sometime required him to at times break up households and even have parents arrested.

Roth tells THR, “He was an incredible social worker – he saved tons of children from horrible situations.” Roth wants Sam Rockwell to play Parent even though Rockwell is twice Parent’s age when he started the job. The film currently has no producer, but Roth is already planning to shoot the film in digital in order to keep costs low and take “real control of the atmosphere surrounding the children.” Hit the jump for a synopsis of Turning Stones.
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Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt "Dark Knight Rises" Roles Revealed

Posted: April 19th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff

Warner Bros has announced that "Inception" stars Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have officially joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises."

Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father's philanthropic endeavors for Gotham. Gordon-Levitt will play John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon.

"When you collaborate with people as talented as Marion and Joe, it comes as no surprise that you would want to repeat the experience," said Nolan. "I immediately thought of them for the roles of Miranda and Blake, and I am looking forward to working with both of them again."

Source: Warner Bros

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