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New casting and filmmaker announcements
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Soul-selling, Slumming it and Stepping right up…. Lots of casting and filmmaker announcements over the last couple of days, and a couple of doozie rumours too, here’s an amalgamation of some…
ANNA FARIS has joined the cast of the new Jon Heder/Diane Keaton comedy, “Mama’s Boy”.
MICHAEL PENA, of “Crash” fame, has joined Mark Wahlberg for the political thriller “Shooter”.
DANNY DEVITO, DYLAN WALSH and JUSTIN LONG will star in Hart Bochner’s “One Part Sugar”, about a man who stays in his hometown in the hope that the girl of his dreams finally notices him.
THE FARRELLY BROTHERS will direct a remake of the French comedy “The Valet”, which Allen Loeb will write for Dreamworks.
According to a report on Batman-on-film.com, one of the rumoured top contenders for the role of The Joker in the next “Batman” movie – may have pulled out. HULME? BETTANY? JOEY TRAVOLTA?
JAMES DENTON and CHRIS KATTAN have signed to star in “Wanted : Dead or Alive”, about two cowboys (Denton and Kattan) and an Indian girl who try to outrun a sheriff and his posse of zombies intent on catching the trio.
According to various reports, LINDSAY LOHAN may now be the frontrunner to play Lucy Ewing in the film version of 80s TV fave “Dallas”.
CHRISTOPHER SHOWERMAN, of “George of the Jungle 2”, is in talks for a role in “Licence to Wed”, a new comedy starring ROBIN WILLIAMS and MANDY MOORE.
SAMANTHA MAHURIN has joined the cast of Chris Nolan’s “The Prestige”. She will play the role of Hugh Jackman’s daughter in the film.
PRISCILLA PRESLEY is apparently working with “Sex and the City” creator Darren Star on a remake of the Peter Sellers classic, “The Party”, says Contact Music.
Despite the rumours, WALTER HILL will not be directing the upcoming “Rambo 4” starring Sylvester Stallone.
Aint it Cool News has received a cover image for the “Death Proof” part of Quentin Tarantino’s “Grind House” script, which confirms the casting of MICKEY ROURKE and ZOE BELL, as the leads.
Despite a delay caused by the sale of MGM to Sony, the sequel to MATTHEW BRODERICK classic “War Games” is still in the works. Mike Elliot (“The Devil’s Rejects”) will produce.
JOAN CHEN, STEVEN VIDLER and KERRY WALKER are hard at work on the new Australian film, “The Home Song Stories”, from Tony Ayres, says AICN.
According to SciFi Wire, RICK BERMAN will not be involved – pop the champagne – in any capacity, in the upcoming “Star Trek 11”, directed by J.J Abrams.
NICKY KATT has snagged a plum role in the Tarantino/Rodriguez collaboration, “Grind House”.
JIMMY SHERGILL and JACKIE SCHROFF have joined the cast of “90 Mins”, a new sports comedy starring Jackie Chan and Danny DeVito.
“Phil of the Future” star J.P MANOUX, and “40 year-old Virgin” star DAVID KOECHNER have joined the cast of “Reno 911 : Miami”, now filming.
NB : Unless otherwise stated, items are either Moviehole exclusives, or relayed from both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety
