Casting & Misc. News: FlixChatter’s Highlights

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

Edit: As of  mid January 2010, it turns out that miss Knightley has withdrawn from this project even, and according to AceShowbiz, Carey Mulligan is said to be in the running for the role of Eliza.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

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

Casting is a tricky and undoubtedly crucial aspect of the film industry. I think if the filmmaker 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 happen …

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Casting News – FlixChatter Highlights Part 3

Happy Tuesday, folks. Time for some casting news I've compiled over the weekend. Let's just get right to it, shall we? The biggest news that sort of hit me out of left filed is concerning my favorite up & coming actor Sharlto Copley. Various sources have reported that he's been offered the role of Murdoch …

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Hollywood Casting News: Flixchatter highlights

When I was little, every time the inevitable "what do you want to be when you grow up?" question came up, I always answered with all the tenacity a teeny girl I could muster: a screenwriter. A rather unusual reply for a wee kid barely able to scribble a decent sentence, let alone a paragraph. …

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