Woody Allen Sets Cast for Next Film, Prometheus Gets a Mostly Positive Reception: Biz Break
Also in Monday afternoon's news round up, Outfest unveils its 30th anniversary lineup, Ashley Tisdale joins the next Scary Movie, Cannes and Sundance winner Beasts of the Southern Wild is set to open Stateside film festival, Matt Dillon and Brendan Fraser are among the cast set for a new dark comedy, Christina Ricci will join Susan Sarandon in an upcoming project and Christopher Nolan says good bye to Howard Hughes pic.
Woody Allen Sets Cast for Untitled Project
The director named his cast in alphabetical order Monday for his next film which will shoot in New York and San Francisco this summer. Joining the cast are: Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Michael Emerson, Sally Hawkins and Peter Sarsgaard. Co-stars include Max Casella and Alden Ehrenreich. It is a Gravier Productions film produced by Allen?s long time producers, Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum. This will be Allen's second film in San Francisco following his 1969 debut Take the Money and Run.
Outfest Unveils 30th Anniversary Roster
Director John Waters will be feted at the event, which will open with HBO documentary Vito on July 12th. The oldest festival in Los Angeles and one of the largest LGBT film events in the U.S., Outfest will screen 147 films from 24 countries. The festival will close with Struck by Lightning starring Glee star Chris Colfer who wrote the script. Other galas include Keep the Lights On, sexually charged Young & Wild, ACT UP doc How to Survive a Plague and Mosquito Y Mari which will screen as the fest's Centerpiece. For more info on the Outfest lineup, visit their website (http://www.outfest.org/article.php?id_art=179).
Ashley Tisdale to Star in Scary Movie 5
Ashley Tisdale has been cast as one of the leads in Dimension Films' Scary Movie 5,…
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