Casting News Round-Up: June 25-29
June 25
- Comedy Castings: Brie Larson, Shailene Woodley, Max Minghella, Kristen Schaal & Christopher Meloni
- Drama Castings: Michael K. Williams, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Letscher, Caleb Landry Jones
- Colin Firth & Cate Blanchett in Barbara Streisand’s Return To Directing With ‘Skinny and Cat’
- Aaron Eckhart Is President in ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
- ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus’ Wants Reese Witherspoon
- Jennifer Hudson Guest Stars On NBC’s ‘Smash’
- David Tennant, Emily Watson Board BBC ‘Two’s The Politician’s Husband’
- Mia Wasikowska & Zoe Aggeliki Circle ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Role
June 26
- TV Casting: Maura Tierney and Marc Warren on ‘The Good Wife’ & Patrick Wilson Heads To HBO ‘Girls’
- Cast of ‘Kick-Ass’ Returning for Sequel ‘Balls To The Wall’
- Riley Smith Comes to ‘90210’
- Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Charlotte Rampling Get Into 3-Hour BBC Drama ‘Restless’
- Mark Strong Boards As Lead in Western ‘Provenance’ from ‘Wild Bill’ Director Dexter Fletcher
- Kenneth Choi Joins ‘Wolf of Wall Street’, Chris Chalk in ‘Twelve Years A Slave’, Alana de la Garza in Matthew Weiner’s ‘You Are Here’
June 27
- Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten & Jack Thompson in ‘Mystery Road’ and Viggo Mortensen Joins ‘The Last Voyage of The Demeter’
- Angela Bassett Joins ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
- Richard Dreyfuss Gets ‘Very Good Girls’
- Sean Astin in ‘Cabin Fever: Patient Zero’ Reboot With Brando Eaton & Ben Hollingsworth
- ‘Devil’s Knot’ Adds Robert Baker & Brian Howe
- Will Poulter Boards ‘We’re The Millers’
- Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg in Suspense Thriller ‘Proxy’ From Zack Parker
- Jena Malone New Frontrunner for Johanna Mason in ‘Catching Fire’
June 28
- Will Arnett is Batman & Channing Tatum is Superman in New Film ‘Lego: The Piece of Resistance’
- James Cameron Planning on Shooting 3 ‘Avatar’ Sequel
- Ryan Reynolds Chosen as Lead in ‘Highlander’
- Catherine Keener Joins ‘Can A Song Save Your Life?’
- Jeremy Renner & Matt Damon Could Team Up in ‘Bourne Legacy’ Sequel
- ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Dwight Henry Added to Cast of McQueen’s ’12 Years A Slave’
- Kevin Durand Joins ‘Devil’s Knot’, As Well as Rex Linn
June 29
- NBC Turmoil: Entire Cast of ‘Community’ Returns, Heads to Comic-Con
- Marvel To Make ‘The Human Fly’
- ‘Breaking Bad’ Gets Laura Fraser
- Jackie Chan To Star in English-Language Action Comedy
- Shawn Levy Cast’s Joanna Garcia for ‘The Internship’
- Cee-Lo Green Joins ‘Can You Save A Song?’
- Kevin Hart Added to ‘Last Night’ Remake
- Lifetime Greenlights ‘Abducted: The Carlina White Story’ With Aunjanue Ellis, Keke Palmer and Sherri Shepherd
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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.
