Octavia Spencer has been cast in Las Madres.
She will join Leslie Mann in the newly announced DreamWorks comedy, reports Variety.
The film will centre around three unemployed friends who go after a wanted criminal in a bid to take the reward money for his capture.
Scott Stuber and Dylan Clarke will produce Las Madres for Bluegrass Films from Lona Williams's script.
Spencer will next be seen in Snowpiercer and James Brown biopic Get on Up.
The pilot for her Red Band Society was recently picked up by Fox.
Las Madres is yet to announce a director.
She will join Leslie Mann in the newly announced DreamWorks comedy, reports Variety.
The film will centre around three unemployed friends who go after a wanted criminal in a bid to take the reward money for his capture.
Scott Stuber and Dylan Clarke will produce Las Madres for Bluegrass Films from Lona Williams's script.
Spencer will next be seen in Snowpiercer and James Brown biopic Get on Up.
The pilot for her Red Band Society was recently picked up by Fox.
Las Madres is yet to announce a director.
- 5/9/2014
- Digital Spy
The Disaster Artist
Seth Rogen has revealed that not only is James Franco producing and directing, but he also plans to star in the film adaptation of Greg Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist".
The book deals with the making of Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece of bad cinema "The Room". Rogen also says two well-known writers were recently hired to adapt the script. [Source: SlashFilm]
Las Madres
Octavia Spencer will join Leslie Mann in "Las Madres" which is also currently seeking a director. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clarke are producing.
Lona Williams and Pam Brady penned the story which follows three unemployed women who decide to hunt down a wanted criminal who has a hefty reward out for his capture. [Source: Variety]
The Driftless Sea
Frank Langella will join Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel in Zachary Sluser's romantic drama "The Driftless Sea" at Unified Pictures and Bron Studios. Shooting begins next week in...
Seth Rogen has revealed that not only is James Franco producing and directing, but he also plans to star in the film adaptation of Greg Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist".
The book deals with the making of Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece of bad cinema "The Room". Rogen also says two well-known writers were recently hired to adapt the script. [Source: SlashFilm]
Las Madres
Octavia Spencer will join Leslie Mann in "Las Madres" which is also currently seeking a director. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clarke are producing.
Lona Williams and Pam Brady penned the story which follows three unemployed women who decide to hunt down a wanted criminal who has a hefty reward out for his capture. [Source: Variety]
The Driftless Sea
Frank Langella will join Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel in Zachary Sluser's romantic drama "The Driftless Sea" at Unified Pictures and Bron Studios. Shooting begins next week in...
- 5/9/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Apes movies practically defined the law of diminishing returns. Franklin J Schaffner’s seminal science-fiction, Planet of The Apes was one of the biggest hits of 1968. An ingenious adaptation of Pierre Boule’s novel, it won an Oscar for John Chambers’ iconic make-up effects and took the ‘Twist Ending’ to a new level, possibly never surpassed.
Despite the colossal box office returns of its predecessor, Beneath The Planet of The Apes had its budget halved – a penny-pinching exercise that would continue throughout the series. By the time of Conquest of The Planet of The Apes, allegory had taken over spectacle, and the films became a running commentary on racial oppression and the contemporary 1970s actions of the Black Panther movement. Cleverly, the five original Ape movies form a long circular narrative, with the time-travelling chimpanzees of Escape From The Planet of The Apes, giving birth to a son whose...
Despite the colossal box office returns of its predecessor, Beneath The Planet of The Apes had its budget halved – a penny-pinching exercise that would continue throughout the series. By the time of Conquest of The Planet of The Apes, allegory had taken over spectacle, and the films became a running commentary on racial oppression and the contemporary 1970s actions of the Black Panther movement. Cleverly, the five original Ape movies form a long circular narrative, with the time-travelling chimpanzees of Escape From The Planet of The Apes, giving birth to a son whose...
- 4/30/2014
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Matt Reeves’ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has been building momentum nicely in recent weeks, with its first slew of casting announcing that Jason Clarke, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Gary Oldman, and Keri Russell were boarding the follow-up to Rupert Wyatt’s original reboot, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Russell most recently came on board at the start of the month, taking the female lead for the sequel.
And now Vulture report that the ever-brilliant Judy Greer (Arrested Development, Archer) has come on board for the film as well.
Whereas Russell will be the human female lead, Greer will instead be donning the performance capture suit opposite Andy Serkis, starring as the love interest for Serkis’ ape, Caesar.
Her character, Cornelia, was briefly introduced in the original 2011 movie, then played by dancer Devyn Dalton. But now the role is set to be expanded in the sequel, and I...
Russell most recently came on board at the start of the month, taking the female lead for the sequel.
And now Vulture report that the ever-brilliant Judy Greer (Arrested Development, Archer) has come on board for the film as well.
Whereas Russell will be the human female lead, Greer will instead be donning the performance capture suit opposite Andy Serkis, starring as the love interest for Serkis’ ape, Caesar.
Her character, Cornelia, was briefly introduced in the original 2011 movie, then played by dancer Devyn Dalton. But now the role is set to be expanded in the sequel, and I...
- 3/29/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With a release date already set for May 2014, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has been filling its leading cast very nicely in recent weeks.
Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) was the first to come on board last month, and he was soon followed by Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In) and Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises). And returning to the cast will by Andy Serkis, reprising his role as the ape, Caesar.
Now Variety are reporting that the film has found its female lead in Keri Russell (Felicity), the Golden Globe-winning actress who returns to work alongside director Matt Reeves, having led the TV series, Felicity, that Reeves co-created with J.J. Abrams.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we do know that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will take place fifteen years after the events of the original 2011 blockbuster.
One focus is on the...
Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) was the first to come on board last month, and he was soon followed by Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In) and Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises). And returning to the cast will by Andy Serkis, reprising his role as the ape, Caesar.
Now Variety are reporting that the film has found its female lead in Keri Russell (Felicity), the Golden Globe-winning actress who returns to work alongside director Matt Reeves, having led the TV series, Felicity, that Reeves co-created with J.J. Abrams.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we do know that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will take place fifteen years after the events of the original 2011 blockbuster.
One focus is on the...
- 3/8/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Gary Oldman is joining the cast of Matt Reeves' upcoming sequel "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" at 20th Century Fox.
Set 15 years after the events of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", Dawn finds most of humanity wiped out and the intelligent apes ruling over the world. A small group of San Francisco-based scientists form a resistance against the apes.
Oldman plays the leader of a human colony, a diplomatic type who has a military background and was, interestingly enough, a former police commissioner. He joins a cast that includes Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Mark Bomback penned the script and shooting kicks off this spring. Peter Chernin, Dylan Clarke, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa are producing.
Source: THR...
Set 15 years after the events of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", Dawn finds most of humanity wiped out and the intelligent apes ruling over the world. A small group of San Francisco-based scientists form a resistance against the apes.
Oldman plays the leader of a human colony, a diplomatic type who has a military background and was, interestingly enough, a former police commissioner. He joins a cast that includes Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Mark Bomback penned the script and shooting kicks off this spring. Peter Chernin, Dylan Clarke, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa are producing.
Source: THR...
- 3/1/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Following last week’s news that Jason Clarke has boarded Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the sequel’s second new addition to the cast has been announced in the form of Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In, ParaNorman).
Little is known about the sequel, and it naturally has our interest piqued.
The original film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, was a big success for Fox, taking almost $500m. for the studio back in 2011. They’ve currently got the second film in the franchise set for an early Summer 2014 release date, and production is expected to get underway very soon. And that means we should be able to look forward to more casting news soon.
When we heard last week that Clarke had signed on for the project, we also heard that the film is set fifteen years after the events of the original film. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes...
Little is known about the sequel, and it naturally has our interest piqued.
The original film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, was a big success for Fox, taking almost $500m. for the studio back in 2011. They’ve currently got the second film in the franchise set for an early Summer 2014 release date, and production is expected to get underway very soon. And that means we should be able to look forward to more casting news soon.
When we heard last week that Clarke had signed on for the project, we also heard that the film is set fifteen years after the events of the original film. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes...
- 2/25/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Matt Reeves will re-team with Let Me In actor Kodi Smit-McPhee for Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Deadline report the news and mention that he'll play a lead role, but don't reveal which character he'll play. The other day we found out that Zero Dark Thirty's Jason Clarke would play the main lead, and we also found out some new plot details. The movie will be set 15 years after the last one, with a group of scientists struggling to survive alone in San Francisco, while Caesar, played by a returning Andy Serkis, tries to maintain dominance over his kingdom. The script is currently being written by Mark Bomback (Total Recall, The Wolverine), with Peter Chernin, Dylan Clarke, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa on board to produce. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is set to hit theaters May 23rd, 2014.
- 2/22/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a superb success at the box office back in 2011, netting Fox almost half a billion dollars that summer. Naturally, the sequel has been in development ever since, and now Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is starting to shape up nicely.
After original director Rupert Wyatt exited the project late last year, Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) came on board at the helm, which definitely piqued our interest.
And now to make things all the sweeter, THR report that Jason Clarke has signed on for the sequel.
The plot details are largely being kept under wraps, but the report notes that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will take place fifteen years after the events of the first film.
“One focus is on the group of human scientists who are struggling to survive alone in San Francisco. Another aspect of the story...
After original director Rupert Wyatt exited the project late last year, Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) came on board at the helm, which definitely piqued our interest.
And now to make things all the sweeter, THR report that Jason Clarke has signed on for the sequel.
The plot details are largely being kept under wraps, but the report notes that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will take place fifteen years after the events of the first film.
“One focus is on the group of human scientists who are struggling to survive alone in San Francisco. Another aspect of the story...
- 2/20/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jason Clarke ("Zero Dark Thirty," "Lawless") has signed on to star in the Matt Reeves-directed "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" at 20th Century Fox.
Set 15 years after the events of 2011’s "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the story is rumored to focus on human scientists struggling to survive alone in San Francisco.
Another aspect of the story is the struggle of intelligent ape Caesar (Andy Serkis) to maintain dominance over his kingdom. Clarke's role is unknown.
Mark Bomback penned the script. Peter Chernin, Dylan Clarke, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa are producing, and shooting aims to begin in the Spring.
Source: THR...
Set 15 years after the events of 2011’s "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the story is rumored to focus on human scientists struggling to survive alone in San Francisco.
Another aspect of the story is the struggle of intelligent ape Caesar (Andy Serkis) to maintain dominance over his kingdom. Clarke's role is unknown.
Mark Bomback penned the script. Peter Chernin, Dylan Clarke, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa are producing, and shooting aims to begin in the Spring.
Source: THR...
- 2/19/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Has the world learned nothing from the most recent attempt to shove the story of The Nutcracker on to our screens? You might recall – or most likely have buried the painful memories of – critical and commercial misfire The Nutcracker in 3D. Universal will certainly be hoping we all have, as the studio is nabbed a pitch for a new, live-action adaptation.Rise of the Planet of the Apes producing team Peter Chernin and Dylan Clarke are spearheading the new version, which will come from the keyboards of John Mann and Jon Gunn, who have together written Boo U for DreamWorks and a film based around the Magic 8 Ball toy for Paramount.They’ll spin what the executives now hope will be a fresh look at the familiar story of the 12-year-old girl who, along with her older brother and sister, is given a Nutcracker doll by her inventor/clockmaker grandfather.
- 7/26/2011
- EmpireOnline
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.