Angela Bassett has inked to star opposite Laurence Fishburne and Keke Palmer in Lions Gate Films/2929 Entertainment's upcoming pic "Akeelah and the Bee." Pic, which Doug Atchinson is directing from his own script, starts shooting Feb. 6 in Los Angeles. Bassett will play Wanda, the mother of Palmer's character. Bee" concerns an 11-year-old from South Los Angeles whose journey to compete in the National Spelling Bee unites her community..." (more details) Wilmer Valderrama has landed the lead role in "El Muerto," an indie comicbook adaptation that will shoot this month. Brian Cox is directing. In "El Muerto" a 21-year-old is abducted, sacrificed and resurrected by the Aztec Gods of Death and Destiny. Pic will be produced by Larry Rattner of Peninsula Films. Valderrama just shot the Finn Taylor-directed "Darwin Awards," also starring opposite Joseph Fiennes and Winona Ryder..." (more details) Thanks to 'Da Bomb'.
Bassett Spells & Wilma Goes Aztec
By Garth Franklin
Thursday January 13th 2005 05:32PM
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