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Casting : Great Gatsby, Goliath, Les Miserables, College Republicans


The Great Gatsby
Gemma Ward (“The Strangers”) will play an “undisclosed role” in director Baz Luhrmann’s 3D epic. Ward joins fellow Aussies Joel Edgerton, Jack Thompson, Jason Clarke, Isla Fisher, Max Cullen, and Callan McAuliffe in the film. (More…)

Les Miserables
Anne Hathaway is rumoured to be taking on the role of Fantine in the Tom Hooper-directed, Hugh Jackman-starring musical. (More…)

College Republicans
Paul Dano (“Cowboys & Aliens”) will play a young Karl Rove in the Richard Linklater flick. Shia LaBeouf had been previously rumoured to play Rove. (More…)

Goliath
Scott Derrickson’s (”The Exorcism Of Emily Rose”, ”The Day The Earth Stood Still”) biblical epic may end up starring Dwayne Johnson as Goliath and Taylor Lautner as David. We spoke to Lautner last week for “Abduction” and he hinted at having signed up for something ‘big’ but couldn’t announce it at the time… is this the project in question? (More…)

TV : Under the Dome, Hangtown, Two and-a-Half Men, Da Vinci’s Demons

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