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The Playlist has recently reported that Tina Fey will be taking part in The Muppets 2, a film that seems to be doing nothing but claiming big names.
The news comes just a few weeks after Ricky Gervais was announced to be starring in the heavily anticipated sequel and that Ty Burrell would be taking over for a part previously given to Christoph Waltz (aw). Who knew that so much casting drama would be occurring over a Muppet movie? | Full Story
The Muppets 2 team has cast Modern Family actor Ty Burrell to star in the sequel to the 2011 film, The Muppets.
Burrell will play the role of an Interpol inspector, a part that Inglourious Basterds star Christoph Waltz was originally slated to play.
The Muppets 2 will be more international, as the Muppets will journey off to explore Europe. Director James Bobin, who was at the helm of The Muppets, is returning and just like the first addition, The Muppets 2 promises several cameos. | Full Story
Things turn ugly after the Modern Family cast rejects 20th Century Fox offer!
The cast of Modern Family has teamed up to file a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox at the superior court in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Cast members Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara and Ed O’Neil are fighting over their contracts.
There was drama at the studio and the scheduled season four table read was canceled on Tuesday July 24th after the cast and producers could not come to an agreement. | Full Story
The Modern Family cast and 20th Century Fox Television are currently in negotiation for the TV show’s upcoming fourth season. Series members Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara are reportedly working on their contract deals together, just like the Friends cast did in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Negotiating contracts are a normal thing for Hollywood actors and agents often believe their their clients playing roles in successful and long running series deserve more money. | Full Story
Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid are currently in talks to join the cast of The Switch alongside Yasiin Bay, John Hawkes and Ty Burrell.
The Wanderlust actress is up for the role of Mickey Dawson, while the Words actor would play her crooked real estate developer husband.
In the crime drama film, Mickey is kidnapped and held for ransom by two ex-prisoners, played by John Hawkes and Yasiin Bay (Mos Def). Unfortunately for Mickey, her husband views the kidnapping as an opportunity to get rid of his wife and refuses to pay up. | 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
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