LukasHaas Tagged Articles at Cinematical

Death in Love is going to have many warm blooded women running to the movie theatres, as it's just been announced the film will feature a whole mess of Hollywood's young male heavy hitters. Best known for The O.C., but definitely memorable in Thank You For Smoking, Adam Brody will play a scam artist (according to the Hollywood Reporter) who trapezes into the life of Josh Lucas -- ahem, ladies?! -- in order to help instill meaning into his otherwise lackluster days. Lukas Haas -- who I've had a fondness for since before Mars Attacks! -- will be playing the brother of Lucas. The story revolves around the two brothers who are unhappy with their circumstances and somewhat lost in life. While one (Haas) works on his relationship with mom (Jacqueline Bisset ), the other (Lucas) befriends a scam artist (Brody). From there, we're not sure what happens -- as of now, that's all they're giving us.

Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans) wrote and will direct the film -- this coming from a guy who has quite the eclectic resume. I'm amazed sometimes at the vast differences between the stories he chooses to tell in his films (Uptown Girls versus From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money) and admit to watching -- gulp, and enjoying -- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights while sick with the flu. The film is already set to shoot in New York and if I had my way, would be in theatres tomorrow.

Here's some Tuesday news flavor to whet your movie palate:

• While there is still no word on whether Waters will buy the Senator and turn it into a smelly haven for sleaze, there will be more Odorama, at least for lucky moviegoers who score tickets to the Polyester screenings at the Jacksonville Film Festival. As part of their special "The Talkies" series, the fest will have a dual-night Waters feature. On the first night, the film will be screened to reacquaint audiences with it -- in all its Odorama card glory. The next night the film with be screened again, but with a special, live commentary by John Waters. For fans of the cult director, you can't get much better than that! [via Twitch]
• In October, Erik mused about a screwdriver-weilding Kim Basinger in her upcoming film, While She Was Out. In the film, she witnesses a murder and is subsequently terrorized, in the woods, by a group of kids with only a toolbox to protect her. Now, Lukas Haas has signed on to play the leader of the menacing gang. While it's flattering for Hollywood to consider people older than me to be suitable for kids roles, it's about time Haas got to act his age!
• Jennifer Hudson is continuing on her seemingly unending wave of "Nah, nah-nah. nah-nah, nah - American Idol!" success. She's topped off an Oscar nomination for Dreamgirls with a history-making appearance on the cover of Vogue. She will be only the third African-American celebrity to make the cover of the 115 year-old mag (after Halle Berry and Oprah) -- and the first songstress to do so. The photo comes from Hollywood photographer extraordinaire, Annie Leibovitz, and it will be used for the yearly Power Issue. I wonder how crazy that is driving Fantasia...