Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Casting News

+Nicole Kidman joins Russell Crowe in the Aussie drama Eucalyptus. Geoffrey Rush costars.

+Kate Winslet joins Jude Law, Sean Penn, Mark Ruffalo and Meryl Streep in the film All the King's Men. The social drama begins filming next month.

+Tim Robbins, Julie Christie and Sarah Polley join the cast of The Secret Life Of Words. The movie is the story of a female survivor of the the Yugoslavian War and her journey on an entirely male oil rig.

+Jennifer Garner is in negotiations to topline the romance Catch and Release for writer turned director Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich.)

+Annette Bening, Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Meg Ryan and Uma Thurman will star in a remake of the film/play The Women. The film focuses on a woman (Bening) who finds her husband is cheating on her with a younger woman (Thurman) and uses her female friends to exact revenge. The film is written and directed by Diane English.

+Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx will star in an adaptation of the 80's series Miami Vice for director Michael Mann.

+A small ounce of respect has been lost for Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Honsou and Steve Buscemi. They will star in Michael Bay's next action film The Island.

+Brandon James Routh has been cast as Superman for Bryan Singer's forthcoming superhero film. Routh is a TV bit part veteran having appeared on Gilmore Girls, Undressed, Will and Grace and Cold Case. Lost's Evangeline Lilly and The OC's Mischa Barton are rumored to be competing for Lois Lane.

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