"Filmmaker Kevin Smith has hinted on his messageboards that "Scrubs" and "Garden State" star Zach Braff is the top choice at the moment to takeover the mantle of Chevy Chase for the title role in "Fletch Returns". Smith wrote the script for the film which will continue the exploits of the journalist-mystery solving character and promises a close adherence to the distinctive dialogue and plotting that Gregory Mcdonald put into his novel series..." (full details) "Susan Sarandon will star in Aussie film "Irresistible." Sarandon has been working on the thriller's script for six months with writer-director Ann Turner ("Celia"). She'll play a woman tortured by the fear that her husband's co-worker is trying to steal him, their children and her life. Sam Neill plays her spouse, and English thesp Emily Blunt ("My Summer of Love") is the co-worker. Bud Tingwell and Georgie Parker have supporting roles. Filming is due to roll in Melbourne mid-March..." (full details) "Keri Russell is set to star in and German actor Thomas Kretschmann is in negotiations to join "Butterfly, a Grimm Love Story," an independent feature based on the Internet cannibal movement, which involves hundreds of Web sites for cannibal fetishists. The psychological horror-thriller was written by newcomer TS Faull and will be directed by Martin Weisz, who is best known for directing music videos for Korn and Sean Combs..." (full details) Thanks to 'KC'
Casting Couch: Braff, Sarandon, Russell
By Garth Franklin
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