Chin Han joins Emmerich’s “2012″
Singaporean actor Chin Han has joined the cast of Roland Emmerich’s new epic, “2012,” according to Variety.
Han, who can be seen in “The Dark Knight” as Lau next weekend, is joining an ensemble cast that includes John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Danny Glover.
“I have always enjoyed Roland Emmerich’s epic take on sci-fi and disaster movies and really look forward to being a part of this film,” Chin Han said.
The movie, co-written and to be produced and directed by Emmerich for Centropolis Entertainment and Columbia Studios, begins shooting in Vancouver in August.
Additional producers are Harold Kloser, Larry Franco and Mark Gordon, with Centropolis’ Ute Emmerich and Michael Wimer exec producing.
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Thomas McCarthy takes a role in ”2012”
Thomas McCarthy joins John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Oliver Platt, taking a role in Roland Emmerich’s ”2012”
McCarthy will play the boyfriend of Peet, who is the ex-wife of Cusack’s character.
“As an actor, I’ve never worked on anything with this scale before, and I always go see these movies,” he said.
“And then there’s the director part of me. I get really excited about working with directors like this, who do things that are so wildly different from me [as writer and director]. And he really is. He works on a totally different canvas.”
McCarthy wrote and directed his second movie “The Visitor” (2007).
“As a writer-director I love to work with other writer-directors,” he said. “It’s such a bonus for me. I’m not only watching and observing, I’m involved in the process. It’s cool luxury … I’ve only done two films, so there’s still a lot to learn here.”
McCarthy also will begin working on a new script that he intends to direct.
”2012” is set to shoot in August in Vancouver.
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Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Oliver Platt to Join “2012″
Three more actors are coming aboard Roland Emmerich’s next apocalypse project. Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Oliver Platt are in discussions to join Columbia Pictures‘ epic disaster project, 2012.
The film centers on a global cataclysm and tells the heroic struggle of the survivors.
Glover will play the president, with Newton as his daughter. Oliver Platt will star as the president’s chief of staff. John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor already are on board.
Emmerich is directing a script he penned with his 10,000 B.C. co-writer Harald Kloser.
The studio is planning a July 10, 2009, release, with filming set to begin in July.
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John Cusack to headline Roland Emmerich’s ‘2012′
John Cusack is to star in apocalyptic blockbuster ‘2012‘.
The Columbia Pictures epic will be directed by Roland Emmerich (10,000 BC, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day).
Chiwetel Ejiofor is also in talks to appear in the movie, which revolves around the last days of the human race.
No plot details have been revealed, but the Mayan Calendar claims the year 2012 will be a time of transformation and a change in the world order.
Emmerich penned the screenplay with 10,000 BC co-writer Harald Kloser.
Shooting will begin later this summer for a July 2009 release.
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Iron Man Soars Above Competition at North American Box Office
Iron Man battered the competition for the second consecutive weekend as an estimated $50.5m haul through Paramount Pictures raised the running total to $177.1m.The result consolidated the Marvel Studios adaptation as the season’s first bona fide blockbuster and relegated new openers Speed Racer from Warner Bros and What Happens In Vegas from Fox to second and third, respectively.
Box office was up 21% against the same weekend last year as the top 12 films combined for $128m. Year-on-year 2008 still trails 2007 by some 2.5% at this stage in the game.
Speed Racer disappointed on $20.2m. The family film was adapted from the 1960s Japanese anime television series by Andy and Larry Wachowski in their first outing as directors since The Matrix Revolutions opened in 2003.
Emile Hirsch stars as a talented racing driver in a high profile cast alongside Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox.
Opening in third place on $20m was the romantic comedy What Happens In Vegas with Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. By the time actual results are confirmed on Monday, What Happens In Vegas and Speed Racer may switch places. Read the rest of this entry
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