"Roger Bart (TV's "Desperate Housewives", "The Stepford Wives") will star in "Hostel 2" for Screen Gems and Lionsgate. The sequel continues the story of a group of backpackers lured to a remote Slovakian village, where businessmen pay to kill them for pleasure. Film is currently shooting in Prague. Bart has also been cast as a U.S. attorney in Universal's Ridley Scott-directed "American Gangster"..." (full details)
"Rob Corddry has been set to play Ben Stiller's best friend in the untitled "Heartbreak Kid"-inspired comedy that Peter and Bobby Farrelly are directing at DreamWorks. Stiller plays a man who hastily marries a young woman he thinks is his perfect mate. As he watches her turn into a nightmare on their honeymoon, he meets another woman who may be his real soulmate. Lensing is under way in San Francisco..." (full details)
"Safe House Pictures and Filbert Steps Prods. are co-producing "Trumbo," a documentary on blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo based on a stage play. Joan Allen, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Danny Glover, Nathan Lane, Liam Neeson, David Strathairn and Donald Sutherland will recite letters written by the scribe about his banishment, his politics and his experiences on films like "Spartacus," "Exodus" and "Roman Holiday." Kirk Douglas, Walter Bernstein and Victor Navasky will be interviewed. Peter Askin is directing..." (full details)
