Thursday, June 6, 2013

Hollywood Headlines



Here are a few headlines and links regarding the latest news floating around Hollywood:


*** After rumors surfaced about Oscar-Nominee Jessica Chastain starring in the Hillary Clinton biopic (which she quickly denied), it looks as though The Great Gatsby's Carey Mulligan may step into the polarizing figures shoes. Read More Here


*** Early in the week it was reported that Hans Zimmer had signed on to score Christopher Nolan's beyond-anticipated sci-fi thriller, Interstellar. This isn't a surprising announcement considering Zimmer and Nolan have teamed up together on Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy. But speaking of Christopher Nolan, his name also popped up in recent reports that Warner Bros. traded their rights (over the next 5 years) to the Friday the 13th franchise and a future South Park movie to Paramount in exchange for a piece of the Interstellar box-office pie. Read More Here


*** Academy Award Winner Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) has decided to expand her resume a little. Lawrence is set to not only star in Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier's The Rules of Inheritance, she is on board as a producer as well. The films adapts Claire Bidwell Smith's memoir by the same name, about a 14 year old girl who faces a devastating reality when she finds out that both of her parents have been diagnosed with cancer.


*** Finally, the Oscar-Nominated French foreign film, A Prophet, had its rights optioned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, meaning we can expect an English-language adaptation in the near future. Read More Here

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