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Peter O'Toole Signs on for Yet Another Movie
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Casting », Scripts », Cinematical Indie »
I've got yet more proof that Peter O'Toole has been replaced by a robot. The man is in his mid-70s, and after steadily doing a few projects here and there for years, he's taking on a cajillion, million roles. I seriously don't know where he's finding the energy, but now he's added another film to the roster, and possibly another chance at that little, elusive statue. The Hollywood Reporter has posted that O'Toole will join his Tudors co-stars Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill, along with Australia's Bryan Brown, in a new film called Dean Spanley. It's almost like someone was watching that show and figured they'd just cast from there, rather than go through the effort of a long search.The feature is going to be the sophomore effort of Toa Fraser, who got the World Cinema Audience Prize at Sundance for his first film, No.2. Written by Rob Roy scribe Alan Sharp, THR describes it as a film: "Set in Edwardian England, where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Spanley reveals just how deep an Englishman's love for his dog can go." Yeah, so the beginning sounds so very O'Toole, but I'm not sure what's up with the whole dog twist. There's nothing quite like a good tale of animosity between the Colonies and Mamma England, mixed in with canine love. The film will slip into shooting next month.
Jack Thompson Joins Cast Of Baz's Australia, Maybe
Filed under: Drama », Romance », Casting », RumorMonger »
You would think that after all these years of reading about the movie business, I would learn to be just a tad more cynical about casting announcements -- or denials for that matter. A mountain of speculation has surrounded the casting process for Baz Luhrmann's Australia -- just recently I passed along the news that Bryan Brown was possibly the latest actor to join the Australian "who's who" of actors who are attaching themselves to Luhrmann's epic. The film tells the story of Lady Sarah Ashley, (Nicole Kidman) a woman who falls for a cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) after tracking down her adulterous husband on the eve of WWII. Earlier, we had asked the question -- is Bryan Brown the third lead? Well, it looks like the answer might be no.The biggest fan site for the film has posted the news that Jack Thompson has been "unofficially " confirmed for the part of a cattle baron in the period love story. At this point, I wonder if there's a working actor in Australia who hasn't been attached to this film at some point. Meanwhile, the website has also been keeping tabs on Luhrmann himself, who is currently in Bowen, Australia to do location work for the project. This time I'm not going to jump the gun. When it comes to casting this movie, I'll believe it when I see it from now on.
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