Tuesday, February 12

• Casting news: Zellweger, Tomei and Wilson (oh my)

  Renee Zellweger will likely be starring in the comedy, My One and Only, based on the unusual childhood of uber-tan actor George Hamilton, in which his mother went on search of a wealthy man to supprt her and her sons. Charlie Peters (3 Men and a Little Lady) wrote the script. Richard Loncraine (Firewall, Wimbledon) will direct.

  Marisa Tomei will star as a stripper opposite Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky's new drama about an over-the-hill '80s wrestler (Rourke). Tomei was recently seen looking fabulous in Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

  And Patrick Wilson (the hottie dad in Little Children) has signed to star in Barry Munday, a romantic comedy about a philanderer who is named in a paternity suit. The movie is based on the Frank Turner Holton's novel, Life in a Strange Place.

  Source: Variety.

  
  
  

  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead trailer

  No one was supposed to get hurt.

  Posted 02/12/2008 by Heather

  Marisa Tomei | Patrick Wilson | Renee Zellweger | My One and Only | The Wrestler | Barry Munday

Wednesday, July 25

• Watchmen Casting: Wilson is definite, and much more

  It's official, the cast for Watchmen has been put into place. Directed by Zack Snyder, Watchmen will be an adaptation of the DC Comics series about the costumed vigilante, Rorschach.

  As we reported earlier, Patrick Wilson has indeed been cast as Nite-Owl. Joining him will be Jackie Earle Haley, who actually joined Wilson in last year's Little Children. This time around, Haley will be playing Rorschach, and not the creepy child molester next door.

  Also added to the cast: Billy Crudup (Almost Famous, Stage Beauty) as Dr. Manhattan, Matthew Goode (The Lookout, Match Point) as Ozymandias, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey's Anatomy) as the Comedian, and Malin Akerman (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle) as the Silk Spectre.

  Keep checking ReelzChannel.com for any more Watchmen updates that come up during this weekend's Comic-Con!

  Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  
  

  Posted 07/25/2007 by Heather

  Billy Crudup | Patrick Wilson | Matthew Goode | Malin Akerman | Jackie Earle Haley | Zack Snyder | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Watchmen

• More newz: on Watchmen and The Bell Jar

  While the official announcement hasn't hit the trades yet, there is little doubt  -- Little Children hottie Patrick Wilson has a superhero role in his future.

  Rumors have been swarming that he is going to play the Nite-Owl for Zack Snyder's Watchmen, and now it seems certain. Although the up-and-comer would only say "I'm not a good liar, so I really shouldn't go into it," when asked by press on Monday, he appears to have already confirmed the casting to Kerry Washington (with whom he is currently filming the Samuel L. Jackson/Neil LaBute thriller Lakeview Terrace), who was quite chatty about the subject.

  And English majors across the nation can let out a collective cry of joy. Julia Stiles has confirmed that she wil be starring in an adaption of Sylvia Plath's infamous autobiographical fiction novel The Bell Jar.

  The story, which follows young writer Esther Greenwood as she sinks into crippling suicidal depression over a summer int he 1950s, is Plath's most famous work and a touchstone of the modern literary cannon. There was one previous film version in 1979.

  Let's hope the young Ms. Stiles does this one proud!

  Source: MTV.com

  
  

  Posted 07/25/2007 by Heather

  Julia Stiles | Patrick Wilson | The Bell Jar | Watchmen