Alicia Malone
Phil Spector
Helen Mirren (“The Queen”) is replacing Bette Midler in HBO’s David Mamet-written and directed movie about legendary music producer Phil Spector (Al Pacino). Midler was to play defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden (Mirren), who represented Spector during his first trial for murder. (More…)
Pan Am
Mike Vogel (“Cloverfield”) has joined the cast of the new TV series “Pan Am”, about a group of pilots and flight attendants working at the iconic Pan Am Airlines in the 1960s. Vogel is playing Dean, a young man who finally lives his dream of becoming a pilot. (More…)
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Dennis Quaid (“Soul Surfer”) has joined the cast of the all-star romantic comedy, based on the best-selling pregnancy handbook of the same name. Quaid will play the husband of Brooklyn Decker’s character who is expecting twins. (More…)
AWOL
Wyatt Russell (“Cowboys and Aliens”) has joined the cast of Vietnam-era love story “AWOL”, starring Teresa Palmer and Liam Hemsworth. (More…)
BladeRunner 2
Though prequels and sets are said to be in development to Ridley Scott’s ’80s fave doesn’t mean star Harrison Ford will be back to reprise his role as Deckard. “I have no idea at this point,” Ford said. “It’s very early on. I know some of the people involved.” (More…)
Uncharted
New ‘Drake’s Fortune’ director Neil Burger has responded to claims that Nathan Fillion is the only actor who could play Nathan Drake in the film. “I think he’s a good actor,” Burger says, “[But] I think there’s a lot of really good actors who don’t even look like [Nathan Drake] who could play it. Where we are right now is that we’re literally starting from scratch on the screenplay, and I think that once we finish it, then we’ll go to actors and see who’s available and who’s right for the parts. Whenever that happens.” (More…)
Bond 23
Rhys Ifans (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) will playing an undisclosed role in the next James Bond movie. Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem and Judi Dench are already set for the Sam Mendes directed film. (More…)
Cicero
Tom Hardy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) is attached to play Al Capone in a new film from “Deathly Hallows” helmer David Yates. Plans are for the story to be spread out over three films, chronicling Capone’s rise, reign and fall. (More…)
