Lucy Punch (whoever she is) is joining Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal in Earthbound, the story of a woman (Kate Hudson) who learns she has cancer. That's right, Kate Hudson will have cancer. See? The gods have been listening.The trades has more:Lucy Punch has been cast in the Film Department's "Earthbound," which begins shooting this month in Louisiana. Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal also star. Nicole Kassell ("The Woodsman") is directing a screenplay by Gren Wells about a woman (Hudson) who learns she has been stricken with cancer before meeting a new guy. Punch will play the woman's best friend and advertising agency co-worker. John Davis, Mark Gill, Robert Katz and Adam Schroeder are producing. Neil Sacker and Michael Goguen are executive producers. Punch, repped by Icm, Benderspink and United Agents in the U.K., next appears in the Universal comedy "Young Americans," scheduled for release...
- 1/5/2010
- LRMonline.com
Lucy Punch has been cast in the Film Department's "Earthbound," which begins shooting this month in Louisiana. Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal also star.
Nicole Kassell ("The Woodsman") is directing a screenplay by Gren Wells about a woman (Hudson) who learns she has been stricken with cancer before meeting a new guy. Punch will play the woman's best friend and advertising agency co-worker.
John Davis, Mark Gill, Robert Katz and Adam Schroeder are producing. Neil Sacker and Michael Goguen are executive producers.
Punch, repped by Icm, Benderspink and United Agents in the U.K., next appears in the Universal comedy "Young Americans," scheduled for release this month; the Paramount-DreamWorks-Spyglass comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" (July); and Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" (fall). She also has had roles on CBS series "The Class" and in the films "Hot Fuzz" and "Ella Enchanted."
The Film Department recently produced "Law Abiding Citizen,...
Nicole Kassell ("The Woodsman") is directing a screenplay by Gren Wells about a woman (Hudson) who learns she has been stricken with cancer before meeting a new guy. Punch will play the woman's best friend and advertising agency co-worker.
John Davis, Mark Gill, Robert Katz and Adam Schroeder are producing. Neil Sacker and Michael Goguen are executive producers.
Punch, repped by Icm, Benderspink and United Agents in the U.K., next appears in the Universal comedy "Young Americans," scheduled for release this month; the Paramount-DreamWorks-Spyglass comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" (July); and Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" (fall). She also has had roles on CBS series "The Class" and in the films "Hot Fuzz" and "Ella Enchanted."
The Film Department recently produced "Law Abiding Citizen,...
- 1/3/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Film Department is aiming for perfection, signing up for an English-language take on Italian romantic comedy "The Perfect Man."
Peter Chelsom will helm the feature about a love triangle in which one woman tries to break up the relationship between her close male and female friends by hiring a male model to come between them. The pic is based on Luca Lucini's 2005 Italian-language "L'Uomo Perfetto."
Denise Di Novi, who counts "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and "Edward Scissorhands" among her many producing credits, is producing via her Di Novi Pictures banner. Colleen McGuinness, who is also writing the screenplay for Di Novi's "Not Our Class Dear," is penning the script.
In addition to Di Novi, Alison Greenspan, Mark Gill and Robert Katz are producing, while Neil Sacker and Michael Goguen are exec producing.
Chelsom helmed "Shall We Dance" and "Serendipity" and is directing Disney's big-screen version of "Hannah Montana.
Peter Chelsom will helm the feature about a love triangle in which one woman tries to break up the relationship between her close male and female friends by hiring a male model to come between them. The pic is based on Luca Lucini's 2005 Italian-language "L'Uomo Perfetto."
Denise Di Novi, who counts "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and "Edward Scissorhands" among her many producing credits, is producing via her Di Novi Pictures banner. Colleen McGuinness, who is also writing the screenplay for Di Novi's "Not Our Class Dear," is penning the script.
In addition to Di Novi, Alison Greenspan, Mark Gill and Robert Katz are producing, while Neil Sacker and Michael Goguen are exec producing.
Chelsom helmed "Shall We Dance" and "Serendipity" and is directing Disney's big-screen version of "Hannah Montana.
- 12/16/2008
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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