Horror kicks of “The Couch” today as Lionsgate has revealed some final bits of information regarding the upcoming sequel Hostel: Part II. The casting news involves a now famous Potter name as Stanislav Ianevski, who played Victor Krum in Goblet of Fire is aboard the pic along with Richard Bugl, Robert Bart and what I can only assume are two hotties in Vera Jordanova and Milan Knazko. In other news Jay Hernandez’s name is nowhere to be found. Not sure if they are now keeping his part a surprise or if he gets killed off so quick they didn’t feel like making him a key cast member. We’ll see on that front. The pic is now set on a January 5, 2007 release and I just updated the three paragraph synopsis right over here (bit too long for this article). [Lionsgate]
Eduardo Verastigui, Cheech Marin and Danna Garcia will star in The Third Miracle for Media Entertainment and Prelude Pictures and director Rocco Devilliers. The film follows a ragtag team, put together in just three weeks, who stunned the world of baseball by winning 13 straight games by a total score of 99 to 13, relying on the charity of the very people they were beating along the way. The team won the final game on a perfect game with no hits and zero baserunners, marking the only time such a feat has occurred in the championship. Filming is set to begin on October 13 in Charlotte, N.C., and will then move to Monterrey, Mexico and then to Texas. The film is targeted for release worldwide during the 2007 baseball season. [Variety]
Simon West is set to direct Crazy Love, a true crime adventure revolving around a surfer girl who takes up with a drug smuggler and agrees to bring millions of dollars into Pakistan, only to be interrogated by authorities and pursued by a DEA agent. No casting was mentioned. [Variety]
