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Casting : Cube, Bardem, Vaughn, Wilson, Harrelson

A round-up of various casting news

Killer’s Game
Ice Cube will star opposite Dave Bautista in a new film from Day Shift director JJ Perry. Set to go into production in Budapest later this year, the film follows veteran assassin Joe Flood (Bautista), who is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and authorizes a kill on himself to avoid the pain that is destined to follow. After ordering the kill, he finds out that he was misdiagnosed and must then fend off the army of former colleagues trying to kill him. [More…]

Sweet Like Sugar
Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson will star in a new film set during the 1984 Olympic Games. As the new friendship of two teenage girls from different walks of life unfolds and city officials focus on the Olympics, a pair of former detectives’ (Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson) lives become intertwined when one of the young girls goes missing. [More…]

Nonnas
Dodgeball‘s Vince Vaughn will topline Nonnas, an original comedy that Stephen Chbosky (Wonder) has been tapped to direct. Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Linda Cardellini, Drea De Matteo, Joe Manganiello, Michael Rispoli and Campbell Scott also star in the film, which wrapped production recently in New Jersey. [More…]

Untitled F1 Pic
Javier Bardem (Skyfall) will join Brad Pitt in Joseph Kosinski and Apple Studios’ untitled F1 pic. The cast also includes Damson Idris, Kerry Condon and Tobias Menzies. Kosinski will produce his untitled feature alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films (Top Gun: Maverick), seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton through his Dawn Apollo banner and Plan B, with Copper CEO Penni Thow serving as executive producer.

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