Philip Seymour Hoffman is in final negotiations to star in thriller A Most Wanted Man.
The project from director Anton Corbijn (The American, Control) is based on a 2008 novel of the same name by John le Carré. Andrew Bovell adapted the screenplay.
Radha Mitchell has been cast in the Lionsgate thriller The Frozen Ground, opposite Nicolas Cage, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Vanessa Hudgens and John Cusack. The actress, who last starred in The Crazies, has also nabbed a role in the indie film Playdate, which she'll shoot after Ground.
Jena Malone has been cast as Southern gothic writer Carson McCullers in Lonely Hunter. Hounddog filmmaker Deborah Kampmeier is directing the biopic, which is scheduled to begin filming in the spring.
Russell Crowe has signed on to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in Broken City, a political thriller being directed by Allen Hughes. Brian Tucker wrote the original screenplay for the $60 million project, which is being financed and produced by Emmett/Furla Films.
Mimi Leder has signed on to direct a new film adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front, the classic 1929 World War I novel written by Erich Maria Remarque.
Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell wrote the screenplay and will produce the film, which explores the physical and emotional effects of trench warfare on a 19-year-old German soldier and his friends in uniform. Lewis Milestone directed a version in 1930 that won Oscars for best director and best picture.
Parks and Recreation star Adam Scott has been cast in the comedy My Mother's Curse, opposite Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand. The comedy actor has also joined Robin Tunney in See Girl Run for writer-director Nate Meyer.
CANNES -- Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Sofia Vergara and Zac Efron will star in an adaptation of the 1995 Pete Dexter novel The Paperboy for Millennium Films.
Tim Robbins will star with Mark Ruffalo in the directorial debut of writer-producer Stuart Blumberg, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for co-writing The Kids Are All Right.
Gilbert Films and Blumberg’s Class 5 Films are producing the comedy, titled Thanks for Sharing, which revolves around characters in a 12-step program for recovering sex addicts in New York City. Filming will begin on the project, written by Blumberg and Matt Winston, in the fall.
Lynn Shelton, Jeff Garlin, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere and Mary Lynn Rajskub have joined the cast of Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s Safety Not Guaranteed. Big Beach Films (Little Miss Sunshine) has come aboard to produce with Duplass Brothers Prods.
Californication star Madeline Zima has nabbed the lead role in the British psychological thriller Storage. British director Matt Winn is directing from a script he co-wrote with Chris Denne.
Actress Erin Carufel has been cast in Lakeshore Entertainment's upcoming thriller Gone, which also stars Amanda Seyfried.
The film, also from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, centers on a kidnapping survivor who attempts to find the same kidnapper whom she believes has abducted her sister. Gone, which will be directed by Heitor Dhalia and was penned by Allison Burnett, begins shooting in Portland, Ore., next month.
Vincent Curatola, best known for playing mob boss Johnny Sack on The Sopranos, has been cast in the crime thriller Cogan’s Trade alongside Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini.
The film, which is being produced by the Weinstein Co. and Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, will begin shooting in New Orleans later this month.
