Thursday, August 9

• Casting newz: Walken, Hurt, Defiance, and Eagle Eye

  Variety is reporting several casting deals today.

  Christopher Walken and Alessandro Nivola (Junebug, Face/Off) will be teaming up in Five Dollars a Day, a road movie in which Walken plays a conman and Nivola the son who's been jailed for his crimes. Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, A Lot Like Love) will direct...

  ...Liev Schreiber (The Painted Veil, Kate & Leopold) and Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, King Kong) will be joining Daniel Craig in Defiance, the Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond) written and directed drama about Polish brothers who join the Russian resistance during the Holocaust...

  ...Director D.J. Caruso will be re-teaming with Shia LaBeouf after their blockbuster turn in Disturbia for another thriller, Eagle Eye. Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible III, North Country) has just been cast opposite Shia as a single mother who must infiltrate a cell plotting a political assassination after they are wrongly accused of being terrorists. MTV.com recently reported that Rosario Dawson has also signed onto the movie...

  ...MTV is also reporting that William Hurt has a juicy role coming up in a new Julie Delpy drama/romance. The Countess, which Delpy wrote and will star in and direct, is about Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian countess who lived during the 16th century and also happened to be a serial killer. Radha Mitchell (Melinda and Melinda, Finding Neverland) and Vincent Gallo (The Brown Bunny, Buffalo 66) are also confirmed. 

  
  

  Posted 08/09/2007 by Heather

  Alessandro Nivola | Christopher Walken | Liev Schreiber | Michelle Monaghan | Rosario Dawson | William Hurt | Nigel Cole | D.J. Caruso | Radha Mitchell | Vincent Gallo | Jamie Bell | Shia LaBeouf | Julie Delpy | Five Dollars a Day | Defiance | Eagle Eye | The Countess

Friday, May 18

• Bondstein, James Bondstein

  Variety is reporting that British actor Daniel Craig has signed on to act in the upcoming Holocaust drama Defiance, which will be written and directed by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond).

  Based on the true story from Nechama Tec's memoir of the same name, Defiance tells the story of four Jewish brothers who join up with Russian resistance fighters in WWII Poland.

  Craig, who is best known for taking over the role of James Bond (Casino Royale), appears to have a burgeoning penchant for playing Jewish badasses (witness: Munich).

  I think I can say I speak for all of my people when I say, "Shalom, and glad to have you, sir." 

  
  
  Next Showing: Defiance is scheduled for release on November 11, 2008.
  

  Casino Royale clip

  Daniel Craig is 007

  Posted 05/18/2007 by Heather

  Daniel Craig | Edward Zwick | Casino Royale | Defiance