Casting Bits: Eric Bana In 'Brilliant;' Tyler Perry In 'The Marriage Counselor;' Jason Bateman In 'Disconnect' And 'The Longest Week'

By Russ Fischer September 27th, 2011

Let's start off this casting break with a quick one: Robert Luketic (The Ugly Truth) is putting together a diamond heist movie called Brilliant, written by Blood Diamond producer Gillian Gorfil. He's now got Eric Bana set to star. The plot follows "a small-time criminal who joins accomplished thieves in a diamond heist," with Bana…

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Casting Bits: Kelly Reilly In 'Flight;' Olivia Wilde In 'The Longest Week;' Vanessa Hudgens In 'Frozen Ground'

By Russ Fischer September 13th, 2011

Robert Zemeckis is preparing to make his live-action return with the film Flight, in which Denzel Washington will play a commercial pilot who safely lands a troubled flight, saving almost all aboard, but finds his own role in the flight's trouble under investigation. Now Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice, Eden Lake, Sherlock Holmes: A Game…

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