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Rhys Ifans Set to Play Xenophilious Lovegood
Posted - 1:29 pm on March 28, 2009 by Wendy in Gryffindor Gazette
Actor Rhys Ifans is set to play the role of Xenophilious Lovegood, Luna Lovegood’s somewhat….uh…..”eccentric” father, in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. He confirmed it on Friday night on the Jonathan Ross show.
“These people from Harry Potter had to fly out to Spain to fit me for my wizard outfit.” The role is a [...]
Anne Hathaway to play Judy Garland
Posted - 2:24 pm on March 25, 2009 by Jane Boursaw in Film Gecko
Yeah, I can see Anne Hathaway as Judy Garland. They do sort of look alike, and Hathaway’s been doing more serious roles in recent years. And she can sing! I guess that’s why they had her singing at the Oscars this year – to get us tuned into the idea of her playing Judy.
Indeed, Hathaway’s [...]
Brian Austin Green Goes into Politics
Posted - 2:10 pm on by Cynthia in SF Universe
Brian Austin Green has joined the cast of the CW pilot, “Body Politic” playing a character named Lucky. The series is “Gossip Girl” in Washington DC with young government staffers taking the place of bored, rich high-schoolers. The cast also includes former “Moonlight” star Jason Dohring, Minka Kelly of “Friday Night Lights”, Tim Matheson and [...]
Posted - 2:58 pm on March 24, 2009 by Nikki Katz in Junior Celebs
Summit Entertainment confirmed the names of new cast members who will be starring in the Twilight sequel, officially called The Twilight Saga: New Moon! Of course the main cast is returning - Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, and Nikki Reed. Dakota Fanning will be joining as Jane and [...]
Elle McPherson, Corbin Bleu Added to “Beautiful Life”
Posted - 3:04 pm on March 21, 2009 by Cheril Vernon in Mischa News
’80s supermodel Elle McPherson and “High School Musical’s” Corbin Bleu will be joining Mischa Barton on The CW pilot “Beautiful Life.” Mischa Barton was the first actress cast in the Ashton-Kutcher-produced show. According to Korbi TV, Bleu, cast as a Lenny Kravitz-type model (he has the look!) didn’t sign on as a series regular, but [...]
Posted - 2:01 pm on March 18, 2009 by Cheril Vernon in New to TV
“Moonlight” star Alex O’Loughlin is now headed to CBS drama pilot “Three Rivers”. The only thing wrong with that is he won’t be a vampire. Instead, he will play a workaholic doctor who head of the team of organ donor transplants. He’s separated from his wife and lives in a motel near the hospital. Sounds [...]
Vanessa Hudgens Joining the Cast of “Sucker Punch”
Posted - 2:53 pm on March 4, 2009 by Heather Raw in Efron Freak
Vanessa Hudgens has been added to a strong cast of young women including Amanda Seyfriend, Emma Stone, Abbie Cornish and Evan Rachel Wood for an original screenplay by Zack Snyder (”Watchmen”).
“Sucker Punch”, a movie set in the 1950s, is described by Snyder as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns,” and centers around Babydoll, a girl [...]
Samuel L. Jackson signs for “Rape: A Love Story”
Posted - 5:45 pm on March 3, 2009 by Jane Boursaw in Film Gecko
It’s hard to think about the words “rape” and “love story” together in a title, but here it is. Samuel L. Jackson has just signed to star in “Rape: A Love Story,” an independent drama also starring Abigail Breslin and Maria Bello. Jackson will play a sympathetic cop who offers kindness and comfort to Bello’s [...]
Posted - 5:21 pm on by Chandra Williams in Comedy Centric
“Cougar Town,” “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence’s buzzworthy half-hour comedy pilot starring “Friends” alum Courteney Cox, is busily beefing up its cast. If greenlit for a season, the series will follow Cox’s 40-year-old character, the mother of a teenage son who begins actively dating again when she becomes single.
Recently added to the cast of the [...]
Posted - 5:13 pm on March 2, 2009 by Chandra Williams in Grrl TV
There’s more telling news today for fans of NBC’s apparently increasingly endangered dramedy “Lipstick Jungle.” Following last week’s development that “Lipstick” star Lindsay Price has joined the pilot for the promising potential ABC series “The Witches of Eastwick” as a lead character comes the recent announcement that her costar Kim Raver has joined another equally [...]