Ansel Elgort Is Augustus Waters in "The Fault in Our Stars" Opposite Shailene Woodley

From siblings to star-crossed lovers! EW reports rising star Ansel Elgort has been offered the male lead in "The Fault in Our Stars" opposite Shailene Woodley - who plays his sister in the currently-filming dystopian adaptation "Divergent." The two Read more

Dylan O'Brien Lands "The Maze Runner" Lead; Ki Hong Lee Also Joins

UPDATE: Director Wes Ball tweets that Ki Hong Lee has also joined the cast as Minho, a fellow Glader and ally to Thomas throughout the series. Lee is probably best known as a regular on short-lived ABC Family Read more

Shailene Woodley Confirmed for "The Fault in Our Stars"

I mean, duh, we called it. It has now been officially confirmed with glowing quotes from director, producer and author in tow that the increasingly in demand Shailene Woodley will play the lead role of Hazel Grace Lancaster Read more

Up and Comers Presents: 20 Faces to Watch in 2013

After a somewhat unpredictable year in which the stars we expected to break out largely didn't but fresh faces came out of nowhere to surprise us all, we are ready to look ahead to the new talent waiting to Read more

Up and Comers Presents: The Breakout Stars of 2012

Another year, another new crop of fresh talent. Just like last year, the hardest part is narrowing down which of the dozens of the year's rising stars shone the brightest. This year we heralded the arrival of the unlikeliest Read more

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“The Help” star Ahna O’Reilly lands female lead opposite Ashton Kutcher in “Jobs” biopic

May 29, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

With “The Help” making stars – and Oscar nominees/winners – out of its supporting cast including Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer, it was only a matter of time before it spread to the rest of the gang. Variety reports Ahna O’Reilly has landed the female lead in “Jobs”, the first biopic on the late Apple founder out of the gate, with Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and Broadway star Josh Gad as co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Michael Stern directs the indie flick from a script by Matt Whiteley, which is already filming and which will tell the origin of Steve Jobs, from “wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time.” Gad’s Wozniak invented the Apple I computer and then co-invented Apple II in the 1970s with Jobs, while O’Reilly has been tapped for the role of Chris-Ann Brennan, a painter and Jobs’ first girlfriend, who eventually gave birth to his first daughter.

Before her breakout role as Elizabeth Leefolt in “The Help”, O’Reilly had bit roles in movies including “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Nancy Drew.” Since the whirlwind of “The Help” and Oscar season, O’Reilly has completed filming on a quartet of indies: “I Am Ben”, “Miss Dial”, “The Time Being” and “Teddy Bears.”

Broadway’s “Book of Mormon” star Josh Gad to play Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak opposite Ashton Kutcher in “Jobs”

April 27, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Broadway star Josh Gad is moving to the Silicone Valley. He has lined up a gig playing Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, according to Variety. Gad will join Ashton Kutcher (yes, Ashton Kutcher) as Steve Jobs in the first biopic of the late Apple founder out of the gate, aptly titled “Jobs.”

Wozniak invented the Apple I computer and then co-invented Apple II in the 1970s with Jobs and was crucial to the conception of Apple as we know it today, though the film is said to follow Jobs from “wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time” so the Woz may likely be a much more supporting role. Michael Stern will direct the indie flick from a script by Matt Whiteley next month while Kutcher is on hiatus from “Two and a Half Men.”

After Silicone Valley, the Tony-nominated Gad is heading to Washintgon DC, having been cast in NBC family comedy “1600 Penn” about the Presidential family. He last appeared on the big screen as Jake Gyllenhaael’s little brother in “Love and Other Drugs” and has a plethora of TV guest starring credits to his name as well.