Sunday, March 09, 2008

2 By 2

Pick a pair any pair...

***Jason Isaacs (pictured) has joined the cast of an, as yet, untitled thriller directed by Paul Greengrass reported in Variety.

I can't say that I'm really up for another Iraq War flick. But with Greengrass calling the shots and Brian Helgeland's script-I would give it a shot.

***Joan Cusack and John Goodman will team up for the film adaptation of the bestselling novel "Confessions of a Shopaholic" reports Variety.

Sophie Kinsella's book tells the story of a woman who must deal with the stresses of mounting credit card debt while trying to navigate the New York magazine world.

Isla Fisher is playing the woman, while Goodman and Cusack will play her parents..

***CiarĂ¡n Hinds and Alexander Ludwig have joined the cast of "Race to Witch Mountain," a remake of 1975's adventure movie Escape to Witch Mountain, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The '75 flick was a favorite in my house growing up... Can they recapture the "magic"?

***TV's" Men In Trees" co-star James Tupper is set to portray actor Joseph Cotten in Richard Linklater's biopic "Me and Orson Welles " says The Hollywood Reporter.

Principal photography is already underway in the Isle of Man, London and New York.

***Luke Wilson will star in an upcoming college comedy called "Tenure" reports Variety.

Mike Million will cut his directorial teeth from his own script about a frustrated college professor (Wilson) who competes for tenure with an impressive new female colleague. Principal photography begins right around the corner in Philadelphia next month.

***Jayma Mays will play the love interest of Kevin James in the upcoming comedy formerly known as Mall Cop according to The Hollywood Reporter.

James penned the script with Nick Bakay and Steve Pink. Filming is set to begin later this month in Boston.

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