Jack Huston Joins Jennifer Lawrence in David O. Russell’s Abscam Drama

March 26, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

jack-huston David O. Russell’s newest film has already been shooting for a couple of weeks now, but one last cast member is jumping on board, with Deadline reporting “Boardwalk Empire” star Jack Huston has joined Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence in the 1970s set political thriller.

The untitled film, originally called “American Bullshit”, will follow the real life political drama Abscam, which was set up by the FBI in the 1970s and 80s. An FBI employee posed as a fictional Middle Eastern sheik named Kraim Abdul Rahman, who was videotaped taking meetings with government officials in which they agreed to take money for helping him gain asylum in the US, among other illegal activities. The investigation culminated in the conviction of a United States Senator and five members of the House of Representatives. Various cast members have been spotted around the Boston area dressed in their best 70s garbs – including Lawrence with this amazing updo – shooting the film which already has an Oscar-friendly December 13th release date.

Huston, who plays scarred and mask Richard Harrow on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”, recently premiered Beat Generation origin tale “Kill Your Darlings”, in which he plays Jack Kerouac, at Sundance. He most recently completed work on edgy art world dramedy “Posthumous” opposite Brit Marling.

First official image of Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan and Jack Huston in Sundance-bound “Kill Your Darlings”

December 14, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Images 1 Comment

Today the Sundance Film Festival put online its full schedule for the 2013 season, and with it, our first look at an official image from one of the films we are most looking forward to at the festival, Beat generation origin biopic “Kill Your Darlings.”

The first image, which seems to be a screengrab from a trailer that we hope to see soon, shows Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg, Dane DeHaan as Lucien Carr, Ben Foster as William Burroughs and Jack Huston as Jack Kerouac. Described as “a riveting true story of a crime, a friendship, and the nexus that spawned a cultural movement”, the John Krokidas film follows the quartet, along with Elizabeth Olsen as Edie Parker, as they meet on the campus of Columbia University in the 1940s and are bonded forever in the wake of a murder.

“Kill Your Darlings” premieres at Sundance in the US Dramatic Competition on Saturday, January 19th. See the first image below and be sure to check the grid for the full schedule.

Who will lead the “Guardians of the Galaxy”? Marvel testing Joel Edgerton, Eddie Redmayne and others

November 28, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting 5 Comments

Marvel’s busy upcoming slate can only mean one thing: More young actors chomping at the bit to join the lucrative and prolific family. “Guardians of the Galaxy” was announced earlier this summer at Comic-Con, and after setting James Gunn to direct the film loosely tied to the ending of “The Avengers”, casting is now underway. Deadline reports five up and coming leading men have signed test deals for the chance to play the leader of the Guardians, a character named Peter Quill, while still others may be in contention as well.

The actors who have test deals are “Zero Dark Thirty” star Joel Edgerton, “Les Miserables” star Eddie Redmayne, “Cloud Atlas” actor Jim Sturgess and Jack Huston and Lee Pace, both of whom recently appeared in different installments of “The Twilight Saga.” Deadline also reports others who the studio is interested in or have shown interest in the part include the ever-present Garrett Hedlund, “X-Men”‘s Cyclops James Marsden and Edgerton’s fellow Aussie and “Animal Kingdom” co-star Sullivan Stapleton.

Redmayne, known for more serious acting work, seems keen to get a slice of the superhero franchise pie, as he’s also on the shortlist for the role of Harry Osborn opposite Andrew Garfield in “The Amazing Spider-Man” sequel. Edgerton seems made to be a superhero on film, but thus far has not committed to one. We think he’d be great here as Quill, aka Star-Lord, the half-human, half-alien leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy, which also includes the characters Adam Warlock, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Phyla-Vell, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot. In keeping with the intergalactic nature of this team, presumably not every member will be played by a human actor and much motion-capture and CGI will be involved in this adaptation.

“Guardians of the Galaxy” is already set for an August 1, 2014 release, so filming should begin by early next year.

Jack Huston and Brit Marling to star in edgy art world dramedy “Posthumous”

October 17, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Rising stars Jack Huston and Brit Marling have been set to headline edgy indie dramedy “Posthumus”, according to Deadline.

Lulu Wang wrote and will direct the film set in the art world, which follows Huston’s struggling artist character. When he is mistakenly presumed to have killed himself, his art suddenly becomes a valuable hot commodity, so he decides to keep up the charade and pretend to be his own brother. The plan becomes complicated when he meets Marling’s enthusiastic reporter, who “begins to show him the real value of life and art.”

Huston last appeared in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and next stars opposite Bella Heathcote in 1960s coming of age musical drama “Not Fade Away.” He has also wrapped up on Beat generation origin tale “Kill Your Darlings”, in which he plays Jack Kerouac opposite Elizabeth Olsen, Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan. Marling, who has made a name for herself writing and starring in films such as “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice”, can currently be seen opposite Richard Gere in finanical thriller “Arbitrage” and has also completed another writing/acting project, eco-terrorist thriller “The East.”

Watch: Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote and more make music and come of age in first trailer for “Not Fade Away”

October 9, 2012 | Posted by Rebecca Lewis in Videos Leave a comment

It’s the 1960s, rock music is everywhere and everyone wants to be involved. And so it goes in this first trailer for David Chase‘s “Not Fade Away“, which was released to coincide with the premiere of the film at this year’s New York Film Festival.

Jack Huston, John Magaro, Bella Heathcote and Will Brill all star in the film which follows three best friends who decide to create a band and think they can be as big as the Rolling Stones.

Chase, who found fame with the critically and commerically-acclaimed TV show “The Sopranos”, has set his feature length directorial debut in New Jersey, home of Tony Soprano of course, but the tone here seems markedly different. As the band attempt to make it big in New York City we see them deal with familial drama, internal pressures and falling in love.

“Not Fade Away” has a US release date set for 21st December 2012. Check out the trailer below.

First Look at Elizabeth Olsen as Edie Parker on the set of “Kill Your Darlings”

March 23, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Images Leave a comment

Elizabeth Olsen joins her co-stars Dane DeHaan and Daniel Radcliffe in our first look at the actress on the New York set of Beat Generation origin biopic “Kill Your Darlings”, about the formation of the friendships amongst Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe), Lucien Carr (DeHaan), William Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Husten). Olsen stars as Kerouac’s girlfriend Edie Parker – who introduced most of the guys to each other – and looks every bit the preppy 1940s coed as she walked to set with wavy hair and high-waisted jeans.

John Krokidas wrote and is directing “Kill Your Darlings”, which will tie in to Carr’s involvement with an unstable childhood neighbor, David Krammerer (Michael C. Hall), whose death cemented the bond between the close-knit circle of friends. More than one eventual Beat icon was jailed in connection to the crime, and Parker and Kerouac’s marriage was partly expedited by their need of her inheritance for his bail money.

Check out our first look at Olsen as Parker below and head over to The Daily Mail for more.

First Look: Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan channel Beat Generation icons in “Kill Your Darlings” set photos

March 19, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Images 1 Comment

Dane DeHaan and Daniel Radcliffe loosen up and get close as iconic Beat Generation icons Lucien Carr and Allen Ginsberg, respectively, while filming “Kill Your Darlings” in New York City. The new film tracks the origins of the Beat generation, with the slightly lesser known Carr at the center of a group of friends that also included Jack Kerouac (played by Jack Huston), Edie Parker (Elizabeth Olsen) and William Burroughs (Ben Foster).

Our first look at the set and actors in costume reveal DeHaan and Radcliffe appearing to have a grand ol’ time hanging out and obviously intoxicated on the streets of 1940s New York. John Krokidas wrote and is directing “Kill Your Darlings”, which will tie in to Carr’s involvement with an unstable childhood neighbor, David Krammerer (Michael C. Hall), whose death cemented the bond between the close-knit circle of friends.

With this cast, such an iconic grouping of characters and a juicy stranger-than-fiction plotline, “Kill Your Darlings” is easily topping our Most Anticipated Movies list. Too bad we’ll have to wait for 2013. See the first set photos below, and head over to The Daily Mail for even more.

Elizabeth Olsen, Dane DeHaan, Jack Huston join Daniel Radcliffe in Beat Generation biopic “Kill Your Darlings”

January 12, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

A trio of promising young rising stars have signed on to Beat Generation origin tale “Kill Your Darlings”, according to Variety. “Harry Potter” himself Daniel Radcliffe signed on to play Allen Ginsberg a couple of months ago, and it looks like Dane DeHaan, Elizabeth Olsen and Jack Huston are rounding out most of the main cast.

Huston will play Jack Kerouac (whose iconic “On the Road” is also getting the big screen treatment), Olsen his girlfriend Edie Parker, and DeHaan will be Lucien Carr, whom Ginsberg called “the glue” at the center of the tight circle of friends that would go down in history as the founders of the New York Beat scene. The fourth Beat icon in the group, William Burroughs, is presumably still yet to be cast, as well as the pivotal role of David Kammarer. John Krokidas wrote the script and will also make his feature directorial debut. Filming is scheduled to begin on March 12 in New York.

Huston, last seen in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”, also stars opposite Jessica Chastain in “Wild Salome” and Bella Heathcote in “Twylight Zones.” Olsen broke out in a big way in 2011 with her feature film debut in Sundance hit “Martha Marcy May Marlene”, one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year, thanks in no small part to her revelatory performance. DeHaan has a big year ahead with roles in “The Wettest County”, “The Place Beyond the Pines” and “Chronicle.”

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