Wednesday, September 19

• Harry Potter casting newz

  In an effort to make sure no one in England is left out of the Harry Potter series, character actor Jim Broadbent (Bridget Jones's Diary, Moulin Rouge) has been cast as Horace Slughorn in the next Harry Potter movie, i.e., Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

  At this point, the only Brits who have not been cast in a Harry Potter movie are Prince Charles and David Beckham.

  For those who do not sleep with their copies of Harry Potter under their pillow, Horace Slughorn is a Potions professor at Hogwarts and the man responsible for telling Tom Riddle about horcruxes. For a biography of Slughorn of detail that only a real human deserves, check out his entry on MuggleNet.

  Broadbent will also be starring opposite Harrison Ford in the upcoming Indiana Jones movie.

  
  
  

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix clip

  "Dumbledore Says I've Been Expelled"

  Posted 09/19/2007 by Heather

  Jim Broadbent | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Tuesday, July 17

• Movie dealz: Brittany Murphy, Jason Lee, The Incredible Hulk and... Ace Ventura 3?!

  Brittany Murphy, Jason Lee, Giovanni Ribisi, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Izzard, Tim Roth, and Lili Taylor have signed on to join the cast of The Other Side. David Michaels is set to direct.

  The fantasy comedy about a grad student who discovers an eccentric group of residents hiding a terrible secret when she is stationed on a remote northern island will start filming in Nova Scotia in November. Sounds like The Shipping News meets Waking Ned Devine to us...

  ...The Incredible Hulk is getting a boost in the form of Christina Cabot (Fight Club), who has signed on to join Edward Norton, Tim Roth, Liv Tyler, and William Hurt in the comic-inspired sequel to 2003's Hulk. Cabot will be playing an aide to Bruce-Banner-chaser, General Ross (Hurt)...

  And finally, not only is there going to be an Ace Ventura 3, but it will star a kid. Twelve-year-old Josh Flitter, most recently seen as Robin Williams' creepy sidekick in License to Wed, has signed to star in the 'comedy,' which will follow Ace Ventura's son (Flitter) as he too becomes a pet detective who must find out who stole a baby panda to exonerate his wrongly-accused mother. Sounds like someone needed money to buy a new pool.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 07/17/2007 by Heather

  Brittany Murphy | Eddie Izzard | Giovanni Ribisi | Jason Lee | Jim Broadbent | Lili Taylor | Tim Roth | Josh Flitter | Christina Cabot | The Incredible Hulk | Ace Ventura 3 | The Other Side