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Cinema Blend News: Viola Davis Will Solve All Your Problems
:: The Playlist ::: Viola Davis Joins Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden's 'Funny Story'; Galifiankis Confirmed
/Film: Casting Notes: Two Gigs for Viola Davis; Gerard Butler Does Shakespeare with Fiennes; Chow Yun Fat Does Action/Comedy
Viola Davis Will Solve All Your Problems
Cinema Blend News —
... it's that rich, resonant, voice, but something about Viola Davis must scream "authority!" She shot to stardom (or at least, awareness among most moviegoers) last year playing Mrs. Miller, the only person who could possibly shame Meryl Streep's Sister Aloysius, and this year she popped up already in Law Abiding Citizen , a movie that made the one good choice of casting her as the mayor. Now she's picked two more roles in which she'll take charge and solve other people's problems. Variety writes that Davis will be in the Zach Galifianakis movie It's Kind of a Funny Story ...
Viola Davis Joins Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden's 'Funny Story'; Galifiankis Confirmed
:: The Playlist :: —
We were all shocked, yet pleasantly surprised when it was announced that Zach Galifianakis was eyeing Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's adaptation of Ned Vizzini's coming-of-age dramedy "It's Kind of a Funny Story." If these indie filmmakers — known for their arresting debut, "Half Nelson," and the Dominican baseball drama follow "Sugar" — were going go go Hollywood, starting out with Galifinakis would not be a bad choice. So ...
Casting Notes: Two Gigs for Viola Davis; Gerard Butler Does Shakespeare with Fiennes; Chow Yun Fat Does Action/Comedy
/Film —
... which is not a remake of the great Hal Hartley film with the late Adrienne Shelley and Martin Donovan. Instead, this is David Schwimmer’s next directorial effort, in which a teen girl is ‘victimized by an adult who gained her trust posing as a teenager on a chat room.” Clive Owen and Catherine Keener are already in the cast; Davis will play a counselor. Watch out for that typecasting, Viola! [Variety] ...
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In the Thank God this Didn’t Happen Dept: What if Dreamworks made Where The Wild Things Are? It might look something like this fan created concept photo. [tdw]
Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.
GreatWhiteSnark has posted this awesome Star Wars Tauntaun ...
