"Christopher Walken is set to join Robin Williams and Laura Linney in "Man of the Year," the political comedy written and being directed by Barry Levinson for Morgan Creek. Walken will take the role after wrapping Columbia's "Click" opposite Adam Sandler..." (full details)
"Jeff Daniels has signed on to star opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the dramatic thriller "The Lookout" for Spyglass Entertainment and Disney Pictures. The story centers on a mentally impaired former athlete (Gordon-Levitt) who works as a janitor at a bank and gets sucked into a heist. Daniels will play a blind ex-biker who becomes an unwilling participant in the heist. Scribe Scott Frank will make his directorial debut. Principal photography is scheduled for spring in Canada..." (full details)
"Emily Mortimer has been cast opposite Luke Wilson in the independent comedy "Barry Munday" from Prospect Pictures. Colin Hanks, Jennifer Coolidge and Billy Dee Williams are also are set to star. Vased on Frank Turner Hollon's novel "Life Is a Strange Place," the story follows an incorrigible womanizer who wakes up sans his family jewels after being attacked with a trumpet by an irate father. Chris D'Arienzo is writing and directing..." (full details)
