Wednesday, April 22
When the original cast of ZackSnyder's Watchmen follow-up Sucker Punch was announced it looked like a powerhouse cast of young starlets, from indie darlings Evan Rachel Wood and Abbie Cornish, to teenage movie stars Emma Stone and Vanessa Hudgens, all surrounding lead Amanda Seyfried, who was fresh from the box office success of Mamma Mia. Then things changed. First Seyfried departed and was replaced by The Uninvited's Emily Browning, and now Stone and Wood have left due to "scheduling conflicts" and have been replaced by Dragonball Evolution's Jamie Chung and Jena Malone (Pride & Prejudice). Still a talented cast, just not quite the same box office cache.
Malone will play Cornish's younger sister, while Chung will play a big-hearted country girl. Both characters will still be inmates in a mental institution in the 1950's in what is described as a "all-female action fantasy."
Sucker Punch opens October 8, 2010.
Posted 4/22/2009 by Ryan
Related: Amanda Seyfried | Jena Malone | Evan Rachel Wood | Emily Browning | Mamma Mia! | Watchmen | The Uninvited | Zack Snyder | Abbie Cornish | Emma Stone | Sucker Punch | Jamie Chung
Wednesday, April 1
A week ago, Amanda Seyfried was forced to drop out of Suckerpunch, Zack Snyder's follow-up to Watchmen, due to her commitment to HBO's Big Love. Emily Browning (The Uninvited) has taken over the role of Babyface, the focal point of the surreal and violent prison movie.
Browning will join a cast of young Hollywood starlets that includes Vanessa Hudgens, Emma Stone, Evan Rachel Wood, and fellow Aussie Abbie Cornish when filming commences in September.
Posted 4/1/2009 by Ryan
Related: Amanda Seyfried | Evan Rachel Wood | Emily Browning | Watchmen | The Uninvited | Zack Snyder | Abbie Cornish | Emma Stone | Sucker Punch | Vanessa Hudgens