It would've been easy for Kristen Wiig to keep riding the Bridesmaids train with a sequel. Lord knows Universal would've been happy if she did. But instead, the Saturday Night Live alum took the road less traveled with a string of indies, including her passion project Girl Most Likely (formerly Imogene). Directed by American Splendor's Shari…
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Kristen Wiig has been trying to get the dark comedy Imogene off the ground for a few years now, but it wasn't until she found huge success in this spring's Bridesmaids that things really started to pick up with her passion project. Now Imogene is shooting in various locations throughout the U.S. with American Splendor…
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Here's a lovers and spouses collection of casting news, leading off with a nice change of pace report of an actor being cast as the 'love interest' for a major actress, rather than the other way around. After the break you'll find: Matt Dillon will woo Anette Bening in Imogene, The Killing actress Mireille Enos…
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We've got a diverse set of projects on which to report in this latest casting break: a political prestige project, a more routine-sounding thriller, and a dark comedy with quite a good pedigree. After the break, you'll find: Brit Marling seems to have settled on Robert Redford's The Company You Keep as her next big…
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Glee star Darren Criss has landed a part in Imogene, a dark comedy by American Splendor directors Shari Springer Bergman and Robert Pulcini. The Michelle Morgan-penned script revolves around a New York playwright (Kristen Wiig) who fakes a suicide in order to get her ex-boyfriend's attention. Instead of winning him back, however, she winds up…
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Jennifer Lawrence is reportedly leading the pack of actresses vying for David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook, ahead of the likes of seemingly every rising (or recently risen) starlet in town. Elizabeth Banks, Kirsten Dunst, Blake Lively, Rooney Mara, Rachel McAdams, Andrea Riseborough, and Olivia Wilde were all among Lawrence's competitors for the part. If…
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Kristen Wiig is on the verge of being able to shoot a film she's been wanting to make for the past couple years. Imogene, written by Michelle Morgan and to be directed by Shari Springer Bergman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor, Cinema Verite), . The project isn't new, with reports of it having surfaced last…
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