Casting

Thomas Jane is currently in post production on at least two films, one of which he’s directing. For most actors that would be enough for one calendar year, but Jane apparently likes to work. A lot. So his 2009 has just gotten even busier…

Many of you may look upon Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming action epic The Expendables as a lesser version of Quentin Tarantino’s Ingloryhole Bastards. If so, you are wrong. For my money, The Expendables looks to be the more interesting of the two.

Maggie Q has joined the cast of King of Fighters, based on the hit videogame series from the mid to late nineties. She’ll be fighting alongside Ray Park, Sean Faris, Will Yun Lee, and David Leitch.

Now that everyone has had time to calm down over the casting of Sylvester Stallone as The Riddler in Batman 3, it’s time to move on to some fresh rumors for other superhero films. Namely, an important and plausible casting rumor for Iron Man 2.

Summit Entertainment has set a release date for their Twilight sequel, New Moon. The film will bow November 20th, 2009, the same pre-Thanksgiving weekend occupied by Twilight this year.

Keanu Reeves will find his inner Samurai for the upcoming film, 47 Ronin.

Two small pieces of Smith family news today, both courtesy of JoBlo.com. Will Smith is doing publicity for his upcoming film, Seven Pounds, and he was asked about Hancock and his son’s Karate Kid remake.

Producer Brian Grazer attempts to clear up some of the confusion about Nottingham, mostly focusing on how many characters Russell Crowe will be playing.

Johnny Depp continues to find oddball films to counter-balance his blockbuster turns as Captain Jack Sparrow and his obligatory appearances in every Tim Burton movie.