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Peter Dinklage and Catherine O’Hara Join REMEMORY; Vinessa Shaw Takes BITTER PILL; Bridget Moynahan Boards SMALL TIME

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: March 27th, 2012 at 5:39 pm

We’ve got a few movie casting notes for you today. Here they are at a glance:

• Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) and Catherine O’Hara (Home Alone) will star in writer/director Mark Palansky’s Rememory, in which Dinklage assists O’Hara in using her late husband’s invention to solve the mystery around his sudden death.
• Vinessa Shaw (3:10 to Yuma) is in talks to join Steven Soderbergh’s Bitter Pill. The project centers on a married doctor who is drawn into the life of an increasingly troubled patient who self-medicates to dull the anxiety related to the impending release of her husband from prison.
• Bridget Moynahan (I, Robot) joins the semi-autobiographical familial drama, Small Time, drawn from 24 co-creator Joel Surnow’s personal history.

Hit the jump for more on each project.

Casting Call: Jane Fonda to Play Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER; Christopher Meloni to Lead SMALL TIME

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: March 26th, 2012 at 3:02 pm

We’ve got a couple of casting stories to share with you this afternoon. First up, Precious director Lee Daniels continues to fill out the impressive cast for his passion project The Butler. The film tells the true story of Eugene Allen, a butler who served at the White House from 1952 to 1986. Daniels is casting a slew of stars to take small roles as the famous men and women who come through the White House over the years, and Variety reports that Jane Fonda will be taking on Nancy Reagan. Forest Whitaker is set as Allen, with Oprah Winfrey in talks to play Allen’s wife and David Oyelowo up for the role of Allen’s son.

Liam Neeson and John Cusack are apparently circling roles as Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, respectively, and we also heard that Mila Kunis is eyeing the role of Jackie Kennedy. It’s an ambitious project, and one that’s sure to draw considerable awards buzz. I’m interested to see how Daniels pulls off the “revolving door” aspect without the cameos taking over control of the story. Daniels is directing from a script he co-wrote with Game Change writer Danny Strong. Hit the jump for casting news concerning the indie Small Time.

Andy Garcia, Forest Whitaker, and Eva Longoria Set for THE TRUTH

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: October 24th, 2011 at 12:16 pm

A number of actors are set to star in the action thriller The Truth. Andy Garcia, Forest Whitaker, and Eva Longoria are poised to star in the pic, written and directed by Damian Lee (King of Sorrow). The story centers on an ex-CIA operative (Garcia) who is now working as a political talk show host. He’s approached by a corporate whistle blower to “expose her company’s cover-up of a massacre in a South American village.” Deadline reports that the cast also includes Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Kevin Durand, Devon Bostick, Lara Daans, and Steven Bauer. Garcia, Coates, and Jeff Sackman are executive producers on the project. Production begins later this month in Ontario and Puerto Rico. Whitaker is currently filming the actioner The Last Stand alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.

New Images from George A. Romero’s SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 14th, 2009 at 11:14 pm

Premiering at next month’s Toronto Film Festival is George A. Romero’s “Survival of the Dead”. As far as I know, the film doesn’t yet have distribution, but I’m sure if the film gets good reviews at the festival, someone will pick it up. But even if the critics don’t bite…with Romero’s name and it being a zombie film, it’s got a built in audience. Someone will distribute this thing, even if it’s just on home video. So until we all get to see it, after the jump are a bunch of new images. Take a look:

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