Not all child actors transition easily into more grown-up roles, but Elle Fanning looks like an exception to the rule. The younger Fanning sister has been acting since her toddler years, and in recent years has been a standout presence in films like Somewhere, Super 8, and We Bought a Zoo. She tackles slightly more…
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Writer/director Sally Potter takes her time, with only six features released after her 1983 debut, The Gold Diggers. Her 1992 movie Orlando helped push Tilda Swinton from the Derek Jarman coterie into the larger indie movie world, but Potter's own films since have sat pretty firmly on the fringes of art house territory. Will Ginger…
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Although Christina Hendricks has played modern or even futuristic characters throughout her career, there's no question that she's best known for her portrayal of '60s office manager Joan Harris (née Holloway) on Mad Men. Perhaps that success is why she's in talks to return to the era for Sally Potter's period film Bomb, where she'll star…
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Chuck actress Yvonne Strahovski is in final talks for I, Frankenstein, Stuart Beattie's adaptation of the comic book by Kevin Grevioux. Aaron Eckhart leads the cast as Frankenstein's classic monster, who in the present day goes by Adam and stands between humanity and the supernatural demons who would overtake them. Bill Nighy was previously announced…
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