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Heap of Hollywood 3/19: Smurfmaina, Comedy procreates

18 Mar

Heap of Hollywood is your chance to read about some of the latest news and casting updates around H-town!

News:
*Comedy duo and married couple, Amy Poehler & Will Arnett are expecting their second child.  They have a 1-year-old son, Archie.
*FOX‘s Kitchen Nightmares, starring Gordon Ramsey, has been renewed for a third season.
*Conan O’Brien & FOX are in preliminary talks for O’Brien to bring a late night show to the network.
 
 
Casting:
*Ashton Kutcher & Natalie Portman have signed on to star in Friends with Benefits, directed by Ivan Reitman.
*Best buds in real life, Owen Wilson & Woody Harrelson, are teaming up and going animated with the film, Turkeys.
*The Smurfs movie has found its villain.  Hank Azaria is set to play Gargamel in the live action remake of the children’s cartoon.
*Glee‘s Jayma Mays has also joined the cast of The Smurfs.  She is set to play the wife of Neil Patrick Harris’ character.

 

Additional Information: EW, The Hollywood Reporter

Heap of Hollywood 3/16: Avatar release date, True Blood is coming

16 Mar

Heap of Hollywood is your chance to read about some of the latest news and casting updates around H-town!

Casting:
*Christopher Gorham (Ugly Betty) has joined the cast of The Ledge. (For additional casting check here)
*Stephen Lang (Avatar) & Said Taghmaoui (G.I. Joe) have signed on to the film Conan.
*Natalie Morales has joined Parks & Recrecation in a recurring role.

 

News:
*HBO‘s True Blood will premiere its third season Sunday June 13 at 9/8c.
*Bravo‘s Millionaire Matchmaker has been renewed for a fourth season.  The show will move its location from LA to NYC for the new season.
*Welcome to the Rileys (Kristen Stewart) has found a distributor after premiering at Sundance.  The film was bought by Apparition and Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group.  They’re looking at a tentative fall distribution date.
*Avatar will be available on DVD April 22 (2D format)

 

Additional information: The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline

Heap of Hollywood 3/13/10

13 Mar

Heap of Hollywood is your chance to read about some of the latest news and casting updates around H-town!

News:
*Conan O’Brien will be going on a 30-city tour beginning April 12.  The name of his tour is “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television.”
*Katherine Heigl appears to be on her way out of Grey’s Anatomy.  EW.com reports that she may have already taped her final scenes.
 
Casting:
*Alan Tudyk will be joining Dermot Mulroney in the remake of NBC’s Rockford Files.
*Steve Martin is in talks to join The Big Year opposite Jack Black and Owen Wilson.
*Robert De Niro has been tapped to play famous NFL coach, Vince Lombardi.
*Fresh off the announcement that she will be hosting SNL May 8, Betty White will guest star on ABC’s The Middle.
*Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are attached to star in Change Up.
*Evan Rachel Wood and Guy Pearce have joined Kate Winslet in HBO‘s miniseries, Mildred Pierce.
 

Additional Information by: Variety and The Hollywood Reporter

Heap of Hollywood 3/09/10

9 Mar

Heap of Hollywood is your chance to read about some of the latest news and casting updates around H-town!

 
News:
*NBC has renewed 30 Rock, The Office and Community.
*CBS has ordered a 2nd season of Undercover Boss.
*Hilary Duff is about to pen young adult novels for
  Simon & Schuster Books.
*Dancing With the Stars has named Brooke Burke as their new
  co-host.
*The Sopranos head honcho, David Chase, is set to direct his first
  feature film about a 1960′s rock band.
 
Casting:
*Viggo Mortensen will be playing Sigmund Freud, replacing
  Christoph  Waltz, in The Talking Cure.
*Liam Hemsworth has signed on to Arabian Nights.
*Liv Tyler & Patrick Wilson are joining The Ledge.
*Anna Faris & Chris Evans have signed on to What’s Your Number?
*Jonah Hill is replacing Demetri Martin in the Moneyball adaptation.
*Lee Daniels’ newest project, Selma, will include Lenny Kravitz,
  Robert De Niro and Hugh Jackman.

 

Additional information courtesy of Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, FirstShowing and Deadline.

Heap of Hollywood 3/06/10

6 Mar
 
Casting (TV):

*Rob Lowe (Brothers & Sisters) & Adam Scott (Party Down) are both  heading to NBC to join the cast of Parks & Recreation.

*Ryan Devlin (Cougar Town) has been cast in the new comedy, Sh** My Dad Says.

Casting (Film): (Courtesy of accesshollywood.com)

*Katy Perry has been tapped to play Smurfette in the upcoming Smurfs: The Movie.

*Ryan Gosling has been cast in an untitled comedy with Steve Carrell.

*Robert De Niro will be joining Bradley Cooper in Dark.

News (TV):

*The CW’s Smallville has been renewed for a 10th season.

*ABC’s Wipeout returns June 22 and will feature themed episodes (Family Edition, Ladies Night).

Heap of Hollywood

3 Mar

Each week I’m going to try to make a post that has a variety of Hollywood news.  It will consist of casting, news and anything else I just want to touch upon.  Enjoy!

Casting: (Courtesy of firstshowing.net)

*Neil Patrick Harris has joined Smurfs: The Movie.  I know I’m not the only one who thinks this is awesome news!

*Marion Cotillard has joined Woody Allen‘s untitled movie co-starring Owen Wilson.

*Joseph Gordon-Levitt has replaced James McAvoy in Jonathan Levine‘s movie, I’m With Cancer (which I’m hearing is looking for a new title).  McAvoy had to drop out of the film, which is currently in production.

*Justin Timberlake has signed on to Bad Teacher, which will have him co-starring along side ex-Cameron Diaz.

News: (Courtesy of deadline.com)

*The Hurt Locker producer, Nicolas Chartier, has been banned from attending Sunday’s Academy Awards.  The decision was made after having written a note asking voters to vote for the smaller Best Movie nominee over a big-budget movie such as Avatar.

Other:

American Idol‘s Top 10 girls were pretty rough tonight.  I didn’t have much to say other than that.  Writing about the problems with this season’s contestants is starting to get a little redundant.

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