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  • Vincent Cassel replacing Philip Seymour Hoffman in Child 44

    Vincent Cassel replacing Philip Seymour Hoffman in Child 44

    MUMBAI: Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, Mesrine, Ocean’s Twelve and Thirteen) has been tapped as a last-minute addition to Summit’s now-filming Soviet thriller Child 44. The Cesar-winning thesp is replacing previously cast Philip Seymour Hoffman in the film which has been filming since June under director Daniel Espinosa (Easy Money, Safe House).

     

    Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, and Joel Kinnaman also star in the tale of a military cop investigating a series of child murders in 1950s Stalinist Russia, adapted by Oscar-nominated Richard Price from Tom Rob Smith’s bestseller.

     

    Child 44 is the first book in Smith’s trilogy featuring protagonist Leo Stepanovich Demidov, played by Hardy in the pic. Ridley Scott is producing Child 44 for his Scott Free Productions with Michael Schaefer and Greg Shapiro. The film is co-financed and exec produced by Worldview Entertainment, whose Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson Redlich are executive producing along with Douglas Urbanski. Lionsgate’s Erik Feig and Jim Miller are overseeing for the studio.

     

    After his turn in Danny Boyle’s Trance this year, Cassel will next be seen in Christophe Gans’ Beauty and the Beast playing the Beast to Lea Seydoux’s Belle. He is repped by CAA and Agence Adequat.

  • Brian De Palma to direct Al Pacino in next project

    Brian De Palma to direct Al Pacino in next project

    MUMBAI: Veteran director Brian De Palma is all set to realign with his Scarface actor Al Pacino for his upcoming project, a Joe Paterno biopic to be titled Happy Valley.

    The story of the film to be produced by Edward R Pressman and Pacino`s manager Rick Nicita will be based on the bestselling book Paterno by Joe Posnanski while Dave McKenna will pen the script.

    “Incidentally, Happy Valley will be only the third film that reunites Pacino and De Palma and I can`t think of a better duo to tell this story of a complex, intensely righteous man who was brought down by his own tragic flaw,” Pressman has been quoted to have said.

    Joe Paterno is a former Penn State head football coach who became the winningest coach in the history of college football. He built a powerhouse football program that turns him into a campus deity.

    The 72-year old Palma is best known for his suspense and crime thriller films such as Carrie, Mission: Impossible, Femme Fatale and The Black Dahlia among others.His most recent work was last year`s Passion that starred Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams.

  • Johnny Depp not averse doing Wally Pfister’s film

    Johnny Depp not averse doing Wally Pfister’s film

    MUMBAI: Johnny Depp has shown his interest in starring in Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister‘s sci-fi directorial debut.
    The 49-year-old actor is likely to play the lead in Pfister‘s film about a man who gets sucked into a malevolent, self-aware computer, it is understood. “I‘m thrilled, and feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with Johnny. He is a creative and intelligent artist who I feel will bring great depth to the character and the overall narrative,” Pfister observed.
    Depp, on the other hand, is reportedly waiting to see a final draft of writer Jack Paglen‘s script before fully committing.
    Pfister is currently considering casting the likes of Noomi Rapace, Tobey Maguire, Christoph Waltz and James McAvoy for other roles in the Warner Bros film.
    Pfister, who won an Oscar for his work in Inception, is Christopher Nolan‘s long-time cinematography partner and has made no secret of his desire to step behind the camera as director.
    His collaboration with Nolan has spanned seven films, beginning in 1999 with Memento.