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The District 3 Tributes Have Been Cast In ‘The Hunger Games’

The Nameless
Posted by: Trent on April 27, 2011| 4 Comments

Today I have more casting news to share for the upcoming big screen adaptation of The Hunger Games. The nameless tributes from District 3 have been cast and newcomers Ian Nelson and Kalia Prescott have won the roles. Much like protagonist Katniss Everdeen‘s mother is never mentioned by name, the tributes from District 3 who must fight to the death are never referred to in the books by name … but they are very important to the film in that they make up a small part of The Hunger Games themselves. Read on for the deets about this new casting news. More »

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John C. Reilly Will Reportedly Play Haymitch Abernathy In ‘The Hunger Games’

Perfect Casting Strikes Again!!
Posted by: Trent on April 23, 2011| 55 Comments

New York magazine is reporting that actor John C. Reilly is in serious talks to play the role of Haymitch Abernathy in the big screen adaptation of The Hunger Games. According to the magazine, the role has been offered to him but his casting is not yet official. I, for one, think this is another case of brilliant casting! While I didn’t immediately think of John C. Reilly as Haymitch while reading the books, I can absolutely see how he could play the role perfectly. Read on for all the rumored deets about this reported casting. More »

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Jake Gyllenhaal Shaves His Head BALD For A New Film

Cueball
Posted by: Trent on April 23, 2011| 13 Comments

When last we saw Jake Gyllenhaal out and about, he was rockin’ a full head of hair at the Hollywood premiere of his film Source Code. Today we learn that Jake has since shaved his head — completely — for a new movie role. The completely bald Jake and his co-star Michael Peña were spotted on a promotional photoshoot this weekend for their new film End of Watch. Get an eyeful of Jake‘s new hair’do below. More »

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Paula Malcomson Is Cast As Katniss Everdeen’s Mother In ‘The Hunger Games’

The Nameless Mom Has Been Found
Posted by: Trent on April 23, 2011| 11 Comments

Woo!! I’ve got some new casting news for the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games to pass along. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Caprica actress Paula Malcomson has been cast as Katniss and Prim Everdeen‘s mother. In the trilogy of books, the mom’s name is never mentioned … she is only referred to as mom or mother … but, first name or not, Malcomson will play her in the film. More »

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Jeremy Renner Will Star In ‘The Bourne Legacy’

Move Over Matt Damon, There's A New Bourne In Town
Posted by: Trent on April 22, 2011| 27 Comments

The Jason Bourne film franchise will live on with a NEW Bourne character that will be introduced in a new film titled The Bourne Legacy … a character that will be played by Academy Award-nominated actor Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Town). There has been much talk in recent months about getting Matt Damon to reprise the role of Jason Bourne for a new series of films but, apparently, that plan fell by the wayside. The franchise will be rebooted with a new character and a new lead actor in Renner. Read below for the known deets about this new Bourne franchise. More »

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Lindsay Lohan Reduced To A Minor Role In The New Gotti Biopic

She Will NOT Play Victoria Gotti
Posted by: Trent on April 21, 2011| 14 Comments

Last week, Lindsay Lohan crashed a NYC press conference announcement of a new biopic titled Gotti: Three Generations in the hopes of nabbing the role of Victoria Gotti in the film. It turns out that negotiations for Lindsay to appear in the film fell apart and she was offered no role at all. Lindsay went back to the production company and begged for a role and ended up getting the minor role of John Gotti Jr.‘s daughter-in-law Kim. The up-side is that Lindsay got a job, yay! The down-side, the job is a minor one that prolly won’t be winning her any awards. More »

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Willow Shields Has Been Cast As Primrose Everdeen In ‘The Hunger Games’

Meet Your Prim
Posted by: Trent on April 21, 2011| 23 Comments

Another day, another casting news announcement to make for the upcoming big screen adaptation of The Hunger Games. Today we learn that the pivotal character of Prim will be played by newcomer Willow Shields. Those of you who are familiar with the story in The Hunger Games know that Prim (Primrose Everdeen, to be exact) is lead protagonist Katniss Everdeen‘s beloved little sister and she plays an integral role thruout the trilogy. Read on for more information about the young actress who will be bringing Prim to life on the big screen. More »

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Marion Cotillard & Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Roles In ‘The Dark Knight’ Rises Have Been Revealed

WTF?!
Posted by: Trent on April 20, 2011| 11 Comments

Remember how excited we were to learn that both Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt had been reportedly cast in the upcoming Batman sequel film The Dark Knight Rises? Remember how rumors started to swirl that claimed that Cotillard might play Talia al Ghul and Gordon-Levitt might play Black Mask (or some other equally cool, underground Batman villain)? Yeah, well it turns out that those rumors were COMPLETELY wrong … because according to a new press release about the film, Cotillard will play a boring executive and Gordon-Levitt will play an equally boring police officer. Yawn! More »

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Glimmer & Marvel Have Been Cast In ‘The Hunger Games’

The Tributes from District 1 Have Been Cast
Posted by: Trent on April 20, 2011| 9 Comments

Casting news for the film adaptation of The Hunger Games keeps coming at us fast and furious this week. Just yesterday we learned that actress Elizabeth Banks has won the role of Effie Trinket in the upcoming film trilogy and previously we learned that newcomers Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Okeniyi won the roles of District 11 tributes Rue and Thresh (respectively). Today we learn that the Tributes from District 1 have been cast … Leven Rambin will play Glimmer while Jack Quaid will play Marvel. More »

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Elizabeth Banks Has Been Cast As Effie Trinket In ‘The Hunger Games’

Practically Perfect
Posted by: Trent on April 19, 2011| 24 Comments

Yesterday we learned that newcomers Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Okeniyi have been cast as District 11 tributes Rue and Thresh (respectively) in the big screen adaptation of The Hunger Games. Previously we learned that Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth have been cast as Peeta and Gale (respectively) and Jennifer Lawarence has been cast in the lead role as Katniss Everdeen. Today we learn from Variety that actress Elizabeth Banks has won the role of Capitol bureaucrat Effie Trinket in the film. More »

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