Rebecca Hall (The Town) is in negotiations to join Iron Man 3 in a role previously described as “a sexy scientist every bit as smart as Tony Stark” (does that pic to the right from “Bazaar” say sexy scientist to you?).
Hall is taking the role Jessica Chastain declined recently due to what she source]
Cameron Diaz has reportedly signed on to fill the role previously eyed in Ridley Scott‘s The Counselor, joining previously cast Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem. The film is an original screenplay written by Cormac McCarthy in which Fassbender will play a present-day Southwest lawyer who thinks he can dip a toe into the drug business without getting sucked down. Diaz will play a character named Malkina described as a hyper-sexualized Argentinean woman who’s hooked up with Bardem’s character. Angelina Jolie was lobbying hard for the part, but rumor has it her commitment to Maleficent may have prevented her involvement. [source]
Clark Gregg worked his way into geek hearts everywhere with his turn in Marvel’s The Avengers franchise and now he’s signed on to join Jason Reitman‘s Labor Day alongside Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, James Van Der Beek, Gattlin Griffith, Brighid Fleming, Tom Lipinski and Maika Monroe. The film is based on the Joyce Maynard novel in which Kate Winslet will play a single mother of an awkward and isolated young son who takes in a stranger (Brolin) who turns out to be an escaped convict and ends up teaching the boy life lessons, while she falls in love with him over the course of Labor Day Weekend. [source]
Cole Hauser (2 Fast 2 Furious) has joined the cast of A Good Day to Die Hard playing Collins, the film’s villain, opposite Bruce Willis in his fifth turn as supercop John McClane as he heads to Russia and is reunited with his estranged son Jack (Jai Courtney). Despite their differences, they must work together to keep each other alive — and the world safe for democracy. The film is being directed by John Moore (Max Payne) and will hit theaters on February 14, 2013. [source]
AMC Networks has acquired Walter Salles‘s long-anticipated On the Road starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley and Kristen Stewart with IFC Films and Sundance Selects set to distribute the film theatrically later this year. The film is adapted from Jack Keroac’s “On the Road” in which Hedlund is set to play Dean Moriarty while Riley will play Kerouac’s alter ego, Salvatore Paradise, two young men who journey across the North American landscape in pursuit of self-knowledge and experience. The film will have it’s world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later this month.
Since Kick-Ass hit theaters in 2010, the original creator of the comic Mark Miller has been adamant that Kick-Ass 2 would see the light of day and it seems he was right. Kick-Ass 2 is preparing to head into production with Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down) directing and discussions getting underway with original castmembers Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Word is original helmer Matthew Vaughn can’t direct due to his commitments to the X-Men: First Class sequel, but he is backing it and supporting it. The film is expected to move from Lionsgate to Universal for distribution. [source]
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If you want a piece of obvious news, how about this… Disney will bring us The Avengers 2. Gasp. Shock. [source]
