Stuff.
The Tom Tykwer directed film adaptation of Cloud Atlas appears to be moving again, adding Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw Susan Sarandon, and Jim Broadbent to its cast, which also includes Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, and Natalie Portman. James McAvoy, who was previous attached to play the part of the apprentice composer Robert Frobisher, has apparently moved on to other projects, and best guess is that Whishaw will be taking over his role. (The Playlist)
Alexander Skarsgard, Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan will star in dramatic comedy What Maisie Knew, an adaptation of Henry James' novel set in contemporary New York. Moore and Coogan play the parents of Maisie, a six-year-old enmeshed in their messy divorce. Skarsgard plays the new husband of Moore's character. (THR)
Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) is confirmed to direct Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, Atonement) in a film version of Stephenie Meyer's alien-invasion love story The Host. Ronan will portray both Melanie, a human resistance figher, and the Wanderer, a member of the alien race who takes over her body and consciousness. (The Playlist)
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener, The Brothers Bloom) is reportedly in talks to play the female lead/antagonist in Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy, opposite Jeremy Renner. The character is described as being "an operative from a covert government program that is even more dangerous than the Treadstone brainwashing program that hatched Bourne." Sounds as if Gilroy is definitely taking the franchise in a different direction to the original trilogy, which was directed by Doug Liman (film 1) and Paul Greengrass (films 2 and 3). (/Film)
Trailer for Luc Besson's action thriller Colombiana, starring Zoe Saldana as a young woman trained as a killer who is trying to avenge the murder of her family (in other words: Leon: The Professional, the sequel):
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Alexander Skarsgard, Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan will star in dramatic comedy What Maisie Knew, an adaptation of Henry James' novel set in contemporary New York. Moore and Coogan play the parents of Maisie, a six-year-old enmeshed in their messy divorce. Skarsgard plays the new husband of Moore's character. (THR)
Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) is confirmed to direct Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, Atonement) in a film version of Stephenie Meyer's alien-invasion love story The Host. Ronan will portray both Melanie, a human resistance figher, and the Wanderer, a member of the alien race who takes over her body and consciousness. (The Playlist)
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener, The Brothers Bloom) is reportedly in talks to play the female lead/antagonist in Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy, opposite Jeremy Renner. The character is described as being "an operative from a covert government program that is even more dangerous than the Treadstone brainwashing program that hatched Bourne." Sounds as if Gilroy is definitely taking the franchise in a different direction to the original trilogy, which was directed by Doug Liman (film 1) and Paul Greengrass (films 2 and 3). (/Film)
Trailer for Luc Besson's action thriller Colombiana, starring Zoe Saldana as a young woman trained as a killer who is trying to avenge the murder of her family (in other words: Leon: The Professional, the sequel):
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