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And The Gold Medal For Casting Michael Phelps Goes To…
8:40AM Defamer Hollywood | Like a record-setting swimmer surging forward towards the goal, you, the Defamer readership, have flooded us with suggestions for which actor could best play the role of gold medal Olympian Michael Phelps. Swimming prowess was secondary (that’s what they have CG for) and so were bankable names; after all, no A-list actor worth mentioning could hope to fill the speedo of these perfectly cast finalists. More »
Help Us Cast ‘The Michael Phelps Story’
3:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Now that Michael Phelps has finally won more gold medals than Geena Davis, we can get down to the real business at hand: the swimmer’s showbiz future. Sure, there’s bound to be an awkward SNL-hosting stint yet to come, but as the boys at THR note today, most Olympians have to reconcile themselves to appearing in Duracell commercials or baring their midriffs opposite the Village People. Thus, let’s focus on more positive matters, like casting the Michael Phelps Movie of the Week: More »
Billy Bob Thornton ‘Elm Street’ Rumours Spark Defamer Casting Frenzy
6:50AM STV | The day’s fastest-spreading casting rumour intrigues as much for its potential for on-screen carnage as its requisite off-screen tragedy: The man who originated Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street has Billy Bob Thornton pegged to portray the razor-fingered villain in a planned remake. Robert Englund doesn’t sound too upset about it, either, informing JoBlo that the Michael Bay-produced reimagining would treat Wes Craven’s original with the hacky, high-gloss dignity it deserved 25 years ago. Englund stopped short of suggesting he’d join the film, of course, lest he subject himself to Thornton’s infamous scythe-handling clumsiness. More »
Victor Announced In Defamer’s ‘Cast The Subway 911-Caller’ Sweepstakes
8:12AM Seth | We are humbled—truly, humbled—by the singular talents of you, our astute readership. Shortly after petitioning you to find the perfect man or woman to assume the psychologically complex role of Reginald Peterson—the sandwich-dressing-deprived Subway patron who boldly tried to take on the system and lost—and combing through your many suggestions (surprisingly, Abigail Breslin’s name never came up), one casting idea came through the Defamer tipbox that towered above all others. The clear winner is after the jump. More »
Help Us Cast The Subway Sandwich 911-Caller MOW
6:40AM Seth | Upon learning of the crimes of Jacksonville, Fl. native Reginald Peterson—who placed two 911 calls demanding local police locate and return a missing sandwich dressing to its rightful place atop his Subway spicy Italian sub—we were instantly reminded of Thelma Dennis, the Patron Defamer Saint of Emergency Phone Services Squandering, who phoned in fake bomb threats for 24 years. More »
Miley Cyrus (’Slut!’) And Seven Other Casting Ideas For MTV’s ‘Rocky Horror’ Remake
2:38AM Seth | As we briefly touched upon a post or so ago, MTV has announced they’ll be producing a remake of midnight movie classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which struck us as a slightly less onerous addition to our ever-growing End of Ideas library. (Perhaps it was the delightful image of a whole new generation of Rocky disciples chanting, “Lips! Lips! Lips!” in anticipation of Audrina Patridge’s ladyparts’ soulful rendition of “Science Fiction, Double Feature” that did it.) Variety has the details: More »
Ambitious Colin Farrell Tell-All Now Casting Suckers With $20
10:00AM Defamer Hollywood | The most important, non-hamster-related casting news of the summer trickled into Defamer’s inbox today, with the modestly subject-lined “MOTHER OF ALL PRESS RELEASES” issuing a heads-up for anyone interested in auditioning for author Dessarae Bradford’s adaptation of her book, Colin Farrell: A Dark Twisted Puppy.
Josh Brolin’s ‘W’ Glamour Shot Overshadows Critical Dick Cheney Casting Call
2:15AM Defamer Hollywood | While we long ago put to rest those rumours that Oliver Stone’s forthcoming George Bush biopic W was a fantastically sophisticated April Fools gag on the media and all modest Americans of taste and discretion, it’s not like Entertainment Weekly had to go rub it in with its new cover story. But there they are anyway: Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks as the President and First Lady, all set to ham it up in the drama Stone is apparently location scouting as we speak. Alas, with Stone swearing up and down he can have the film in theatres by election time, one critical vacuum remains: Who, who will play Dick Cheney?
Reality TV Casting Call Seeks O.R. Newbies For ‘Virgin-Surgeon Island’
8:30AM Seth | Just when we started to truly believe that every reality TV idea had already been plundered, comes a Craigslist casting opportunity featuring one of the more fertile premises we’ve yet heard: It’s a show devoted to capturing all the thrilling highs and the “Oops! But I’m almost positive you said it was the left knee that was giving you trouble” lows of a surgeon’s first time. Looking for SURGEON perf 1st surgery of kind or VERY FIRST SURGERY (Los Angeles) Production Company in Los Angeles is working on a pilot reel for a television series for a major cable network. More »
