Tuesday, March 24, 2009

3/25 ETonline - Movies




Robert Pattinson's Romantic 'Memoirs'
March 24, 2009 at 8:34 pm

Sexy 'Twilight' and 'New Moon' vamp Robert Pattinson is in talks to star in a new romantic drama, reports Variety. Read on for details…

'Memoirs' would reteam Pattinson with 'Twilight' saga producer Summit Entertainment for a story about lovers whose fresh relationship is threatened by family tragedy.

Director Allen Coulter ('Hollywoodland,' "The Sopranos" and "Damages") is in talks to helm the project, which is being rewritten by Jenny Lumet ('Rachel Getting Married').


'Mad Men''s Jon Hamm Ready to 'Howl'
March 24, 2009 at 2:50 pm

"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm is teaming up with 'Pineapple Express'' James Franco in a new movie!

Hamm will play poet Allen Ginsberg's (Franco) defense attorney in the courtroom drama 'Howl,' says Variety. Hamm will star as Jake Ehrlich, the legal eagle who reportedly inspired the classic series "Perry Mason."

'Howl' spotlights the obscenity trial over a Ginsberg poem of the same name, and the film, expected out in 2010, co-stars Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels and Bob Balaban.


'Wolf Pack' Cast in 'New Moon'
March 24, 2009 at 2:41 pm

Jacob's "wolf pack" buddies in 'Twilight' sequel 'New Moon' have been announced!

Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman will join Taylor Lautner in the film's La Push nation wolf pack. All of the new castmembers are of Native American or First Nations descent, hailing from the Lakota (Sioux), Cree-Metis, Purepecha (Tarasco), Hualapai and Cree nations respectively.

The young men were cast by Rene Haynes who cast such films as 'Dances with Wolves' and 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.'




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