Casting Bits: Barry Pepper In True Grit, Ryan Reynolds And Jason Batemen In The Change-Up, And Three Join A Horrible Way To Die

A.J. Bowen, Amy Seimetz, and Joe Swanberg have been cast in Adam Wingard's thriller A Horrible Way to Die. Written by Simon Barrett (Dead Birds), the story follows an escaped murderer (Bowen) in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend (Seimetz), who has fled to start a new life in a small town. Swanberg plays the ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. The photo above is from the movie, which is currently shooting in Columbia, Missouri.Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, 25th Hour) joins Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin and Hailee Steinfeld in the Coen brothers' adaptation of True Grit. Pepper will play "Lucky" Ned Pepper, the notorious outlaw played by Robert Duvall in the 1969 film adaptation. [Variety]Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman will star in Wedding Crashers helmer David Dobkin's body-switching comedy The Change-Up, written by The Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Bateman plays a responsible family man who switches bodies with his lazy man-child best friend (Reynolds). [variety]