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May 14 2013 12:19 AM ET

Casting Net: 'The Terminator' in talks to play the Exterminator in 'Toxic Avenger' reboot; Plus, Olivia Wilde, more

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• Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to star in a reboot of The Toxic Avenger to play the Exterminator, who helps the Toxic Avenger (a weak kid who has an unfortunate accident at a toxic chemicals plant) learn to use his newfound powers for good. So, they team up to take on the evil polluters. Writer and director Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine) is leading the adaptation, and Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz (directors of the 1984 cult classic) will serve as executive producers. [Deadline]

• Olivia Wilde (TRON) and Mark Duplass (The League) are set to star in Reawakening, a medical thriller about some students who figure out how to bring people back from the dead. David Gelb, who directed the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, will make his feature narrative debut on the project. Besides her turn in the independent comedy Drinking Buddies, Wilde can be seen next in Ron Howard’s Rush. Duplass also has a number of acting projects on the horizon including the JFK assassination drama Parkland. [Variety]

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Mar 6 2013 09:41 PM ET

Casting Net: Edward Norton versus Michael Keaton in 'Birdman'; Plus Liam Neeson, Keri Russell, more

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• Yesterday we reported the initial casting for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, but one of the key parts was left out of the announcement: Who would be the foil to Michael Keaton’s character’s comeback. Wednesday it was announced that Edward Norton would take on the role of the egotistical theater actor, which sounds like another inspired casting choice. We’re also kind of excited to see the failed Bruce Banner go head to head with one of history’s most beloved Bruce Waynes. Norton just wrapped The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson’s follow-up to Moonrise Kingdom. [Deadline]

• Liam Neeson is in talks to join Seth MacFarlane’s sophomore film, A Million Ways to Die in the West. Amanda Seyfried and Charlize Theron are already set to star in the film as MacFarlane’s ex-girlfriend and an outlaw’s wife, respectively. If the deal goes through, Neeson would play Theron’s outlaw husband. [THR]

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Jan 31 2013 09:41 PM ET

Casting Net: Jim Carrey turns to crime in comedy 'Loomis Fargo'; Plus Jeremy Renner, Frank Langella

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• Jim Carrey has signed on to star in the upcoming comedy heist film, Loomis Fargo. Inspired by true events, the press release announcing the news says the story follows a disgruntled bank employee who teams up with a girl to steal nearly $20 million. The film will be directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and based on an original screenplay by Emily Spivey (Up All Night).

• Jeremy Renner will produce and star in the upcoming thriller Kill the Messenger, based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The Pulitzer Prize winner was known for uncovering the CIA’s involvement in cocaine trafficking during the Reagan Administration as a method of funding the Contra war in Nicaragua. Webb published his findings in a series of articles in 1996 in the San Jose Mercury News, and endured intense public scrutiny in the years that followed, before taking his own life in 2004. Michael Cuesta (Homeland) is set to direct the film. [THR]

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Jun 8 2012 02:57 PM ET

Find This Movie: 'Safety Not Guaranteed' wants you to go back in time -- and bring weapons

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There are lots of great indie movies out there, but few have the marketing budgets to compete for attention alongside gargantuan studio releases. This is the first in a regular EW series highlighting the weird, wonderful world of those smaller films worth seeking out.

Safety Not Guaranteed

Stars: Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Mark Duplass (The League, Humpday), Jake Johnson (New Girl, Paper Heart)

Filmmakers: Colin Trevorrow, director; Derek Connolly, screenwriter.

Release: June 8 — New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, expanding wider on June 15 and 22. Full listings here.

Story: Plaza and Johnson play two snarky magazine writers (is there any other kind?) who investigate the origins of a classified ad seeking a partner for time travel. They uncover the sweet, intense, and paranoid grocery store worker Duplass, who is convinced he holds the secret to going back in time, and hopes to rectify past mistakes. Also, he’s bringing weapons. (Those traveling with him need to bring their own.) READ FULL STORY »

May 22 2012 10:34 PM ET

Casting Net: Natalie Portman attached to western 'Jane Got a Gun.' Plus: Hailee Steinfeld, James McAvoy, Mark Duplass

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• From pointe shoes to boot spurs: Natalie Portman is attached to the western Jane Got a Gun, about a woman forced to defend her home from outlaws looking to kill off her barely-alive husband. Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) is attached to direct. No word on whether the title is meant to evoke the Aerosmith classic or not. [THR]

• James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class) has joined Jessica Chastain in the fascinating cinema experiment The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, which will explore the lives of a married couple in two separate feature-length films from their respective points of view, subtitled Him and Her. McAvoy takes over for Joel Edgerton, who had been attached in the role. Ned Benson (In Defiance of Gravity) will direct both films from his screenplays. [Variety]

• True Grit star Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to star in an adaptation of the Daniel Handler comic novel Why We Broke Up, about a high school sophomore dealing with her split from her boyfriend, a senior. Handler penned the screenplay, and TV comedy director Beth McCarthy-Miller (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live) will direct. [Deadline]

• Mark Duplass (Humpday) will play a supporting role in the Osama bin Laden drama Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. [Deadline]

• Rapper-actor T.I. has joined the Jason Bateman/Melissa McCarthy comedy Identity Thief as a bounty hunter. [Deadline]

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