Tag: Alan Arkin
Pacino, Walken, Arkin are STAND UP GUYS
If I’m not mistaken, this will be the first time Pacino and his contemporary Walken appear on screen together at any point of their long careers, despite both having roles in Gigli. Yes, it’s never too late – in Hollywood, old is sometimes new.
The casting of three Hollywood legends in the news today, which is that Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin are all set to star in the crime comedy Stand Up Guys.
New Ben Affleck’s ARGO Photo
Here’s another image from the upcoming Argo project.
We already wrote so much about this movie, so by now you should know that it comes from Ben Affleck and that it centers on the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis.
Trailer and Poster for Murder Drama THIN ICE
Speaking briefly, ‘Greg Kinnear and Billy Crudup swindle Alan Arkin in Wisconsin.’
Directed by Big Love producer Jill Sprecher, Thin Ice might be twisted suspense comedy, but it’s rather a cold, hard drama, which co-stars Lea Thompson (Mickey’s wife), David Harbour and Bob Balaban.
The Muppets Wallpapers
Here are 35 brand new wallpapers of James Bobin’s upcoming The Muppets movie. Hit the jump to check them out.
Four New THE MUPPETS posters
Disney has revealed four new character posters for The Muppets. Coming to theaters this Thanksgiving on November 23, the film stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis, Kathy Griffin, Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt. The film is directed by James Bobin.
Ben Affleck’s ARGO Official Synopsis
Principal photography has begun on Ben Affleck‘s upcoming dramatic thriller Argo. Will somebody please open that champagne now? No? Well, I don’t care, I hate that shit anyway.
And when it comes to Affleck’s Argo – I do care, not because I’m crazy about the story or something like that, but because as usual with Affleck we have some great cast on board. It includes Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, Victor Garber, Richard Kind and Michael Parks. And that’s enough for me!
Second THE CHANGE-UP Red Band Trailer
Universal Pictures has released the second red-band trailer for the Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman body-swapping comedy “The Change-Up,” which will debut in theaters on August 5, 2011.
Hit the jump to check out the new red-band trailer.
Bryan Cranston to Join Ben Affleck’s Argo
Yeah, yeah, Argo time again! Of course, things with the upcoming Ben Affleck‘s project are getting quite serious, so we’re here today for an instant casting update!
Check this out, it looks that Bryan Cranston is also in negotiations to star in the whole thing, to take on one of the lead roles, and to join the cast that already includes John Goodman, Alan Arkin and Affleck himself!
Just in case you’ve missed our previous Argo reports, check the rest of this one for more interesting details.
So, Argo is written by Chris Terrio, and his script is based on the article titled ‘How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran’ which chronicles an effort by the CIA and the Canadian government to rescue six U.S. diplomats from the U.S. Embassy that was controlled by Iranian revolutionaries.
Basically, we are talking about the project which will follow CIA rescue mission during the Iran Hostage Crisis, when six American embassy staff escaped the compound and were on the lam in Tehran for months, until the CIA rescued them by creating a fake Hollywood production company and pretended to be in Iran location scouting for a big-budget sci-fi epic.
Ben Affleck Will Also Star in His Argo
Argo is definitely familiar project for all of us, and I’m sure you’ll be glad to hear the latest update on the upcoming Ben Affleck‘s project.
Apparently, all those rumors (that we already shared with you) were true, and Affleck is indeed attached to star as the lead!
Ok, we do admit it’s a little bit confusing, since we already had a chance to hear that Affleck cast Alan Arkin and John Goodman and at one moment we all thought Arkin is on board to play the lead. But now, it looks that Affleck has cast himself for that part…
According to Variety, Affleck is now interested in playing character named Tony Mendez, “the CIA exfiltration expert who created a fake Hollywood production to get six Americans who were hiding out at the Canadian ambassador’s out of Iran.”
That obviously means Goodman and Arkin will have to satisfy with the supporting roles, so now Goodman is on board to play make-up artist John Chambers, who was utilized by the spies to convince suspicious locals that the film crew was in fact a film crew, while Arkin will star as Lester Siegel, a O.S.S. spy-cum-film producer.
