Danny DeVito to helm “Charlotte Doyle”
Danny DeVito is to step behind the camera once again to direct Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan in “The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle“, according to Variety
DeVito wrote the script, an adaptation of the bestselling young adult novel written by Avi. The film is in pre-production, with shooting to begin in September.
Ronan has been cast for the title character – a teen who makes a trans-Atlantic crossing from England to America in the 1830s. During the journey, she finds herself in the middle of conflict between the ship’s captain and his mutinous crew.
Brosnan has signed to play the ship’s captain and Freeman will handle the role of ship’s cook – who also helps Ronan on her journey.
DeVito, who will not appear in the film, returns to young adult fare for the first time as director since “Matilda,” the 1996 adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel. He’s worked on the script for several years.
The film will be produced by Michele Weisler, Lori McCreary, Beau St. Clair and Patrick Meehan. Thomas D. Adelman and Hawk Koch are handling executive producing chores.
In Variety, DeVito stated:
“Like ‘Matilda,’ this had topnotch moral lessons in terms of choices that a 13-year-old girl has to make.”
‘Wanted’ NYCC Poster (updated)
Universal has released the official New York Comic Con (NYCC) poster for “Wanted” which is based on Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series.
The film stars James McAo James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common and Angelina Jolie.
Wanted opens nationwide on June 27th, 2008.
Note: This is not the official One sheet for the film, it’s just for NYCC.
New ‘Wanted’ Trailer Has Guns…Lots of Guns
Another brand spanking new trailer has turned up that continues to prove that McAvoy is hard as nails in his new film, ‘Wanted‘.
25-year-old Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.
Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).
After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad’s death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself. With wickedly brilliant tutors-including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)-Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.
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