Most of today’s hottest film stories involve casting, so we’ve rounded up the juiciest such tidbits for you below.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. TO TAKE ON PERRY MASON
Team Downey will produce an adaptation of the PERRY MASON series for Warner Bros. Downey will star as Mason.
PAUL WALKER JOINS KATRINA DRAMA
Paul Walker is attached to star in Eric Heisserer‘s directorial debut HOURS about a father trying to keep his newborn daughter alive during Hurricane Katrina.
THE HELP STAR IN TALKS FOR DIABLO CODY PIC
Octavia Spencer, who wowed us in THE HELP, is in talks to join Julianne Hough and Russell Brand in Diablo Cody‘s untitled directorial debut.
DESPICABLE ME 2 GETS A LITTLE SPANISH SPICE
Javier Bardem is in talks to play the aptly-titled “Macho” in Illumination‘s DESPICABLE ME 2.
CRUSH GETS TEEN HEARTHROB
CRUSH, the spec recently acquired by Intrepid, has already begun casting, nabbing Lucas Till for the lead.
CLINT EASTWOOD, A LEADING MAN AGAIN
Clint Eastwood will star in Robert Lorenz‘s TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE. Malpaso is producing the project for Warner Bros.
