Archive for Casting
Rose Leslie Cast as Ygritte in ‘Game of Thrones’
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News from beyond the wall, we have a Ygritte (pronounced EYE-grit) for season two of Game of Thrones. Rose Leslie will be playing the rough, yet lovable wildling (via winter-is-coming). Aside from her role as Gwen in PBS‘s Downton Abbey, Leslie has not had a lot of acting experience. She will need to bring a lot of character to the table if she plans on living up to the rambunctious persona of Ygritte. One thing is certain, she is a perfect match as far appearance goes with her natural red hair and freckles, which are the two most prominent traits of Ygritte’s physical description in the books.
Over the past five years Justin Timberlake has halted his music career to pursue acting. In that time he’s delivered a handful of solid performances in a wide variety of films, including: Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, The Social Network, Friends with Benefits and the upcoming In Time. Now it seems that he’s looking to actively pursue some awards recognition by taking the lead role in Spinning Gold, a biopic on record producer Neil Bogart, the co-founder of Casablanca Records and pillar of the 70′s music scene.
After a month or so of back-and-forth from Hollywood insider reports, it appears Quentin Tarantino has found the leading man for his next slave-era Spaghetti Western, Django Unchained. Rumors and reports have made the respective rounds claiming that Will Smith was the leading candidate to play Django, but news surfaced today that Foxx is QT’s main man. The story of Django Unchained follows a former slave who teams up with a German bounty hunter to save his to save his wife from an evil plantation owner. Oh, did I mention this premise is written and will be directed by Quentin Tarantino? Ok, good.
Zack Snyder Has Found His Jor-El for ‘Man of Steel’…That Man is Russell Crowe
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BIG news on the superhero movie casting front. As you know, Zack Snyder has been piling up the acting talent for his upcoming Superman reboot, Man of Steel, over the past few months. So far, he has Henry Cavill (Clark Kent), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Michael Shannon (Zod), Diane Lane (Martha Kent) and Kevin Costner (Pa Kent) rounding out the impressive cast. But there has been a major casting hole thus far, that has now been filled. I am of course referring to Superman’s bilogical father from Krypton, Jor-El, who was famously played by Marlon Brando in Richard Donner’s Superman films. Now, he will be played by none other than Russell Crowe. I mean…that’s just awesome.
This has the potential to be pretty awesome. Jessie Eisenberg is one of the hottest young, nerdy, articulate actors in town… maybe THE hottest. Thanks to The Social Network, he’s going to be in the upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less with Danny McBride, Nick Swardson and Aziz Ansari. It’s now being reported that he and Mr. Jake Gyllenhaal are “in talks” to star in a “magician heist film” called Now You See Me. Not only is it cool that a new genre of film has been created before the movie comes out even, but looking at the potential supporting cast (Olivia Wilde and Phillip Seymour Hoffman), and Now You See Me has come out of no where to become a film that I’m very much looking forward to.
Legolas — Err — Orlando Bloom Joins Cast of ‘The Hobbit’
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The official Facebook page for The Hobbit has confirmed Orlando Bloom will be reprising his role as Legolas. I will shamefully admit that it has been so long since I have read The Hobbit as a child that I barely remember the story. I don’t really remember how Legolas fits into the story or if he is in the book at all. All you experts out there, please advise.
Either way, this is great news to me. Legolas was one of my favorite characters among the barrage of likable faces in the LOTR trilogy, and I can’t wait to see the elf back at it again. This also gives me the opportunity to tell Movie Mash readers to “Like” The Hobbit Facebook page, because it has some real insight and a behind-the-scenes look into the film’s production. Jackson has already posted a 10 minute video showing Tolkien fans some of the elaborate and beautiful sets as well as actors walking around in the pre-production meetings. Any LOTR fan should not miss out on the real-time updates and fan interaction on the page.
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The cast for this film just keeps getting better and better. As if Sam Raimi’s choice to include James Franco, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz in his cast for The Wizard of Oz retelling, OZ: Great and Powerful, wasn’t awesome enough; today we have word that Michelle Williams has been chosen to play the iconic Glinda/The Good Witch. Great, right? Well, unfortunately, it seems that this was not the original choice for the director, but studio pressure forced his hand.
Joaquin Phoenix Joins Phillip Seymour Hoffman in P.T. Anderson’s ‘The Master’
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The next project from FIVE-time Oscar nominee Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Boogie Nights) has had some trouble getting off the ground over the past year or so. His film, tentatively titled The Master (which he also wrote) has hit delay, after delay, originally speculated because of the ‘controversial nature’ of the plot. The film is labeled a ‘religious drama’ that has been ‘heavily influenced’ by the inception and rise of Scientology – aaaand cue South Park episode… now. Anyway, good news Movie Mashers! Deadline is reporting that not only has Harvey Weinstein won a bidding war for worldwide distribution rights for the film, but that Mr. Joaquin Phoenix is officially “locked” to join Phillip Seymour Hoffman as co-leads in the film. Okay, where’s my wallet?
Three More Actors Join ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
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As The Dark Knight Rises preps to begin production in May, more and more news is coming out about the film left and right. Just last week it was reported that Christopher Nolan & Co. had chosen Pittsburgh as their new Gotham City instead of Chicago, as well as The Social Network’s Josh Pence being cast as a young Ra’s al Ghul. Today, we have word that Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me), Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Diego Klattenhoff (Mercy) have all been cast in the new Batman film as supporting characters.
KNEEL BEFORE… Michael Shannon?? Yes it is confirmed. Phenomenal character actor Michael Shannon, who can be currently seen chasing Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire, has officially been cast as General Zod in Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot, which has now also been officially titled the long rumored Man of Steel. Shannon joins the film as the main villain along with an already stellar cast, including: Henry Cavill, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and Amy Adams as Lois Lane.
