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Here’s a few casting notes for you before Page 2 hits. First up is What Boys Want, a teen-skewed reversal of the 2000 Mel Gibson film What Women Want. Selena Gomez will star as a girl who can hear what men are thinking. Reports that the film will just be Gomez hiding in a closet for two hours may be unfounded, but you can see where the rumor might come from. I don’t know much about Selena Gomez, and you should consider that a good thing. I’m in my 30s with no kids, so the only reason for me to know much about a coiffed-up Disney Channel star is that I write stories like these. So I can’t offer much context about this one other than to say it doesn’t sound anything like material for a teen-skewed comedy. [Variety]

After the break, more for David Fincher’s next and that David Strathairn news you’ve been waiting for!

Next up is David Fincher’s The Social Network, which is shooting now in Cambridge, MA. We know the primary cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. But there are a few new, smaller names in the mix, too. Armie Hammer will channel Jeremy Irons to play the Winklevoss twins, and Max Minghella, Rooney Mara, Dakota Johnson, Brenda Song (another Disney girl) and Josh Pence are all in, too. [The Playlist]

And finally we’ve got a film that should almost be its own story. The Whistleblower, which has had Rachel Weisz attached forever, has three new actors: Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave and David Strathairn are all in. That’s a killer cast for Larysa Kondracki’s film, which is about a police officer (Weisz) who uncovers a sex-trafficking ring and UN cover-up while volunteering in post-war Bosnia. That starts shooting later this month, on October 26. [Screen Daily]

  • Ellie
    I beg your pardon, Brenda Song a 'small' name? Brenda is no where near that term. She is a sensation household name for many youth groups. I do not understand why adults have absolutely no clue about who their children are worshiping these days. Song is by far no where near the term 'small' in any continent in this planet and I for one am very excited to see her in this project. Song is quite frankly bigger than Justin Timberlake among teenagers.. Do the research.
  • Ben
    Never even heard the name before
  • anon
    Then you must live under a rock.
  • Name
    Nice Dead Ringers reference.
  • lipslikeasukal
    Let's hope that the "sex-trafficking" part involves sex and Monica Bellucci.

    What? You put that photo up and you expected something more?
  • jehosophat
    I'd let her blow my whistle any day.
  • bnitro
    Oh sweet Selena, you really don't want to know what men are thinking.
  • thrillhouse
    Brenda Song is a stone cold babe.

    Also, Selena's movie would be way more interesting if it had Minority Report type "seers" that started arresting half of the sick dudes in America that have nasty thoughts about her underage behind.
  • freemachine
    Monica Bellucci! I'm sold.
  • Tim
    IMO you should put a picture of Monica Belluci before every jump.
  • simonesmith
    Wasn't that Selena Gomez film plot a Chappelle's Show sketch?
  • a
    Who is Brenda playing? what is her character? who is justin playing?
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