Casting Notes: Jennifer Carpenter Joins Nic Cage; Krysten Ritter Wants To Kill Bono; MTV’s Teen Wolf Cast Announced
If you were eying your Twitter and/or Facebook feeds last night, you probably saw nothing but comments about how crazy theDexterfinale was. Being a bit behind on this season, I’ve just shut out all that chatter. But it makes this morning a good time to announce thatJennifer Carpenterhas joined the cast ofHungry Rabbit Jumps, alongsideNicolas Cage,Guy PearceandJanuary Jones.
The film follows a teacher (Cage) who “joins an underground vigilante organization” after his wife (Jones) is brutalized. Carpenter will play the best friend of Cage’s wife. TheRoger Donaldson-directed film is in production now. [Variety]
After the break, news onKilling Bono,Black Swanand the new MTV version ofTeen Wolf.
Krysten Ritter(Breaking Bad, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars)and Narnia’sBen Barneswill star inKilling Bono, aNick Hammfilm based on the bookKilling Bono: I Was Bono’s Doppleganger, about “the early days of U2 from a rival band’s perspective.” As not much of a U2 fan, this sounds like it could be entertaining. Anyone read the book, byNeil McCormick?
Publisher’s Weekly describes it like so: “The author of this exuberant rock memoir went to school with the members of super-group U2 and stayed friends with Bono (ne Paul Hewson) as he rose from garage-band front-man to rock colossus to world dignitary…But the book is less about the distant figure of Bono than about McCormick’s feverish quest to emulate his success in a series of bands; he spent 10 thrilling, agonizing years on the brink of making it. The result is a funny, jaundiced celebration of rock ‘n’ roll fantasy and reality.” [Variety]
Janet Montgomery(Wrong Turn 3,The Hills Run Red) has joined the cast ofDarren Aronofsky’sBlack Swan, which is currently shooting in New York City. Montgomery plays a dancer who is jealous of the abilities and opportunities of the film’s lead, played byNatalie Portman. [STYD]
Finally the cast of MTV’s series based onTeen Wolfhas been revealed. The new series featuresTyler Posey(Lincoln Heights,Brothers & Sisters) as Scott McCall, “a dorky high-school student who gets a rush of new powers, including the ability to attract girls, after a wolf attack.”
Dylan O’Brienwill be his best friend, who initially calls foul on McCall’s claim that he was bitten by a wolf, then jumps into researching lycanthropy.Crystal Reedwill be the series' Bella — the new girl at school who falls for McCall.Tyler Hoechlinwill be a good-looking kid who is actually a “a vicious and predatory werewolf capable of great harm.” Ah, a popularity metaphor. If I remember correctly, many of the popular kids in my high school were too drunk to be werewolves. [Bloody Disgusting]
