Now Is Good
Olivia Williams, Paddy Considine and Jeremy Irvine have all joined the cast of Ol Parker’s drama “Now Is Good” for BBC Films.
The story deals with a girl dying of leukemia who puts together a list of what she wants to achieve before she dies, the top choice being to lose her virginity. [Source: Screen Daily]
Rapture-palooza
Thomas Lennon, Rob Huebel and Rob Corddry have joined Paul Middleditch’s low-budget comedy “Rapturepalooza” for Lionsgate.
Anna Kendrick and John Francis Daley star in the post-apocalyptic comedy as two smart-mouthed teens who battle their way through the fallout of a religious apocalypse in order to defeat the Antichrist (Craig Robinson).
Corddry is set to play Daley’s father, who works as one of Robinson’s security guards. [Source: Variety]
Glutton
“ER” star Abraham Benrubi is set to star as a 1,200-pound man in David Arquette’s 3D psychological thriller “Glutton” for Remember Dreaming Productions.
Benrubi will play Jethro, a bedridden man who is forced to save his sister’s life. Kenny Yakkel penned the script. [Source: Variety]