Wednesday, May 13

• Kevin Spacey to Portray Jack Abramoff in Casino Jack

  It's been a while since Kevin Spacey has had a notable leading role but, oh boy, does he have one now. Variety confirmed that Spacey will star as the notorious Jack Abramoff in Casino Jack, due for release next year.

  In 2006, Abramoff and several colleagues were indicted, tried, and convicted of defrauding American-Indian casinos out of many millions of dollars. Hayden Christensen, Christian Campbell, Spencer Garrett, and Jeffrey R. Smith will star as several of those colleagues.

  Casino Jack will be directed by George Hickenlooper, who also helmed the Warhol-era indie Factory Girl. The screenplay is by Norman Snider, who also co-wrote the script for David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers.

  
  

  Posted 05/13/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Kevin Spacey | Hayden Christensen | Norman Snider | Spencer Garrett | Jeffrey Smith | Christian Campbell | George Hickenlooper | Casino Jack

Wednesday, January 7

• NASA Casts Kirks and Vaders in 3-D Animated Quantum Quest

  Voice cast has been announced for the 3-D animated film Quantum Quest, a joint venture from NASA and Digimax. Ironically, all four castmembers announced have previously piloted either the Starship Enterprise or the Death Star. They are William Shatner, Hayden Christensen, Chris Pine and James Earl Jones.

  Fellow Star Wars vocal castmembers include Samuel L. Jackson and Mark Hamill. Amanda Peet, Jason Alexander, Sandra Oh, Spencer Breslin, Abigail Breslin and Neil Armstrong round out the impressive cast list.
  

  The picture will be directed by Harry Kloor and Dan St. Pierre. It will debut in IMAX in late 2009.

  Source: Variety

  
  

  Posted 01/07/2009 by reelz

  Related: William Shatner | Hayden Christensen