Casting Notes: Steve Carell in ‘A Boyfriend for My Wife’; Andie MacDowell in ‘Footloose’; Three More for ‘Vamps’
Posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Warner Bros. is setting up a remake of the 2008 Argentine romantic comedy Un novio para mi mujer as a star vehicle for Steve Carrell. The comedian is producing, and WB hired Mark Gibson and Phil Halprin to write a script based on the Argentine film. A Boyfriend for My Wife would see Carell as “a timid husband [who] believes the only way out of his stifling marriage is to get his wife to fall in love with another man, so he enlists the help of a legendary yet unlikely Lothario.” [Variety]
After the break, Footloose and Vamps both make new hires. Read More »
