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Rosario T. Calabria on March 19, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Could this finally be it? After weeks of rumors and shortlists, THR’s Heat Vision blog is reporting that Marvel Studios has offered Chris Evans (“Fantastic Four”) the title role in Joe Johnston’s The First Avenger: Captain America. Marvel wouldn’t confirm the report, but Heat Vision says that the deal would include starring in up to [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on March 19, 2010 at 5:57 pm
According to their sources within Marvel, IESB is reporting that the shortlist for the actor who will play Captain America / Steve Rogers in Joe Johnston’s The First Avenger: Captain America has been narrowed to three: Channing Tatum; Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan. Both Tatum and Evans had been rumored previously, but Stan (who last [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on March 16, 2010 at 12:26 pm
THR’s Heat Vision blog is reporting that Jason Segal has signed on to star as the human lead in Disney’s Muppets movie. Segal (“How I Met Your Mother”) co-wrote the script with Nicholas Stoller THR also reports that the actor/writer has also joined the project as a producer.
James Bobin is on board to direct the [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on March 16, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Mike Fleming of Deadline New York is reporting that Asa Butterfield (“Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang”) will play the title character in Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, with the female lead role of Isabelle going to Chloe Moretz (“Kick-Ass”).
Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Kingsley will also star in the film.
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Rosario T. Calabria on March 16, 2010 at 11:33 am
The search for the actor to play Captain America / Steve Rogers in Joe Johnston’s The First Avenger: Captain America is still ongoing, and Mike Fleming of Deadline New York reports that Marvel Studios has expanded their search to include Channing Tatum (“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”):
I’m told that [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on March 15, 2010 at 2:10 am
Filmmaker-actor Taika Waititi and Temuera Morrison (pictured right — and who played Jango Fett from “Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones”) have joined the cast of Warner Brothers 3D feature Green Lantern:
Waititi plays the best friend of Hal Jordan, the test pilot who comes to wear the super-powered ring [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on March 15, 2010 at 1:46 am
James Callis, perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Gaius Baltar on Battlestar Galactica, has joined the cast of Syfy’s Eureka. The actor will appear during the show’s upcoming fourth season as Dr. Grant, “a former resident of the town whose return is a cause for alarm. His character will have a [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on March 15, 2010 at 1:38 am
Saïd Taghmaoui (“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”) has been cast in Marcus Nispel’s Conan:
Taghmaoui is playing a leader of thieves who is saved by Conan (Jason Momoa) and later offers him aid. Lang is a ruler in search of a queen whose blood will bring life to the demonic [...]