Casting Bits: Halle Berry In 'The Hive', Elisabeth Shue & Abigail Spencer In 'Of Men And Mavericks', 50 Cent In 'The Pursuit'

By Angie Han October 6th, 2011

Joel Schumacher has confirmed in an interview that Halle Berry is in talks to take the lead in the tentatively titled The Hive, about "a female emergency line operator who, in trying to help a young girl, comes up against a killer from her own past." While nothing is official at this point, the director said,…

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Gerard Butler Joins Surfing Picture 'Mavericks'

By Russ Fischer February 14th, 2011

Almost a year ago we heard that Curtis Hanson (The River Wild, L.A. Confidential) would make a film about the late surfer Jay Moriarty, who rode massive Northern California wave breaks called 'mavericks,' but died at 22 in a diving accident. When we first reported on the film Sean Penn was rumored; the role he…

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