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Casting : Dornan, Aghashloo, Rush

Oscar Winning “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor to play Groucho Marx

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“Belfast” and “Synchronicity” actor Jamie Dornan has joined “Death on the Nile” star Gal Gadot in Netflix and Skydance flick “Heart of Stone”.

Directed by Tom Harper, the plot of the film is being kept under wraps but is said to be an international spy thriller. [More…]

 

“House of Sand and Fog” and “24” actress Shohreh Aghdashloo has joined the cast of Chris McKay’s “Renfield” at Universal Pics.

Starring Nicole Cage and Nicholas Hoult, the movie ”centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).” [More…]

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“Shine” Oscar Winner Geoffrey Rush is set to play iconic comedian Groucho Marx in “Raised Eyebrows” for “Rampart” director Oren Moverman.

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Charlie Plummer and Sienna Miller are also aboard the biopic, which “is set between 1973 and 1977 and stars Plummer as Stoliar, who is hired by Erin Fleming (Miller) to work with an aging and frail Groucho Marx (Rush). Fleming was in charge of Marx’s personal and professional life as his manager, and the two had a controversial relationship.”

The flick will shoot in Rush’s native Australia (Sydney to be exact). [More…]

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