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Lots of casting news today, from Charlie Murphy to Clifton Collins Jr. Plus Charlize Theron employs the best person in the business to yell at people for her.
Likable workhorse actor Clifton Collins Jr. has joined the cast of that weirdos doing experiments movie The Experiment. He’ll star with other weirdos Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood, and Adrien Brody. They’ll be doing experiments. [Variety]
Gosh, Adam Sandler is so nice. He just keeps casting his old friends. The latest is the beleaguered Tim Meadows, who is joining the reunion comedy Grown Ups. Also in the flick? Once-wases like Norm Macdonald, Colin Quinn, Rob Schneider, and David Spade. Somewhere, Ellen Cleghorne extends a weary hand and plaintively whispers “Me too…?” [THR]
Charlize Theron has signed on with the big boy. She’s switched over to the mega-agency poised to take over the world, William Morris Endeavor, where she’ll be repped by none other than the golden cussing boy himself Ari Emanuel. What does Vince think about this? [Variety]
Because that Tim Roth show Lie to Me has inexplicably high ratings, they’re bringing back two popular guest stars from last season for longer arcs. Once budding movie star turned TV stalwart Mekhi Phifer will be back, as will, well… once budding movie star turned TV stalwart Jennifer Beals. Mekhi is going to be a cast member, whereas Beals will just be that nebulous thing known as a recurring. [THR]
Nimrod Atal, the unfortunately-named director of the way-better-than-decent horror/thriller Vacancy, will helm the upcoming fifth installment in the Predator series. Predators will be about the Predator monster, only there will be plural of them. [Variety]
Very funny regular guy Jason Sudeikis has been quietly racking up a bunch of work. He’s slated to next appear in the Justin Long/Drew Barrymore romancer Going the Distance. Sudeikis will play a character named Box. Heh. See? Already funny! [THR]
Whee! Charlie Murphy will be in a new movie, the bizarrely cast comedy Family Wedding. He’s joining Forest Whitaker, America Ferrara, and Carlos Mencia. Charlie, we wish we could tell you we’re going to see this, but, uh… [Variety]
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Sandler & co are filming in Hingham, outside Boston.
I watched one episode of Lie to Me and strangely liked it. Although it wasn't because of any of the characters, it was the knowledge. The show employs the standard mix of sardonic, mysterious father figure (Roth) lording over a staff of young acolytes solving cases using multi-million dollar computer equipment in spacious rooms that no government agency, save the DoD, could afford and CGI effects to illustrate the latest scientific wisdom to advance the plot (this episode featured microexpressions).
@Greganda: It's still unfortunate--Nimrod wasn't even a decent guy; he's the king who threw Abraham into a furnace. I never understood how it came into the Israeli mainstream. Ditto for Amnon and Absalom.
DahlELama
"Theron has been without an agent since 2003, when Harris exited UTA to become a manager."
This explains so much (see: Aeon Flux).
DeltaGuy
@Greganda: I once met a child whose Israeli parents nicknamed him "Nimmy" in an attempt to help him fit in. Didn't help.
Nimrod is actually a pretty popular name for Israeli boys. They pronounce it "neem-rhoad" with a hacky gutteral sound at the "rh."
Greganda
If they could make a full-length movie of Charlie's encounters with Rick James and Prince, I'd see it.
Does Ari Emmanuel have that good of a track record? Can anyone name some good roles he has gotten other actors/actresses? Because right now Charlize needs a career face lift.
checkyaself
How is Tim Meadows beleaguered? Is it just that he has to be a character actor instead of megastar?
Somehow I imagine that he is pulling through just fine.