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Flix News of the Week: Ridley Scott possibly teaming up w/ Gerry Butler for an African thriller

Posted in Flix News, Upcoming Flix, tagged casting news, Gerard Butler, Gerry Butler, Gerry Butler Thunder Run, movie news, movies, Ridley Scott, Ridley Scott Gerry Butler team up forAfrican thriller, Ridley Scott prolific on November 18, 2011 | 23 Comments »

Ok yes I know, given how prolific Ridley Scott is (just check out this long list even from a year ago), who knows when we’ll see this project off the ground. But one can hope, right? I love Ridley’s work and you know how I feel about Butler, and so I’ve been hoping one day [...]

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Flix Casting News: Rufus Sewell, Christian Bale & James McAvoy

Posted in Flix News, Upcoming Flix, tagged casting news, Christian Bale The Last Photograph, James McAvoy Welcome to the Punch, movies, Rufus Sewell Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Rufus Sewell Aurelio Zen, Sean Penn rumored to join The Last Photograph, ShakespeaRetold, Zack Snyder The Last Photograph on April 13, 2011 | 45 Comments »

It’s been ages since I posted a news post but today I learned three exciting casting news of three of my favorite actors I’d like to share with you all. Rufus Sewell cast in Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Thanks to my pal Castor who tipped me about this news yesterday. This is awesome news! My [...]

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Casting and Misc. News: FlixChatter’s Highlights

Posted in Flix News, tagged Carrie Underwood Soul Surfer, casting news, Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Gabriele Muccino, Gerard Butler Slide, Javier Bardem, John Malkovich fashion designer, Johnny Depp directing Keith Richards documentary, movies, Passengers Keanu Reeves, Romola Garai, Terrence Malick untitled love story on February 5, 2010 | 10 Comments »

Happy Friday, everyone! I haven’t done a news post in a while and there have been some interesting developments of late, so let’s get to ‘em, shall we? Terrence Malick’s Untitled Love Story The notoriously reclusive and meticulous director Terrence Malick is reportedly been gathering up a cast for his yet untitled love drama. And [...]

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Casting & Misc. News: FlixChatter’s Highlights

Posted in Flix News, tagged 127 Hours, 21 jump street movie, Avatar, casting news, James McAvoy, movies, Red movie Helen Mirren, The Last Station on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Happy Friday, folks! Let me start off with some updates to a couple of news items I’ve mentioned in the past, so let’s get on ‘em, shall we? Back in November, I talked about Danny Boyle’s mountaineering-gone-wrong tale 127 Hours about an American adventurer who had to amputate his own arm stuck under a boulder [...]

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FlixChatter’s Casting & Misc News

Posted in Flix News, tagged casting news, David Schwimmer Trust, Duvall Don Quixote, Entourage movie, Hugh Jackman Real Steel, Keanu Reeves 47 Ronin, movies, My Fair Lady remake, Romancing the Stone remake on December 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Well, well, well, I haven’t done a news post in a while and lots of interesting stuff are swirling. Here’s some of the highlights you might’ve missed. Entourage movie is inevitable Mark Wahlberg, the executive producer and occasional contributor of the HBO hit Entourage, confirmed a movie version is in the works. “We’d like to [...]

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Casting & Misc. News: FlixChatter’s Highlights

Posted in Flix News, tagged Anthony Hopkins Hemingway, Aron Ralston, casting news, Danny Boyle 127 Hours, Helen Mirren Red, movies, The Tourist Angelina Jolie, The Tourist Johnny Depp on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A myriad of casting news have been popping up in the last few days. Here are a few that caught my attention: Dame Helen Mirren has joined a comic book-based thriller Red, alongside Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman. According to Empire, Willis will play a legendary assassin — he’s freakin’ John McClane, of course he’s [...]

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Keira Knightley is Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady” Remake

Posted in Flix News, tagged casting news, Emma Thompson, Joe Wright, Keira Knightley My Fair Lady, movies, My Fair Lady remake on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Edit: As of mid January 2010, it turns out that miss Knightley has withdrawn from this project even, and according to AceShowbiz, Carey Mulligan is said to be in the running for the role of Eliza. That’s too bad as she’d have been a terrific choice! Wow, I must’ve been living under a rock as [...]

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Casting Update & Miscellaneous News

Posted in Flix News, tagged casting news, Chris Pine as Jack Ryan, movies, Russell Crowe Robin Hood, The Next Three Days Russell Crowe, The Tourist on October 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Lots of interesting developments lately, I don’t think one blogger can ever catch up to the well-oiled machine that is Hollywood. So here goes: One of my most-anticipated flicks of 2010 gets a detailed synopsis courtesy of Collider.com: The untitled Robin Hood adventure chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, [...]

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Famous Roles That Got Away

Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged casting news, famous roles that got away, Johnny Depp, Lord of the Rings, movie casting, movies, roles that got away, Sean Connery passing on Gandalf role, Viggo Mortensen Aragorn, Your favorite stars and the roles they didn't get on October 6, 2009 | 14 Comments »

Casting is a tricky and undoubtedly crucial aspect of the film industry. I think if the film maker got the right actor for the role in any given movie, that’s half the battle right there. But what’s more fascinating than casting news is learning about the roles that got away. Cinematical recently pondered what would [...]

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