Dog Fight is going to be one of the more visible political satires to hit just before the 2012 Presidential election; the movie will be from director Jay Roach, featuring Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell as North Carolina politicians who are running opposite one another for a congressional seat in a district election. Brian Cox recently joined the cast, which also includes [1] Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Baker and Katherine Lanasa. Now John Lightgow has signed on to play an unspecified role. The film is shooting in New Orleans, and already has an August 10, 2012 release date. [Variety [2]] After the break, Rachel Weisz joins Colin Firth in a real-life drama about POWs forced to build a railroad, and there are new actors for Elvis & Nixon and A White Trash Christmas. Colin Firth has already been set to star in The Railway Man, a film that Jonathan Teplitzky will direct based on Eric Lomax...
- 11/28/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Newcomer Douglas Owens has landed the male lead in A White Trash Christmas, joining Taryn Manning in a version of the Christmas Carol story that centers on the tribulations of of a trashy, whiskey-soaked, unemployed hairdresser and mother (Manning) who is visited by three ghosts who try to show her a path to a brighter future. Owens plays a nice affluent guy who’s sweet on her, but she uses him as a meal ticket. Ron Carlson is directing from a script he co-wrote with Terri Kauffman. Carlson and Rachel North are producing. He’s repped by Scott Melrose.
- 11/17/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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