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After considerable set backs, the indie film Jane got A Gun moved back into the production phase after Bradley Cooper agreed to join the cast. Cooper is replacing Jude Law, who abandoned the film after original director Lynne Ramsay dropped out of the project due to creative differences.
Jane Got A Gun follows a woman who asks an ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang, which is out to kill him. | Full Story
It seems as though the new Natalie Portman western, Jane Got A Gun might just be jinxed.
It all started yesterday when director Lynne Ramsay decided not to show up at work. Rather than cite creative differences or even bother to tell the crew, it seems as though she figured her absence would explain it all. Natalie Portman and her fellow producers scrambled to replace Ramsay and were able to land Gavin O’Connor in less than 24 hours. | Full Story
The upcoming Western Jane Got A Gun, starring Natalie Portman, has seen some major shake ups in male casting.
Michael Fassbender was initially slated to play the cowboy hero, however was forced to exit the film due to X-Men: Days of Future Past scheduling conflicts. Joe Edgerton then moved from playing the villain into the now vacant hero role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jude Law then swooped in to save the day, well more like ruin it, and assume the role of the bad guy. | Full Story
X-Men director, Bryan Singer, has his sights set on Peter Dinklage for X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Nothing is confirmed yet, but according to a Deadline.com exclusive, if Singer has his way, Dinklage will join the cast.
Peter Dinklage has an Emmy for his performance as Tyron Lannister on the popular HBO series Game of Thrones. The actor also voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift, played Liz Lemon’s short-term boyfriend on 30 Rock, and a children’s book editor with a short fuse in the holiday favorite, Elf.
Including Dinklage in the the mix would add yet another power player in an already stacked cast. | Full Story
Bryan Singer apparently has a knack for bringing people together. According to a recent report from THR, Singer is calling upon original cast members from X-Men and X2 to reprise their roles for his upcoming film, X-Men: Days of Future Past.
So far, both Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen have already agreed to reprise their roles as Professor X and Magneto, respectively. Hugh Jackman, who played the unmistakable Wolverine, is also currently in negotiations. | Full Story
Latest news out of the American Film Market, via Variety. Of all the real life stories to turn into a movie, the relationship between writer Thomas Wolfe and his editor Max Perkins was not in the top 100 that I want to see. Or even in the realm of “things that I knew were things.” I’m pretty sure only hardcore literary nerds were aware of the this relationship, or of Perkins’s existence in the first place (even though, in addition to Wolfe, he edited the work of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, among others of the Lost Generation). | Full Story
THR reports that the wheels are turning for Assassin’s Creed, the film adaptation of the wildly popular video game series. Production company New Regency is partnering with Ubisoft to make the film, which has amazing actor / mutant leader / android / ridiculously sexy thing / demigod Michael Fassbender attached as the lead. Fassbender, who last year got The Most Deserved Profile Bump Ever as he starred in seemingly every other film, is working on a pretty successful streak. | Full Story
Michael Fassbender has been named as the latest star to join Terrence Malick’s third production in the space of the year, according to The Playlist.
Fassbender joins the likes of Ryan Gosling – who is slated to star – as well as Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, and Cate Blanchett in a yet to be titled film from the fabled director. The story is rumored to revolve around two intersecting love triangles (a love hexagon?) set in the Austin, Texas music scene. | Full Story
Ever wonder what Herman Melville’s magnum opus Moby Dick would be like set in outer space? Me neither, but according to a recent article by collider.com, Lynne Ramsay and spouse Rory Kinnear are set to write and direct Mobius, a sci-fi take on the American classic.
Hollywoodreporter.com describes Mobius as “psychological action thriller set in deep space, where a captain consumed by revenge takes his crew on a death mission fueled by his own ego to find an enigmatic alien.”
As for Lynne Ramsay, this will be her second project with Scott Pictures, who is set to finance and produce Mobius. | Full Story
The range of Michael Fassbender has never, and should never, be up for debate. We’ve seen him as an English double-agent, a young Magneto, even a loincloth wearing Spartan who prefers to fight in the shade.
Now, according to The Playlist, we’ll be able to see Fassbender cast alongside Domhnall Gleeson in a rock biopic comedy simply titled Frank.
Frank will revolve around an aspiring musician – played by Gleeson – who joins a rock band led by the eccentric Fassbender. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
knows everything.
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