Chloe Moretz Goes to “Dark Places” With Charlize Theron

April 1, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Chloe Moretz is in talks to join Charlize Theron in the adaptation of Gillian Flynn novel “Dark Places”, according to Deadline. Gilles Paquet-Brenner is writing the script and will direct the adaptation of the 2009 hit novel.

Theron takes over the role of Libby Day, originally earmarked for Amy Adams, who, at seven years old, witnessed the murder of her entire family and later testified that her fifteen year old brother Ben was the killer. Twenty-five years later, a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes pumps Libby for the truth as they uncover clues that point to Ben’s innocence. Moretz is in line for the role of Diondra, who will appear in flashback scenes along with the then-teenage Ben.

Moretz recently wrapped up reprising her role as Hit Girl in “Kick Ass 2″, out this August, and will next be seen in Kimberly Pierce’s “Carrie” remake, out in October. She recently signed on to star opposite Anne Hathaway, Sam Rockwell and Mark Webber in Lynn Shelton’s next feature, “Laggies” and is attached to the lead in Young Adult adaptation “If I Stay.”

Anne Hathaway, Chloe Moretz, Mark Webber In for Lynn Shelton’s “Laggies”

March 27, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

laggies Newly minted Oscar winner Anne Hathaway, Chloe Moretz, Mark Webber and Sam Rockwell are all in negotiations to join “Your Sister’s Sister” director Lynn Shelton’s next film, “Laggies”, according to Deadline.

The long-gestating project will see Hathaway as Megan, a perpetually immature 28 year old, who responds to her boyfriend’s (Webber) marriage proposal with a major freakout. Telling everyone she’s going on a work-related trip, she instead spends a week hanging out with her new best friend, Moretz’s 16 year old high school student. Paul Rudd had at one point been attached to the film, but it’s likely he’s been replaced by Rockwell, who plays an older character named Craig. No word on when filming begins.

Hathaway, after having previously been nominated for “Rachel Getting Married”, won her first Academy Award for her role as Fantine in “Les Miserables” just a month ago. Moretz recently wrapped up reprising her role as Hit Girl in “Kick Ass 2″ and will next be seen in Kimberly Pierce’s “Carrie” remake. Webber, a rising figure on the indie scene appeared in three Sundance films last year year, sex hotline comedy “For a Good Time, Call…” with Ari Graynor, “Save the Date” with Alison Brie and Lizzy Caplan and his own “The End of Love”, which he wrote, directed and produced, as well as starred in.

Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse Join Seth Rogen and Zac Efron in “Townies”

March 22, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

townies Two more funny guys are joining Nicholas Stoller comedy “Townies”, with Deadline reporting Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse have jumped on board, joining previously cast Seth Rogen and Zac Efron.

Andrew Cohen and Brendan O’Brien wrote the screenplay for the long-gestating film, which sparked a bidding war last summer, about a family man (Rogen) who lives near a fraternity house and finds himself at odds with one of the frat brothers (Efron), whose constant partying and raucous behavior is wreaking havoc on his neighbor’s life. No word on who Franco or Mintz-Plasse will play but frat brothers would probably be a logical guess.

Franco and Mintz-Plasse are working together on a feature film for the first time here but have collaborated on a series of popular Funny or Die web videos. Franco, younger brother to James Franco, was last seen opposite Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in “21 Jump Street” and Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer in “Warm Bodies.” He’ll next star opposite Jesse Eisenberg in magician heist thriller “Now You See Me.” Mintz-Plasse just completed reprising his role as Red Mist in “Kick Ass 2″ and voiced a character in Oscar-nominated “ParaNorman.”

Chloe Moretz replaces Dakota Fanning in YA adaptation “If I Stay”

January 23, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

One of our most anticipated but long-gestating projects appears to finally be getting some traction, with Variety reporting documentary director RJ Cutler is in talks to direct and Chloe Moretz attached to star in “If I Stay”, the Gaylfe Forman young adult novel that had Dakota Fanning in the lead role back in 2010.

Moretz will play the role of Mia, a young classical musician with an adoring family and rocker boyfriend. When she and her entire family are in a catastrophic car accident, she finds herself on the edge of death and having an out of body experience. She watches as her boyfriend, friends and family gather by her bedside and must decide between waking up to deal with the aftermath of the accident or giving up on life and dying. Fifteen year old Moretz seems too young for the role to us, particularly given the book’s sequel “Where She Went” jumps forward in time by several years.

Moretz, who broke out in 2010 with the twofer “Kick-Ass” and “Let Me In”, is gearing up for a big 2013. She recently wrapped up reprising her role as Hit-Girl in “Kick Ass 2″, as well as the titular role in Kimberly Pierce’s remake of horror classic “Carrie”, both of which will release this year.

Aaron Johnson emerges as frontrunner for “Godzilla” reboot

January 10, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting 1 Comment

We knew it wouldn’t be Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but now it looks like “Godzilla” won’t be fended off by Scoot McNairy, Caleb Landry Jones or Henry Cavill either. Instead, a new contender has taken the frontrunner role in this casting game, with Deadline now reporting Aaron Johnson has emerged as the first choice for the lead role in Gareth Edwards’ reboot of the classic Japanese monster movie.

Frank Darbont is now putting the final touches on a rewrite, and Johnson is said to be interested, but waiting to make his decision until after he sees the final script. Despite a messy legal battle with exiting producers, Edwards is expected to get cameras rolling in March, with the film already set for a May 16, 2014 release. Deadline further reports Johnson would have a second franchise on his hands if he accepts the role, indicating this probably won’t be a stand-alone movie.

Johnson, of course, broke out as the star of 2010′s comic book adaptation “Kick Ass”, and he recently completed work on its sequel. A perennial name on various high profile properties casting for young male leads (“X-Men: First Class”, “Winter’s Tale”, etc), he was seen in this year in Oliver Stone’s “Savages” and Joe Wright’s “Anna Karenina”, in which he played Count Vronsky opposite Keira Knightley.

Chloe Moretz set for dysfunctional family comedy “Man Under” opposite Tim Robbins and Michelle Pfeiffer

November 7, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting 1 Comment

Chloe Moretz, Tim Robbins and Michelle Pfeiffer will play house for dysfunctional family comedy “Man Under”, according to Deadline. Robbins will also direct the film from a screenplay by Ann Cherkis, which follows a New York family whose lives are turned upside down when photographs of them are displayed in a museum and they become overnight celebrities.

This will be the second time Moretz and Pfeiffer play mother and daughter after doing so – with a supernatural twist – in Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows.” Moretz broke out big time in 2010 when she starred in shocking and controversial titles “Kick Ass” and “Let Me In”, and was most recently seen in Martin Scorsese’s Oscar nominated “Hugo.” She recently wrapped up reprising her role as Hit-Girl in “Kick Ass 2″, as well as the titular role in Kimberly Pierce’s remake of horror classic “Carrie.”

British actor Robert Emms to play Insect Man in “Kick-Ass 2″

August 21, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz are about to get a new superhero sidekick. Deadline reports British rising star Robert Emms has been tapped to play the role of Insect Man in “Kick Ass 2″, the sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s 2010 comic book adaptation.

Jeff Wadlow takes over the directing chair from Vaughn on the sequel, since the original director will be too busy prepping an early 2013 shoot for the “X-Men: First Class” sequel. In the 2010 film based on the comic book of the same name by by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr, Johnson played Dave Lizewski, an ordinary teenager and comic book fan who decides to become a real life superhero, giving himself the moniker Kick-Ass. He was aided by the foul-mouthed and highly trained Hit-Girl, played by Moretz. Emms’ Insect Man is a cop by day, but chooses street justice in his off-time since the law can’t take care of everything, as we well know from every action movie ending with sirens being heard only after the bad guy has been neutralized. Lyndsy Fonseca is also returning for the sequel, and a September shoot is scheduled.

Emms made his feature film debut only last year, in Roland Emmerich’s Shakespearean actioner “Anonymous”, and also had roles in Tarsem Singh’s Snow White redo “Mirror Mirror” opposite Armie Hammer, as well as Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” opposite Jeremy Irvine. He also starred in British indie “Broken” opposite Cillian Murphy.

Lyndsy Fonseca also returning for “Kick-Ass 2″ with Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz

June 1, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Every wannabe Superman needs his Lois Lane, and Aaron Johnson‘s Kick-Ass will be reunited with his love interest as Lyndsy Fonseca tells her official website that she will be reprising her role as Katie Deauxma in “Kick-Ass 2″, along with original cast members Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.

Fonseca shares: “It’s a small part because of [The CW series] “Nikita”, but I’m in it, I start shooting in September.” In the 2010 Matthew Vaughn directed “Kick-Ass”, Johnson played Dave Lizewski, an ordinary teenager and comic book fan who decides to become a real life superhero, giving himself the moniker Kick-Ass. He was aided by the foul-mouthed and highly trained Hit-Girl, played by Moretz, and longed for pretty classmate Katie. Unlike her much crueler counterpart in the comics, Fonseca’s Katie was much kinder and ultimately became romantically involved with Dave after he reveals his superhero alter-ego to her. Jeff Wadlow will direct the sequel from a script he wrote. Nicholas Cage is also expected to return to make a cameo appearance as the villainous Big Daddy.

The almost-Katniss Fonseca also appeared in “Hot Tub Time Machine” but sticks mostly to TV roles, including “Nikita”, just picked up for a third season, in which she plays Alex, and the concurrently running “How I Met Your Mother”, in which she sometimes appears as the daughter to which Future Ted is telling the long-winded version of how he met her mom.

Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz set to return for “Kick-Ass 2″

May 31, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting 2 Comments

The original stars of Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass” – Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse – are close to finalizing deals to return for the recently greenlit sequel, according to Deadline.

Jeff Wadlow takes the directing reigns on the sequel since Vaughn is committed to directing the “X-Men: First Class” sequel that was recently set for a July 18, 2014 release date. In the original film, based on the comic book of the same name by by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr, Johnson played Dave Lizewski, an ordinary teenager and comic book fan who decides to become a real life superhero, giving himself the moniker Kick-Ass. He was aided by the foul-mouthed and highly trained Hit-Girl, played by Moretz. Since the two stars have enjoyed considerably higher profiles in Hollywood since the film in 2010, there had been a question of whether they would be able to return or whether their characters would have to be recast, but now it seems everything is coming together and a planned fall shoot is in sight.

Moretz was recently seen opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows”, which was unfortunately mostly passed over in the shadow of “The Avengers”, and recently landed the titular role in Kimberly Pierce’s remake of Stephen King classic horror “Carrie.” Johnson was last seen opposite Glenn Close in her Oscar-nominated role as “Albert Nobbs” and will next be seen alongside Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively in Oliver Stone’s “Savages.”

Chloe Moretz to take on zombies in apocalyptic thriller “Maggie”

May 11, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Chloe Moretz continues her reign as the go-to young actress for dark roles in Hollywood. After playing a vampire, a werewolf and soon to portray the murderous telekinetic “Carrie”, Variety reports she will take on zombies next, in apocalyptic thriller “Maggie” opposite British actor Paddy Consindine.

Commercial helmer Henry Hobson will make his directorial debut on the project from a script by John Scott, which concerns a father’s unconditional love for his daughter in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Consindine will be the dad, Moretz his daughter and the titular Maggie. Shooting is set to begin in September, with international rights up for grabs in Cannes next week.

Moretz broke out big time in 2010 when she starred in shocking and controversial titles “Kick Ass” and “Let Me In”, and was most recently seen in Martin Scorsese’s Oscar nominated “Hugo.” She can currently be seen opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton’s latest, “Dark Shadows”, out today. In addition to “Carrie”, she is also attached to Beach Boys biopic “The Drummer” opposite “Harry Potter” star Rupert Grint.

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