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Casting News Round-Up: May 6-10

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May 6

• Jessica Chastain & Michael Caine Joining Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’
• Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs and Adam Brody are ‘Life Partners’
• Justin Timberlake Is ‘Spinning Gold’
• Reese Witherspoon May Join Keanu Reeves in Sci-Fi ‘Passengers’
• Robert De Niro Heading to ‘Candy Store’
• Jason Bateman in Talks to get Animated for ‘Tangled’ Director
  
• Annette Bening & Bobby Cannavale In Talks To Join ‘Imagine’
• Sarah Gadon Heading To ‘Dracula’
• Jordana Brewster Going To ‘North of Hell’
• Bella Thorne Cast in ‘Blended’

Casting News Round-Up: April 15-19

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April 15

• Rachel McAdams Joining Cameron Crowe’s Untitled Romantic Comedy
• Alan Arkin Joins ‘Million Dollar Man’
• Michael Caine, Jim Sturgess & Ben Kingsley Cast in ‘Eliza Graves’
• Joel McHale to Join Sandler, Barrymore in Romantic Comedy
• Ashley Judd In Talks To Join ‘Divergent’
• Stanley Tucci, Anne Heche & Michael Angarano Getting The ‘Heat’
• Aki Kaurismaki Sets Roberto Benigni, Sets Film in Italy
• ‘The Machine’ Nabs Vin Diesel, Reunites With ‘The Pacifier’ Director Adam Shankman

Casting News Round-Up: April 8-12

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April 8

• Allison Janney & Dan Aykroyd Join ‘Tammy’
• Chastain to Join Stone and Cumberbatch in Del Toro’s ‘Crimson Peak’
• Bradley Cooper Replaces Jude Law in ‘Jane’s Got a Gun’
• Susan Sarandon & Topher Grace Lead Serial Killer Film ‘The Calling’
• Sally Hawkins Rounds Out ‘Godzilla’ Cast
• Kellan Lutz Leads Competing ‘Hercules 3D’ Film Directed By Renny Harlin

Casting News Round-Up: March 25-29

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March 25

• ‘Hercules’ Rounds Out Cast With Major Additions
• Robert Redford Joins ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’; Max Hernandez Returns
• Gary Oldman Joins Tom Hardy in ‘Child 44’
• Richard T. Jones Rounds Out ‘Godzilla’ Cast
• Dave Franco & Christopher Mintz-Plasse Join ‘Townies’
• Chris O’Dowd Added To ‘St. Vincent De Van Nuys’

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’

Alessandro Nivola Joins Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper for David O. Russell’s Abscam Corruption Film

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Alessandro Nivola (Howl, Grace is Gone, Jurassic Park III, he was also quite good in Laurel Canyon) is joining the powerhouse reunion of Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook). The last time these three got together, Lawrence got an Oscar, the film got a boat load of other awards, and the audience got a lot of chemistry so Nivola should be giving his agent an incredibly long, awkward hug about now.

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’?

Two More Team-Ups for Jennifer Lawrence & David O. Russell

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Silver Linings Playbook director David O. Russell and actress Jennifer Lawrence are reuniting for Russell’s upcoming drama The Ends of the Earth for The Weinstein Company. The film is based on a true account of a powerful oil tycoon whose fortune is put in jeopardy after he is caught in an affair.

Casting News Round-Up: Jan. 14-18

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Jan. 14

• Connie Nielsen and Amber Heard Join Kevin Costner and Hailee Steinfeld in McG’s ‘Three Days to Kill’
• Louis C.K. Joins David O. Russell’s Untitled Abscam Drama Starring Christian Bale & Amy Adams
• Tyler Perry Adds Chad Michael Murray & Larry the Cable Guy To ‘Madea Christmas’, Yikes
• Melissa George, Roy Dupuis Set For Canadian-Australian Drama ‘Rest Home’
• Jessica Lucas Heads To Zac Efron’s ‘Are We Officially Dating Yet?’

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.

THR’s Full, Uncensored Director’s Roundtable Discussion

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Part three in THR’s series of roudtable discussion gives the baton from the male actors and female actors to our venerable directors. Some are recently new and some have been directing for quite some time, and then there’s Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) hating on digital filmmaking. See Tom Hooper (Les Miserables), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Ben Affleck (Argo), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) and Gus Van Sant (Promised Land) talk filmmaking after the jump.

TIFF Wrap-Up: ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Wins People’s Choice Award & “Oscar-talk”

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Yes folks, TIFF has come and gone just like that. So quickly it came and so it went. We were quite impressed with this year’s screening and gala selections that made up envious of not being there. Luckily, the interwebs covered more than enough for us to get excited and seeing David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook win the People’s Choice Award suprised us. Not to mention all the “Oscar-talk” that’s soon to begin.

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.

Casting News Round-Up: September 10-14

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September 10

• TIFF Castings: Rosamund Pike & Christopher Plummer Join ‘Hector and the Search for Happiness’
• TIFF Casting Announcements: Sean Bean, Patrick Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Tom Wilkinson, and Nicholas Cage
• Bruce Willis Joins CIA For ‘American Assassin’ Adaptation
• Al Pacino Will Play Joe Paterno in Penn State Gridiron Scandal
• Kate Walsh Joins ‘Scary Movie 5’ With Heather Locklear
• David Thewlis Joins Bruce Willis in ‘Red 2’
• Vin Diesel May Star in ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ Directed by Breck Eisner
• Juno Temple, Joe Anderson & Kelli Garner Join Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Horns’
• Sam Claflin Exits, Sam Reid Steps in ‘Belle’; Amma Asante, Penelope Wilton & Tom Felton Join

TIFF 2012 Spotlight: ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’ & ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

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Both films are playing at fairly low-key levels, even though their casts boast some of the most recent stars in the last few years. Reviews are in for Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond The Pines, starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes and Bradley Cooper, who also stars in this piece’s accompanying reviews, along with Jennifer Lawrence in David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook.

TIFF 2012: The Complete List (So Far) & DMC “Must Watch” List (UPDATE: 78 More Galas/Premiere Films Added)

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[UPDATE #2] More films have been added to the TIFF line-up, including: Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, Brian De Palma’s Passion, Walter Salles’ On The Road, Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy, Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson-documentary Bad 25 and Harmony Korine’s Springbreakers among many more (for a total of 78). Read more after the jump.