Thursday, May 28

• Tom Cruise to Star with Cameron Diaz in Action Comedy Wichita

  Variety reports that Tom Cruise is close to a deal with 20th Century Fox to star opposite Cameron Diaz in the upcoming action comedy Wichita, directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma).

  The script was originally penned by Dana Fox (The Wedding Date) and was later revised by Scott Frank (Minority Report). It's currently undergoing a second revision by Mangold and Laeta Kalogridis (Alexander, Pathfinder). Cruise would play an undercover agent who has to spend time in the company of a woman who has issues with men.

  
  

  Posted 05/28/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Cameron Diaz | Tom Cruise | James Mangold | Scott Frank | Dana Fox | Laeta Kalogridis | Wichita

Monday, August 20

• Monday morning movie news: Marley & Me, Bachelor No. 2, and The Young Victoria

  This morning's big news is that John Grogan's bestselling memoir about his crazy dog, Marley & Me, is going to be made into a movie. Owen Wilson will star as Grogan and Jennifer Aniston as his wife, as the two try to survive family life with the world's most insane yet lovable lab. We know it sounds sappy, but we read the book and it was good.

  David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) will direct, says Variety.

  In other news, Bachelor No. 2 and The Young Victoria are both filling out their casts. 

  Jason Biggs (yes, he of the pie porking in American Pie) and Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls, Related) will take supporting roles as the best friends in the Dane Cook-Kate Hudson romantic comedy Bachelor No. 2, says The Hollywood Reporter. And Variety is reporting that Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) and Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong, The Pianist) have joined the cast of the Scorsese-produced Queen Victoria biopic, The Young Victoria. Bettany will play Victoria's advisor Lord Melbourne and Kretschmann will play King Leopold of Belgium.

  
  

  Posted 08/20/2007 by reelz

  Related: David Frankel | Jason Biggs | Jennifer Aniston | Owen Wilson | Paul Bettany | Thomas Kretschmann | Scott Frank | Lizzy Caplan | Bachelor No. 2 | The Young Victoria