Casting News Round-Up: Mar. 12-16
March 12
- Tom Cruise in Clint Eastwood’s ‘A Star Is Born’ With Beyonce
- Natalie Portman in Talks, Javier Bardem Likely Villain For Ridley Scott’s ‘The Counselor’ By Cormac McCarthy
- Tom Hardy Is Outlaw Biker
- Viola Davis Chases Political Biopic of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
- ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ & ‘Girl With Dragon Tattoo’ Actor Michael Nyqvist Cast in ABC Drama Pilot
- Soap Actress Susan Lucci in March Cherry ‘Devious Maids’
- ‘Friday Night Lights’ Zach Gilford in Fox Pilot
- Rosemarie DeWitt in ‘Promised Land’; Rhys Ifans and Toby Jones In ‘Serena’
- Angela Bassett and Julian McMahon in Fox TV Pilot
March 13
- Steve Carell in ‘Magic Kingdom’
- Edgar Ramirez Leads Richard Kelly’s ‘Corpus Christi’
- Michael Imperioli Joins NBC Medical Drama Pilot ‘County’
- Alan Ball HBO Pilot ‘Banshee’ Casts Antony Starr in Lead
- Stockard Channing and Kurt Fuller Cast in Mandy Moore ABC Comedy Pilot
- Martha Stewart Guesting on ‘2 Broke Girls’
- Courtney B. Vance in ‘Graceland’ & Gary Anthony Williams in ‘Friday Night Dinner’
- Tammy Branchard to Guest Arc on ‘The Big C’
March 14
- Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudekis Cast in ‘Relanxious’
- Robert Pattinson in ‘Bel Ami’
- Stephen Hawking to Guest on ‘Big Bang Theory’
- Naomie Harris Considers Nelson Mandela Biopic ‘Long Walk Freedom’
- ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Matt Davis Joins CW Pilot ‘Cult’
- Chad Michael Murray and Gary Cole Cast in ‘Scruples’ Pilot
- Necar Zadegan Cast in CW Medical Pilot ‘First Cut’
March 15
- Michael Fassbender Goes To ‘The Mountain Between Us’
- Simon Pegg Nearing Frank Darabont ‘L.A. Noir’ TNT Pilot
- Chloe Grace Moretz & Rupert Grint Join Aaron Eckhart in Dennis Wilson Biopic ‘The Drummer’
- Tina Fey & Paul Rudd In ‘Admission’
- Anna Camp Cast in Mindy Kaling FOX Comedy Pilot
- Jeremy Irons Joins ‘Beautiful Creatures’
- Tom Felton Joins Tony Kayes Sexual Thriller ‘Attatchment’ With Sharon Stone
March 16
- Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio Commit To ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’
- Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Marion Cottilard and Zoe Saldana Get ‘Blood Ties’
- Brad Pitt Nearing Deal To Menace ‘The Counselor’
- Hugh Jackman Is A ‘Prisoner’
- Jeremy Renner May Take Up ‘Motor City’ From Jake Gyllenhaal
- Kiera Knightley Leads Nicholas Sparks ‘Safe Haven’
- Nathan Fillion Plays God in ‘Percy Jackson’ Sequel
- Colin Farrell May Take Up ‘Lancelots Mantle’
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About Mario Melidona
Mario has produced and written several screenplays and recently directed and edited a Black & White Short filmed on 16mm. His newfound love for postmodernism and the rise of existential cinema has been a great influence on his writings.
