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Casting Couch: Liotta, Somerhalder, Smith

By Garth Franklin Tuesday April 12th 2005 02:35PM

Ray Liotta, Rachel Blanchard, Glenne Headly and Shaun Sipos are set to star in the indie comedy "Comeback Season." Written and directed by Bruce McCulloch, "Comeback" follows a married man (Liotta) who, after cheating on his wife, moves in next door with the local high school football star (Sipos) as they both try to win back the hearts of the women they love. Headly plays the wife; Blanchard is the other female lead..." (full details)

""Lost" star Ian Somerhalder (Boone) has won a plum role in Wes Craven produced "The Breed", shooting in South Africa later this week. Somerhalder, who has also appeared in "The Rules of Attraction" and "Life as a House", will play one of two distinctly different brothers who wind up on a deserted island only to do battle with evil, but strangely-smart dogs. Nick Mastandrea is directing the film aiming to hit theatres in 2006..." (full details)

"Lois Smith (East of Eden , Fatal Attraction, Twister) will portray Helen Bessolo, the estranged mother of George Reeves (Ben Affleck) who hires detective Lamar Moglio (Adrien Brody) to investigate her son's mysterious death. Former Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue veteran Joe Spano has been cast as Howard Strickling, a "fixer" for MGM studio boss Eddie Mannix (Bob Hoskins). Mannix's wife Toni (Diane Lane) is carried on a long-term, open affair with Reeves. Truth finally begins filming May 2nd in Toronto..." (full details)

Thanks to 'KC'

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