• TV Bits: 'Hanna' Is Happening, Jon Stewart's HBO Show Isn't, 'Veep' Renewed, And More

    In this edition of TV Bits: That Hanna TV series is definitely happening Our first look at Penelope Cruz as Donatella Versace in American Crime Story Jon Stewart's HBO series goes up in smoke Comedy Central's The President Show earns more episodes And more! Earlier this year, we wrote about how The Night Manager's David Farr was hoping to create…

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  • Will Forte And Tim Robbins Replace Ty Burrell And Dennis Quaid In 'Jackie Brown' Sorta-Prequel 'The Switch'

    Fifteen years after Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown hit theaters, Dan Schechter is making plans to travel back fifteen years before that movie took place. The writer-director has been amassing quite a cast for his sorta-prequel The Switch, including John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), Jennifer Aniston, and Isla Fisher. But now he's…

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  • Ramin Bahrani's 'At Any Price' Is My Favorite Film Of Telluride 2012

    Ramin Bahrani's most accessible film to date ends up being my favorite film of the 2012 Telluride Film Festival (yes, besting Ben Affleck's Argo). Ramin has developed a cult following from his three minimalist slice-of-life micro-budget films starring non-professional actors (if you havent yet seen Man Push Cart or Goodbye Solo, put them on your…

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  • 'Playing For Keeps' Trailer - Soccer Moms Love Gerard Butler

    When a holiday movie schedule is as crowded as this year's promises to be, it's actually kind of a relief to see a trailer for a year-end release that looks like lighthearted, feel-good entertainment with no apparent aspirations of picking up a little gold man come February. The romantic dramedy Playing for Keeps (formerly Playing the…

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  • 'The Words' Trailer #2 - Bradley Cooper Fakes It Til He Makes It

    After breaking out with Wedding Crashes and The Hangover a few years back, Bradley Cooper's been trying to make the transition into more dramatic roles. Which, for some reason, starts with playing shabby, dishonest writer types. In last year's Limitless, Cooper played a hapless copywriter who cheats his way to success with a performance-enhancing drug.…

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  • 'What To Expect When You're Expecting' Trailer #2 - "No Judging," Insist The Dudes

    It's not surprising that most of the marketing materials so far for What to Expect When You're Expecting have focused primarily on the women. It's inspired by a world-famous pregnancy manual, after all, and (Arnold Schwarzenegger in Junior notwithstanding) men don't often get pregnant. But with a comedically gifted male cast that includes Chris Rock,…

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  • TV Casting: Connie Britton In 'Nashville', Carrie-Anne Moss In 'Ralph Lamb', Sigourney Weaver In 'Political Animals'

    While some of her Friday Night Lights co-stars have made the leap into big-screen adventures, Connie Britton's still shining on the small screen. Fresh off of a single-season stint on FX's American Horror Story, Britton has now signed on for ABC's musical family soap Nashville. And yes, the "musical" part of the description indicates that we'll be…

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  • TV Bits: Zachary Quinto And Others Return For 'American Horror Story' Season 2, New Looks At 'The Killing' And 'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, 'Community' Animated Shorts

    Lots of good news on the TV front broke over the weekend so, after the jump, read about the following: Zachary Quinto and Jessica Lange are coming back for American Horror Story season 2 along with Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe. Creator Ryan Murphy offers hints about the show's return and a surprising…

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  • Dennis Quaid And Michael Chiklis In Talks For Nicholas Pileggi's 'Ralph Lamb', Milo Ventimiglia Joins Frank Darabont's 'L.A. Noir'

    With Goodfellas and Casino scribe Nicholas Pileggi writing and James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma) set to direct the pilot, it's probably not surprising that CBS' 1960s Las Vegas-set Ralph Lamb is attracting some serious acting talent as well. Dennis Quaid is now in talks for the title role, a real-life rodeo cowboy who went…

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  • Jennifer Aniston And Dennis Quaid Added To Elmore Leonard Adaptation 'Switch'

    We've been calling Switch a prequel to Jackie Brown, because both films are based on novels by Elmore Leonard, and Switch will feature the characters Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie, originally played by Robert De Niro and Jackson in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) play the two guys…

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  • 'The Words' Is 'Inception' With Stories Instead Of Dreams [Sundance 2012]

    Like the dreams of Inception, The Words is a story about a story within a story. On the top level, there is a plot featuring Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde. In the middle, there's Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana. And on the bottom, there's Ben Barnes and Nora Arnezeder. With direction by Brian…

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  • Casting Bits: Jai Courtney Boards 'One Shot', Hugh Jackman Wants To Do 'Glee', 'Highlander' Star Clancy Brown Joins Untitled Ramin Bahrani Project

    The cast of Christopher McQuarrie's One Shot has been filling up at lightning speed over the past month. Robert Duvall, Alexia Fast, Richard Jenkins, and David Oyelowo have all boarded the project within the last few weeks, and now comes news that Spartacus: Blood and Sand star Jai Courtney has signed on as well. Based…

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  • 'Footloose' Trailer #2

    Here we go again. We've seen a teaser trailer for Craig Brewer's remake of the '80s film Footloose, and now here's the full thing. Well, here's another trailer, anyway -- this one is quite a bit shorter than the teaser. Hit the jump to see Kenny Wormold as Kevin Bacon, Julianne Hough as Lori Singer,…

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  • Casting Bits: Holt McCallany In 'Gangster Squad', Julia Stiles And America Ferrera In 'It's A Disaster', Dennis Quaid In 'What To Expect', Jennifer Love Hewitt And Ivan Sergei In 'Jewtopia'

    Last season, FX's boxing drama Lights Out entered the canon of brilliant-but-cancelled television series, when piss-poor ratings brought about its demise despite plenty of critical love. Thankfully, things seem to be working out better for the series' acclaimed star, Holt McCallany, than they did for the show. The actor is now in talks for Gangster…

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  • 'Beneath The Darkness' Trailer

    Dennis Quaid has occasionally played less than squeaky clean characters (like Arlis in Flesh and Bone) but he isn't known as an actor who regularly jumps back and forth between playing heroes and villains. He's got too much of a square-jawed appeal and a winning smile for that. But everyone has to change things up…

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