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Tom Cruise’s OBLIVION Adds Game Of Thrones Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi thriller Oblivion, which has had Tom Cruise devoted from the start, began completing its cast puzzle last week with Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko in supporting roles. Next up we have Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who has signed on to join the production, which is slated to begin in Louisiana next month.
Adam Scott Joins THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (Ben Stiller) Cast
Adam Scott has signed on for an as-yet-unspecified role, but let’s say he will be somehow connected to Ben Stiller’s character. Don’t ask me why it just does: Kristen Wiig will play a co-worker who becomes Stiller’s love interest, Patton Oswalt will play Todd, an eHarmony worker who helps Stiller creates an online dating profile. Even Shirley MacLaine has signed on to play Stiller’s mother.
BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL Adds Paquin, Hiddleston
The cult classic Black Wings Has My Angel by newspaperman Elliot Chaze, ‘less about plot than the completely convincing characterizations’ has actually been developing since around 2007.
Finally, Cargo Entertainment has taken on the long-gestating film and two new stars have joined Elijah Wood, who had previously (a couple of years before) signed on to play protagonist Tim Sunblade, an ex-con who picks up a high class call girl to pull off an armored car heist.
THE NECESSARY DEATH OF CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN Adds Two More
No doubt, return of Shia LaBeouf to play the titular Charlie Countryman help The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman action comedy getting back into production. The Ides of March’s Evan Rachel Wood and The Three Musketeers’ Mads Mikkelsen have both joined the cast of the gritty pulp romancer, which is being shopped in Berlin.
Weekend Box Office: February 10-12, 2012
Rentrak Corporation, today announced the official weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of February 10th, 2012 through February 12th, 2012 according to the company’s Box Office Essentials™ theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vow, The | Sony | 41,700,000 | 41,700,000 | 2,958 | |
| 2 | Safe House | Universal | 39,330,590 | 39,330,590 | 3,119 | |
| 3 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Warner Bros. | 27,550,000 | 27,550,000 | 3,470 | |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode I – Phantom Menace | 20th Century Fox | 23,000,000 | 23,000,000 | 2,655 | |
| 5 | Chronicle | 20th Century Fox | 12,300,000 | 40,167,267 | 2,908 | |
| 6 | Woman In Black, The | CBS Films | 10,300,000 | 35,455,487 | 2,856 | |
| 7 | Grey, The | Open Road | 5,080,000 | 42,822,264 | 2,801 | |
| 8 | Big Miracle | Universal | 3,860,730 | 13,196,665 | 2,133 | |
| 9 | Descendants, The | Fox Searchlight | 3,500,000 | 70,729,613 | 1,581 | |
| 10 | Underworld Awakening | Sony | 2,500,000 | 58,934,369 | 1,657 | |
| 11 | Red Tails | 20th Century Fox | 2,400,000 | 45,063,386 | 1,580 | |
| 12 | One For The Money | Lionsgate | 2,300,000 | 23,678,705 | 2,056 |
Dominic Cooper is Set to Star in Roger Donaldson’s CITIES
British actor Dominic Cooper gave us one of the last year’s best acting performances in The Devil’s Double and had one hell of the year in which he starred in Captain America and awards contender My Week with Marilyn.
Now comes word from Variety that Cooper has just entered final negotiations to join Roger Donaldson‘s international thriller Cities.
Evil Dead Reboot Adds Lou Taylor Pucci
Lou Taylor Pucci first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller’s well-received Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, a small indie drama that was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2002, from which it won the Grand Jury Prize.
DRACULA YEAR ZERO Returns from the Dead
By chance, if you are a commercial director you really have the chance to seat in director’s chair for feature film sooner rather than later. Gary Shore (The Draft) is certainly one of these guys.
He decided to use his precious experience to work within a limited budget to direct the film, complete with a new draft of the screenplay from its originators, writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (a new Flash Gordon and the new Clue).
Saoirse Ronan to Star in Disney’s ORDER OF THE SEVEN
The Order of the Seven, formerly known as Snow and the Seven, which originated under the title Snow White and the Seven Samuri, once had Natalie Portman slated to play the lead and now, the lead role has been given to Saoirse Ronan.
