Jamie Bell Joins Thandie Newton and Cillian Murphy in The Retreat

Posted on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 by Russ Fischer

The cast for The Retreat, a thriller about a a husband and wife who have a strange encounter with a soldier while taking an island retreat, has been shifting around in the last year. Thandie Newton has been the constant, and Cillian Murphy is currently playing the other half of the married couple. Now Jamie Bell has been tapped as the third key cast member. Details on who’s who and what’s what are after the break. Read More »

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Casting Notes: Justin Timberlake in ‘I’m.mortal’;Steve Coogan in ‘My Idiot Brother’; Cillian Murphy in ‘The Retreat’

Posted on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Russ Fischer

Andrew Niccol is prepping I’m.mortal, a sort of sci-fi film with shades of Logan’s Run that already has offered the female lead to Amanda Seyfried. Now Deadline says the male lead has been offered to Justin Timberlake. The film is an explicitly 20-something skewed idea, in which people have to buy time if they want to age past 25. The Seyfried / Timberlake pairing could work well, and I like the idea of Niccol doing more original sci-fi.

After the break, Steve Coogan and Cillian Murphy take new jobs. Read More »

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