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Casting News Round-Up: March 18-22

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Mar. 18

• WWE Wrestler Dave Bautista Cast As “Drax the Destroyer” in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
• Kate Beckinsale Joins ‘Eliza Graves’
• Hugh Grant Returns To Rom-Com In Marc Lawrence’s Castle Rock Comedy
• Josh Lawson, Greg Kinnear Join ‘Anchorman 2’
• Tom Hooper May Direct Sacha Baron Cohen in Freddie Mercury Biopic
• Fan Bingbing & Boooboo Stewart Joining Bryan Singer’s ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’; Daniel Cudmore’s “Colossus” Returns
• Ridley Scott Wants Christian Bale As Moses in Biblical Epic ‘Exodus’

Casting News Round-Up: March 4-8

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Mar. 4

• Shirley MacLaine Returns With New Members To ‘Downton Abbey’, As Another Leaves
• Emma Watson To Don Glass Slippers For Disney’s ‘Cinderella’, Directed by Kenneth Branagh
• Tina Fey Joins Jason Bateman in Levy’s ‘This Is Where I Leave You’
• Halle Berry Returning To ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
• Liam Neeson Will Add Vocal Talent to ‘The Nut Job’
• Jim Parson, Taylor Kitsch Join HBO’s Ryan Murphy Directed Movie ‘The Normal Heart’
• Meagan Good, Dylan Baker Join ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’
• Allison Miller Cast in Fox’s ‘Unwanted’, Directed by Radio Silence
• Abigail Spencer Stars In ‘Beautiful Now’
• Sarah Snook Cast in ‘Predestination’, Alongside Ethan Hawke

Nolan & Bale Rumored to Re-team for ‘Justice League’

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Last summer’s The Dark Knight Rises provided a conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy that seemed to satisfy most superhero fans, though Since then, speculation has been rampant as to who will take up the cape and cowl. Today, fans finally get their answer. After the exit of  Christian Bale, the new Batman will be…Christian Bale!

Casting News Round-Up: Feb. 18-22

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Feb. 18

• Dean Norris, Mike Vogel & More Cast in ‘Under The Dome’ From Stephen King
• Jason Momoa pegged for role of Drax the Destroyer in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
• Pulitzer-winning Playwright Tracy Letts to Join Cast of ‘Love is Strange’
• Jennifer Lawrence Reunites With David O. Russell In ABSCAM Drama With Bradley Cooper
• ‘Basterds’ Reunion In the Works for… ‘The Muppets’?

Louis C.K. Joins David O. Russell’s Untitled Abscam Drama Starring Christian Bale & Amy Adams

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I was pretty late in joining the Louie laugh-riot, but I’ve come around even though those stand-up bits don’t always work for me. I prefer Louis C.K. playing up his fictional version self as Louie C.K., but the actor is joining a different kind of project. A period drama to be precise in David O. Russell’s Untitled Abscam Drama (formerly known as American Bullshit) that’s starring Christian Bale and Amy Adams.

Terrence Malick’s ‘Untitled Rock Film’ Nabs Berenice Marlohe & Val Kilmer

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Somehow amazingly, Terrence Malick has added two more intriguing actors to the growing list for his as yet Untitled Rock film. “Bond Girl” Berenice Marlohe and a ponytail-less Val Kilmer are joining the production starring alongside Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman, among others. The film is in production in Austin.

Casting News Round-Up: Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

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Oct. 29

• Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler & Matt Bomer Head Sci-Fi ‘Space Station 76′
• Bill Murray Joins George Clooney In Historical Heist ‘Monument Men’
• Wally Pfister Wants Christian Bale and Johnny Depp for ‘Transcendence’
• Eli Roth Casts ‘The Green Inferno’
• Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez VS. Jon Voight in ‘Getaway’
• Wes Bentley Cast in ‘Final Girl’ Indie Thriller With Abigail Breslin
• Boris Kodjoe Cast As Lead in Zane’s ‘Addicted’
• Terrence J Joins ‘Baggage Claim’

Johnny Depp and Christian Bale To Possibly Star In Cinematographer Wally Pfister’s Directorial Debut, ‘Transcendence’

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Wally Who? Though you may not know his name (yet!), Wally Pfister is the cinematographer behind The Italian Job, Moneyball, oh, and every Christopher Nolan film, from Insomnia to the Dark Knight trilogy. With Transcendence, Pfister is set to make his debut as a director and already has box-office dynamite Johnny Depp locked up for one of the three male leads. Christian Bale is rumoured for the second, though we still have to wait and see if the studios spit anybody else out in the meantime. Depp and Bale together is a tantalizing thought, so fingers crossed.

Michael Fassbender Joins Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups’

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It seems almost rather pointless and simultaneously exciting to see who Terrence Malick is working with next. Anybody can (and some probably will) be cut from the final edit of the film, as some were from his recent film, To The Wonder. It looks like Michael Fassbender may have a part in Knight of Cups, alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanchette and Natalie Portman.

Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell Might Reunite For ‘American Sniper’

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After replacing Mark Wahlberg in David O. Russell’s The Silver Lining Playbook, Bradley Cooper seems to be stealing Russell even further away from Wahlberg, in one of Hollywood’s weirdest love triangles yet. Russell previously directed Wahlberg in The Fighter, where the two had great chemistry. But now Cooper has stepped up as Russell’s new man, starring in his future untitled Abscam-sting project, and the two might get involved even further in American Sniper, based on military sniper Chris Kyle’s autobiography.

DreamMovieCasters Have Spoken – Readers Cast ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Leads (Posters)

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We turned to our readers and asked who they would cast as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie, and the numbers are in. See the Top 3 Picks, and a poster for each role featuring the Number 1 choice, after the jump.

A ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Post Mortem

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Did The Dark Knight Rises truly rise or did someone open the oven door while it was baking causing it to go flat? Did I seriously just correlate the dark and final installment of Chris Nolan’s Batman franchise to baking? Yes, yes I did. Given that the film has been out for a while now and my thoughts have had time to fester and boil inside my stinky brains, I’ve decided to write a post-mortem on The Dark Knight Rises and how it fits in the Batman universe that Nolan has created.

Russell Crowe Starring in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ (UPDATE: First Look)

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[UPDATE #9] Check out our first official look at Russell Crowe in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, after the jump.

Casting News Round-Up: Aug 6-10

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August 6

• Kristen Stewart to ‘Lie Down in Darkness’ With Gary Cooper
• TV Casting Round-Up: ‘Anger Management’, ‘Parenthood’, ‘Blue Bloods’, ‘Hemlock Grove’, ‘Girls’, ‘Hart of Dixie’, ‘Psych’, ‘Raising Hope’ & ‘Peaky Blinders’ (UPDATE)
• Evangeline Lilly, Keira Knightley or Felicity Jones May Lead ‘Jack Ryan’
• Terrence Howard Joins ‘A Girl and A Gun’
• Diane Kruger Stars in Terrence Malick Produced “Abe Lincoln” Movie
• Octavia Spencer Cast in Play-Adaptation ‘Trails & Tribulations Of A Trailer Trash Housewife’

The Dark Knight Reboots, In 2016?

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The Dark Knight Rises is still topping the box-office charts, but with director Christopher Nolan confirming this would be his last installment in the Batman franchise, Warner Bros. is tasked to solve the inevitable: What’s next for the caped crusader?

Natalie Portman in Back-To-Back Terrence Malick Films (UPDATE: Shea Whigham Cast, Others Cut)

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[UPDATE #3] Shea Whigham has joined the cast of Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups and rumor has it that Malick’s other film To The Wonder has cut several performances from the film altogether during post-producing, including Michael Sheen, Amanda Peet, Barry Pepper, Jessica Chastain and Rachel Weisz, who spoke to an Italian newspaper ”I had the experience of working with him, but I will not have the pleasure of seeing my work.”