Casting: Don Cheadle and Brendan Gleeson
Don Cheadle and Brendan Gleeson have signed up for the roles in the thriller “The Guard”. Also in the picture are playing Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, Fionnula Flanagan, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Pat Shortt and Katarina Cas.
Casting: Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins will play the Odin role in the movie adaptation of the “Marvel” comics “Thor”. Thor will be depicted by Chris Hemsworth, Loki – Tom Hiddleston. Natalie Portman will play a nurse Jane Foster – earthly love of Thor.
Faces in the Crowd
Milla Jovovich was approved for the main role in the new psychological thriller “Faces in the Crowd”. “Forecast Pictures”, “Radar Films” and “Minds Eye Entertainment” are going to take production job.
Casting: Billy Bob Thornton and Dwayne Johnson
Billy Bob Thornton will share with Dwayne Johnson the stage on movie set-action-drama “Faster”, for the production of which in early 2010 has sat George Tillman Jr. ( “Notorius”, “Men of Honor”).
Casting: Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler will split up in the film “Jack and Jill”: in the new romantic comedy he will play two roles – a guy named Jack and his twin sister Jill. The plot so far is unknown. Steve Koren (“Click”, “Bruce Almighty”) has written the script.
Casting: Matt Damon and Josh Brolin
Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are discussing the possibility for participation in the western “True Grit” by Joel and Ethan Coen. It is a film adaptation of the same name novel by Charles Portis. The book has already been filmed in 1969.
Fifth Johnny with his family
The director of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” Steve Carr will shoot a fantastic remake of the 1986 comedy “Short Circuit”. It is a story of a military robot, which thanks to a lightning strike turned into a nice pacifist Johnny 5. Dan Milano(“Robot Chicken”) is writing the script.
Civil War 2
The producer Jerry Bruckheimer is ready to plunge his native United States into a chaos of the second civil war, appearing in the strategy “Shattered Union”, published by 2K Games in 2005. An adaptation of the game is making J. Michael Straczynski (“Changeling”, “Babylon 5″).
Casting: Diane Kruger and January Jones
In the new thriller “Unknown White Male” to Liam Neeson will join two actresses: Diane Kruger and January Jones. Shooting will begin in Berlin in late January, and in the director’s chair will sit Jaume Collet-Serra.
The new project of Neill Blomkamp has got the green light
The director of the “District 9″ will begin shooting of his second picture in the middle of next year. His new picture will be funding “Media Rights Capital”.
Casting: Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn
Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Anna Anissimova will join to Rachel Weisz on the set of independent political drama “The Whistleblower”.
Ghost in the 3D-Shell
Bosses of the “DreamWorks” studio have hired Laeta Kalogridis (“Shutter Island”) for a script adaptation of the cult manga “Ghost in the Shell”. A writer has to put in order the already existing writings of Jamie Moss (“Street Kings”)
“A Dirty Carnival” from the Hollywood
The company “Sparkler Entertainment”, which is responsible for “National Treasure”, together with office “Cj Entertainment” will produce a remake of the Korean criminal-action-thriller (“Biyeolhan geori”/”A Dirty Carnaval”).
The Devil Wears “Gucci”
Ridley Scott has persuade Angelina Jolie to play in his new picture “Gucci”, which, as you guessed tells about the famous fashion dynasty.
“The Lumiere Brothers” have rated the contribution of Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood at the past festival “Grand Lyon Film Fest” in France was awarded with the honorary award named after the Lumiere brothers, dealing mainly retrospective show of classics of world cinema.