Casting Call: Connie Britton and Harry Connick Jr. to Topline WHEN ANGELS SING, Gael Garcia Bernal to Star in WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL?
by Adam Chitwood Posted: February 14th, 2011
A couple of casting stories for you today. Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) and Harry Connick Jr. will headline the holiday family film When Angels Sing. The film will be directed by Tim McCanlies (Secondhand Lions), with a script by Lou Berney adapted from the novel of the same name by Turk Pipkin (Best. Name. Ever.). Variety reports that Kris Kristofferson, Chandler Canterbury, Willie Nelson, Fionnula Flanagan, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson and Lyle Lovett round out the Texas country music-themed cast.
Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries) will star in the drama documentary Who is Dayani Cristal?. The documentary recently started filming and explores the immigration debate sparked by the discovery of an unidentified body found on the US/Mexico border with a tattoo that reads “Dayani Cristal” as the only identifying mark. Variety reports that the film is being produced by Pulse Films and Bernal’s own company Canana.
First Look at Jude Law on the Set of Steven Soderbergh’s CONTAGION
by Adam Chitwood Posted: February 14th, 2011
Steven Soderbergh’s action-thriller Contagion is now filming, and Jude Law has been spotted on set. The star-studded thriller features Law, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard, Lawrence Fishbourne, Bryan Cranston, Demitri Martin and Elliott Gould. The film centers on a team of international doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with a deadly virus outbreak. As if the cast wasn’t reason enough to see the flick, Matt Damon recently revealed that Soderbergh will be retiring soon, after his biopic Liberace with Damon and Michael Douglas and one last possible foray with George Clooney. Hit the jump to see Law looking like a spaceman.
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