"Alexander Payne has been laying quite low since Sideways earned him all kinds of critical acclaim, but early rumors about his next project, Downsizing, indicate the wait might be worth it. An official casting notice for the film cites Sacha Baron Cohen, Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon-- all in the same film!-- as the main cast.
That would be enough to pique pretty much anyone's interest, but Payne as the director seems almost too good to be true. Hollywood Elsewhere printed the casting info with a note that a source close to the production says the casting is by no means final.
Downsizing is a pretty perfect title for any comedy of the moment, and Payne has already proven himself so adept at satirizing American neuroses that we pretty much require him to come back and tease us about our pink slip fears. Here's hoping this dream cast actually gets to become a reality". Source: www.cinemablend.com
"Two video clips of 500 Days of Summer were quietly released to /FlimThe clips do a good job of juxtaposing the many different emotions that happen throughout the film. Clearly these two moments happen at very different times in Summer and Tom’s relationship. The clips give us a nice indication of the good chemistry between Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and it also gives us a peak at the cinematography of the film. In this first clip, Tom tells Summer about his real passion (surprisingly not writing greeting cards) and Summer lets us in on her hilarious nickname in school.
In this second 500 Days of Summer clip, Tom and Summer sit in a late night diner as Summer compares their relationship to Sid Vicious and Nancy". Source: www.500days.com
"You remember Green Lantern, right? The guy in the green suit with the super powerful green ring that can do anything you can dream off, but, er, for some reason, can’t do squat against anything with the yellow in it? Yeah, that dude.LR is pretty good when it comes to these big-time casting rumors. Remember when they broke the Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia? Yeah, that was them, too". Source: www.beyondhollywood.com
"With both a director and a release date firmly in place, the search is underway for Hal Jordan.
From what I gathered so far, Sam Worthington is obviously unavailable due to his role in Clash of Titans...Ryan Gosling, who we reported earlier as a candidate, passed on the role... According to a source, Emile Hirsch (Speed Racer) has also just passed on the role...
So the producers are looking at every young up and coming actor in Hollywood INCLUDING a name I at first found peculiar, but it grew on me and I wanted to share it with you guys. Anton Yelchin Source: www.latinoreview.com
Jake leaving a medical Center in Beverly Hills, on 27th February 2009.
Prince of Persia parkour video:
"Latino Review, who always manages to nab early script reviews, has recently taken a look at the Prince of Persia movie and given it an overwhelmingly positive A-.
Though the review attempts to abstain from spoilers, it does mention the script specifically calling for Parkour, a French physical art form that emphasizes momentum and efficient movement. You might remember seeing it in the French action flick District B13 or Casino Royale. It also fits really well given the Prince's acrobatic nature".Source: www.joystiq.com "Le Parkour (also known simply as Parkour, PK, or free running) was invented in 1988 in the Parisian suburb of Lisses by a group of teenagers including the legends David Belle and Sebastien Foucan, who formed a clan called the "Yamakasi", or new (modern) samurai. it is a sport in which practitioners, called "traceurs, run, jump, climb, and roll rhrough rooftops, gaps, pipes, practically anything in an urban environment. it demands great physical agility, and masters of PK, such as Belle, are able to jump over cars, leap 9-meter distances from one rooftop to another. It has been described as "obstacle-coursing" or "the art of movement". the fluid art of parkour is sometimes combined with the smooth flow of such arts such as capoeira and Xtreme martial arts. examples of such hybrid practitioners are Team Ryouko, the famous Toronto martial arts stunt team, and the mysterious Xyndicate, a tiny, underground clan located in the eastern United States."Source: www.fanpop.com
"Jake Gyllenhaal will sing! Also in casting news are Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, a Woody Allen movie, and Gossip Girl.
Jim Carrey will play the Devil who tempts die-hard Washington Senators fan Joe Boyd, who's sick of watching the Yankees win all the damn time, to sell him his soul in exchange for a victorious season. Carrey in that role makes sense. But Boyd, who magically becomes slugger Joe Hardy and helps the Senators win, will oddly, and sort of annoyingly, be played by noted rap video star Jake Gyllenhaal. His hip-hop career aside, Gyllenhaal's biggest brush with the musical was his disastrous (on purpose, I guess) "And I Am Telling You" warble when he hosted Saturday Night Live a while back. There's been nothing announced about the musical's most important part, the sexy vamp Lola (she gets what she wants) that the Devil uses to tempt Joe. May we suggest not Anne Hathaway". Source: gawker.com
Synopsis: It's the summer of 1987, and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight recent college grad, can't wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents (Wendie Malick and Jack Gilpin) announce they can no longer subsidize his trip, James has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. Forget about German beer, world-famous museums and cute French girls-James' summer will now be populated by belligerent dads, stuffed pandas, and screaming kids high on cotton candy. Lucky for James, what should have been his worst summer ever turns into quite an adventure as he discovers love in the most unlikely place with his captivating co-worker Em (Kristen Stewart), and learns to loosen up.
Director's Bio: GREG MOTTOLA most recently directed the hit summer comedy 'Superbad.' He was also the writer and director of the movie 'The Daytrippers' (1997). Mottola also worked with Judd Apatow (who produced 'Superbad') and Seth Rogen (who co-wrote 'Superbad') directing several episodes of the Fox television show 'Undeclared.' He has also directed episodes of "Arrested Development" and HBO's 'The Comeback.' Source: sxsw.com
and Reese Witherspoon-- all in the same film!-- as the main cast.
