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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Contraband, Piranha 3Dd, and More Prepare to Shoot in New Orleans
17 December 2010 1:42 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
New Orleans is one of the major U.S. cities that offers enticing tax incentives to Hollywood productions. Some of the biggest movies make their home, or at least part of their home, in the Louisiana city and 2011 is going to be no exception. Nola.com reports that production on Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is slated to begin on January 24th, although the length of the shoot and where exactly they'll be filming is currently unknown. Hit the jump for a list of films that are currently shooting in New Orleans and which movies are headed to the Big Easy. Nola.com reports that the Miley Cyrus action-comedy So Undercover is in town and that William Friedkin's dark indie comedy Killer Joe (starring Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch) plans to wrap this weekend. Other films currently shooting in New Orleans are both parts of The Twilight »
- Matt Goldberg
The Hangover Part II, The Ides Of March, Contraband, The Door, City Of Bones, and So Undercover Fill Out Casts
9 December 2010 8:24 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
With production in Hollywood getting ready to shut down for the holidays, agents all over town are scrambling to finalize last-minute deals for their clients. Hence, tons of casting news was released today.
Max Minghella, who played Divya (the Winklevoss twins’ third partner) in The Social Network, is set to star as Ben Harper in George Clooney’s The Ides of March. Clooney wrote, will direct, and stars in the political drama alongside Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood.
Hit the jump for many more casting announcements for The Door, The Hangover Part II, City of Bones, Contraband, and So Undercover.
Deadline reports Alison Eastwood (yes, Clint’s daughter) and Dallas Roberts (3:10 to Yuma) will star in the psychological thriller The Door. Directed by Matthew Arnold, the film centers on a radio talk show host (Roberts), who gets drawn into exploring paranormal activity and crosses paths with Eastwood’s character, »
- Adam Chitwood
For Young Thesps, It's All About Locking Roles Before Holidays
9 December 2010 4:56 PM, PST | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
The town is slowing, but not the deal makers who are racing to lock their young clients into jobs before everything shuts down for the holidays. Here are some of the more interesting results: British actor Joshua Bowman just got the love interest to Miley Cyrus in her new film So Undercover, which is being financed by Exclusive Media Group and directed by Tom Vaughan. The actor's repped by Management 360 and United Agents. Lily Collins has been set to star in the first installment of the Mortal Instruments book series which is being directed by Scott Charles Stewart for Screen Gems. She'll play the role of Clary Fray. Collins, who followed The Blind Side by starring with Taylor Lautner in Abduction, next stars in Priest. She's repped by CAA. Max Minghella has landed the role of Ben Harper in Ides of March, which George Clooney will begin directing next year. »
- MIKE FLEMING
Agency Verve Expands Into TV With Sales
8 December 2010 6:30 AM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Upstart talent and literary agency Verve was launched almost a year ago by three former Endeavor agents, Bill Weinstein, Bryan Besser and Adam Levine, who left Wme several months after the Endeavor-wma merger. Because of the trio's pedigree - they are all motion picture lit agents - Verve started building its business on the feature side but has been expanding into TV. And to prove that there is no bad blood between the Verve partners and their former employer, a couple of the TV projects are being done in conjunction with Wme. Here are some notable TV sales by Verve clients: Victoria Strouse (Apostles of Infinite Love, Little Fockers on-set writer) is writing Consulting Adults for NBC, with 20th TV and studio-based Chernin Entertainment producing. It is an office show about a team of corporate consultants who advise people on how to fix their companies, even though their personal lives are quite dysfunctional. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Mark Wahlberg's Producing and May Star in The Raven
8 December 2010 12:30 AM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent About.com Hollywood Movies news »
Ricardo De Montreuil's short film The Raven is edging closer to becoming a feature-length film as Universal Pictures just closed the deal to make the movie, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Mark Wahlberg is attached as producer and could also star in the film.
This Raven has nothing to do with Edgar Allen Poe, although a film based on the last days of the poet's life is currently being shot with John Cusack playing Poe. It's pretty much a given one of these projects will undergo a name change before it hits theaters.
The official Facebook site for the short film has this synopsis: "Chris Black possesses a power that could lead to the destruction of the current regime, and they will stop at nothing to destroy him. The chase is on as Chris runs for his life in this sci-fi thriller set in an alternate and futuristic Los Angeles. »
Foster, Ribisi, Jones Join ‘Contraband’
7 December 2010 8:04 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, and Caleb Landry Jones have all joined Contraband, a thriller set up at Universal Pictures starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale.
The movie features Wahlberg as a retired smuggler named Chris, who is pulled back into the illegal business for the typical “one last job,” and becomes embroiled in a dangerous mission to avoid customs and rescue his family. Baltasar Kormákur, who starred in and produced the Icelandic original Reykjavik-Rotterdam, is directing the American remake in early 2011 for a release on March 16, 2012.
According to Variety, Jones will play Wahlberg’s brother-in-law, Andy, who botches a drug deal and lands himself in hot water with some shady, unforgiving types. If it sounds like Gone in 60 Seconds with shipments instead of cars, that’s because it is essentially the same plot. The script by Aaron Guzikowski takes a few predictable turns, but the suspense hinges on a »
- Jeff Leins
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: December 5th 2010
5 December 2010 11:32 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This week:
Harry Potter waves his magic wand – but he can’t get un-Tangled; Magnolia Films has Good Neighbours; Ben Stiller and James Franco talk about being Young; Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi have Contraband and Michael Douglas returns!
Box Office
Disney’s Tangled duked it out with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 for the top spot over the weekend. The boy wizard lost with Tangled taking $21.5 million to Potter‘s $16.7 million. The Potter film has now banked a mighty $244 million, while the animated fairy tale has scored $96.5 million.
Burlesque danced up another $6.1 million – upping its domestic total to $27 million. The film stars Cher and Christina Aguilera.
The latest Denzel Washington and Tony Scott team-up Unstoppable banked another $6 million for a grand total of $68.9 million.
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Foster, Ribisi deal in 'Contraband'
3 December 2010 1:48 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are in talks to join Universal's thriller "Contraband," opposite Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. According to Variety, the film is a remake of the Oskar Jonasson-directed Icelandic thriller "Reykjavik-Rotterdam."Baltasar Kormakur, who co-wrote, produced and starred in the original, is directing the remake.Aaron Guzikowski wrote the script, which follows an ex-freight ship worker (Wahlberg), fired for smuggling, who barely makes ends meet as a security guard until his best friend persuades him to sign on for one last illegal job.Wahlberg, Kormakur, Stephen Levinson, and Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing. Production is set for January 2011 with Universal releasing it on March 16, 2012. Foster can be seen in the upcoming "The Mechanic" »
- Adnan Tezer
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi Negotiate to Be in ‘Contraband’
2 December 2010 7:33 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Universal is in talks with actors Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi for “Contraband.” “Contraband” will be the remake of the Icelandic film “Reykjavik-Rotterdam.” The story is about a security guard with financial troubles, who decided to do one last smuggling run. The movie is being directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Kormakur also produced and starred in the Icelandic original version. Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale are already attached to the project. The production will begin early next year and set to be released on March 16, 2012. Gig Patta’s Take: Found the Icelandic trailer of the movie. It looks pretty cool. Check out the 2008 foreign trailer and let us know what you think about a remake of this movie. Source: Variety »
Casting Notes: Abigail Spencer in ‘This Means War’; Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi in ‘Contraband’; Liam Hemsworth in John Singleton’s ‘Broken Run’
2 December 2010 5:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Add one more to the cast of McG's This Means War, in which Chris Pine and Tom Hardy go to war over the affections of Reese Witherspoon. (Angela Bassett was just cast [1] the other day.) Mad Men's Abigail Spencer has signed on; she'll play Tom Hardy's ex-wife. Personally, I might do more fighting over her than Reese Witherspoon, but that's just me. [THR [2]] After the break, Ben Foster joins a Mark Wahlberg movie, and John Singleton will direct the younger Hemsworth. I'm more curious about Contraband than most of the other Mark Wahlberg projects that are on deck, mostly because it is a remake [3] of the 2008 Icelandic film Reykjavic-Rotterdam. (And is being directed by that film's star and producer, Baltasar Kormakur.) Now I'm far more interested because the very talented Ben Foster has joined the cast, as has Giovanni Ribisi. (Also a talented guy, obviously.) Mark Wahlberg plays »
- Russ Fischer
Ricky Gervais, Emily Blunt make 'Muppets' cameos; 'Three Stooges' gets a start date
2 December 2010 1:35 PM, PST | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Who knows how long those Red Vines have been sitting there? Have these morsels of movie news instead.
Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt have joined the growing list of actors making cameos in the new, Jason Segel-written Muppets movie (Segel also plays the main human part). The two Brits join Jack Black, Alan Arkin, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Crystal and Jean-Claude Van Damme (yes, really) as cameo artists. [Heat Vision]
It doesn't currently have a cast, but the long-in-the-works "Three Stooges" movie has a start date: March 14. Bobby and Peter Farrelly are directing and co-wrote the script with Mike Cerrone. Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio del Toro were originally set for film, but production delays led Penn and Carrey to drop out; del Toro's involvement is uncertain now. [Deadline]
Ben Foster ("3:10 to Yuma," "X-Men: The Last Stand") is joining Mark Wahlberg in the thriller "Contraband," a remake of the Icelandic movie "Reykjavik-Rotterdam. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Ben Foster And Giovanni Ribisi Join Contraband
2 December 2010 12:07 PM, PST | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are the two newest actors to join the upcoming film Contraband. Already starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale, the film is an American remake of the movie Reykjavik-Rotterdam, which came out of Iceland back in 2008 and was very well reviewed. Baltasar Kormákur, who starred in, co-wrote and produced the original, will take the director's chair here. »
- Matt Joseph
Foster, Ribisi Smuggling "Contraband"
2 December 2010 10:17 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are in talks to join the $30 million thriller "Contraband" for Universal Pictures reports Variety.
An English-language remake of Oskar Jonasson's Icelandic thriller "Reykjavik-Rotterdam", the plot centers on a security guard and former alcohol smuggler (Mark Wahlberg) who is tempted back into illicit business by his brother-in-law after encountering financial problems.
Foster will play said brother-in-law, Ribisi's role is undisclosed. Aaron Guzikowski ("Prisoners") is adapting the script while the original film's producer/star Baltasar Kormakur will direct the remake.
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing. Shooting kicks off in January for a release in March 2012. »
- Garth Franklin
Ben Foster Turns Action Star For Contraband
2 December 2010 7:00 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Ben Foster last made a big impact with a deeply committed and unsettling role in the super-tiny indie The Messenger, which snagged two Oscar nominations including one for his co-star Woody Harrelson and reminded a lot of us, once again, what a promising young actor he is. Foster's reacted strangely to all the buzz the movie got him, though, signing on for a role in the Jason Statham-starring The Mechanic (out next year) and now, according to Deadline, agreeing to play Mark Wahlberg's sidekick. Foster has joined the cast of Contraband, an English-language remake of an Icelandic hit with a plot straight out of pretty much every other crime thriller you've heard of. Wahlberg plays a former smuggler trying to go straight, dragged in for one last job when his wife's brother botches a gig. Kate Beckinsale will play the wife, and Foster will play Wahlberg's "best friend »
Ben Foster Added to 'Contraband' Cast
2 December 2010 3:25 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
It seems like the other day when we were talking about how much a good actor like Ben Foster could impact a rather ordinary looking Jason Statham hitman movie called The Mechanic. Turns out Foster will have opportunity to do the same again, as he's just signed on to star opposite Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale in Contraband, according to deadline.com.
Contraband is the English language remake of a popular 2008 Icelandic film called Reykjavik-Rotterdam. The new installment will be directed by Baltasar Kormakur , who starred in, produced and co-wrote the original version. »
- Patrick Fancher
Foster and Ribisi join Contraband
2 December 2010 2:52 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are in talks to join Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale in Contraband, the Hollywood remake of the Icelandic thriller ‘Reykjavik-Rotterdam’. That film’s producer, writer and indeed star Baltasar Kormakur will direct the new film.
Contraband follows a security guard played by Wahlberg, who after running into some financial troubles decides to go on one more smuggling run. Foster will play Wahlberg’s brother-in-law, according to the trade. There is no work as to who Ribisi will play as yet. »
- Paul Heath
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi Grabbing Some Contraband
1 December 2010 10:49 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Looks like Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale’s upcoming “Contraband” is about to get a whole lot cooler, with news that Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are “circling” the film, a remake of the Icelandic film “Reykjavik-Rotterdam”. The film’s plot has Wahlberg playing a reformed smuggler who now works as a lowly security guard, but when he runs into financial hardship, decides to go on one more smuggling run. Ben Foster (below), who can be quite a force in the right roles, will play Wahlberg’s brother-in-law. Ribisi’s role, meanwhile, is unknown. Baltasar Kormakur, who co-wrote and starred in the original movie, will direct the remake for Universal. Production is set to begin January of next year for a March 2012 release. »
- Nix
Ben Foster Cast in Contraband
1 December 2010 9:46 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Ben Foster has joined Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale in a new thriller being developed called Contraband. This film is a remake of an Icelandic thriller originally titled Reykjavic-Rotterdam.
Wahlberg plays a former smuggler trying to go straight as a night guard. When his wife’s brother (who got him the job) botches a smuggling run, his life is threatened and the night guard is dragged in for one more job. Foster plays the night guard's best friend and right hand man, who helps him take on the dangerous job.
Aaron Guzikowski, the writer behind 2009 Blacklist spec script Prisoners, wrote the script, and the star and producer of the original 2008 film, Baltasar Kormakur, will direct the remake for Working Title. »
- Venkman
Ben Foster Joins Mark Wahlberg in 'Contraband’
1 December 2010 9:31 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Actor Ben Foster continued to stay busy since his work on the acclaimed drama “The Messenger” by joining the cast of “Contraband,” director Baltasar Kormakur’s English-language adaptation of the 2008 Icelandic film “Reykjavic-Rotterdam.” According to “Deadline,” Foster joined the cast as the best friend to Mark Wahlberg’s night guard character, a former smuggler trying unsuccessfully to go straight. Kormakur starred in and co-wrote the original film. »
Ben Foster Joins Mark Wahlberg in 'Contraband’
1 December 2010 9:31 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Actor Ben Foster continued to stay busy since his work on the acclaimed drama “The Messenger” by joining the cast of “Contraband,” director Baltasar Kormakur’s English-language adaptation of the 2008 Icelandic film “Reykjavic-Rotterdam.” According to “Deadline,” Foster joined the cast as the best friend to Mark Wahlberg’s night guard character, a former smuggler trying unsuccessfully to go straight. Kormakur starred in and co-wrote the original film. »
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