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Two Bulleted Items that Will Make You Want to Hug a Clown, and Three More That Will Make You Want to Strangle Him

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (28)

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  • Rumor and conjecture around the Internet water bubbler the last couple of months was that True Grit’s Hailee Steinfeld was up for the lead in the Gary Ross directed Hunger Games. Ms. Steinfeld apparently confirmed that she was, indeed, discussing the matter with Ross, although nothing has been signed. Given her kick-assery in Kick-Ass, I still think Chloe Moretz might be the better choice, but it’s hard to argue with the selection of Steinfeld. (Hollywood Crush via FSR)

  • Meanwhile, in related to that casting news — and suggesting that the lead role has not been nailed down yet — the WSJ dug up information on what the casting director wanted in the actress, and Movieline summed it up: “The candidate must be between the ages of 15-20, be Caucasian, appear ‘underfed but strong,’ and be ‘naturally pretty underneath her tomboyishness.’” So, in other words, they’re looking for a 15-year-old to do a Christian Bale-like transformation and starve herself.

    Also, I guess she’s going to be white.

  • In news even more distressing than casting underfed teenage girls, there is apparently a pitch for a Peter Pan origins story circulating around in Hollywood called Peter Pan Begins. The really hard-to-swallow part? Charming Potato is attached to star. Ooof. (THR)

  • Elsewhere, Jonah Hill continues to prove that lots of profanity and bad nutrition is the real key to success in Hollywood, as he’s now attached to direct a movie called The Kitchen Sink, being described as a film about an alliance between a high school vampire, zombie and human trying to save their town from invading aliens. Vampire, zombie, and alien? Sorry, Jonah: The world won’t be satisfied unless there’s also a robot. (Deadline)

  • Also, Mandy Moore (so pretty) will star in Falling Slowly, from first-time director Chris Sparling, who wrote the script for Ryan Reynolds’ Buried. She’ll star alongside this guy as one half of “a couple whose apartment is haunted by a dark presence.” (Slashfilm)

  • Finally, MTV confirms that Brian Grazer is negotiation with Javier Bardem for the lead role of gunslinger Roland Deschai in Ron Howard’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Now, if we could just remove Ron Howard from the project …









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    Comments

    I'll never hug a clown unless it is to stab him in the back repeatedly.

    Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at March 2, 2011 11:24 AM

    • Yeah, I suspect there will be slight division between the people who see the hugging as negative and stabbing as positive, and vice versa.

    I for one certainly agree in principle with Pinky McLadybits, except I suspect the stabbing would make that evil clown honking noise, which terrifies me equally. So, to suit me specifically I will amend:

    I'll never hug a clown unless it is to hold him in place while the site is nuked from orbit and we're both vapourised. Worth it.

    Posted by: zeke the pig at March 2, 2011 11:30 AM

    I...I don't get that Peter Pan thing. Isn't Peter Pan a KID? And let's think...the one movie with Jason Isaacs covered the actual story, like the Disney movie did. The Johnny Depp one covered the writing of the story. Hook did a bizarre "The Later Years" version. And I seem to recall a couple of other movies exist as well. What the hell is left to cover in this story?

    Feh. I guess Bardem will be fine, though he's not at all what I imagine Roland to be. Specially with the accent.

    Posted by: figgy at March 2, 2011 11:30 AM

    According to lainey gossip (she has great sources I think), Jennifer lawrence is the frontrunner to play katniss, now. But she is 21, a little too old. She was so good in winter's bone.

    Posted by: angie at March 2, 2011 11:35 AM

    I still think Chloe Moretz might be the better choice

    Noooo! Nothing against the girl but she's not Katniss.

    Yes I care about this.

    Posted by: Carrie at March 2, 2011 11:36 AM

    Now I'm singing the Once soundtrack.

    And I obviously hope they don't entreat an adolescent girl to lose weight, but Katniss IS supposed to be kind of willowy. Which reminds me that I need to reread the first book.

    Posted by: Julie at March 2, 2011 11:36 AM

    What?! Jennifer Lawrence is WAY too old. And based on her Oscar dress, too booblicious. Yes, I care very much about this casting as well. I love those silly books.

    Posted by: Julie at March 2, 2011 11:37 AM

    If I was a "dark presence" haunting an apartment, I would be thriled if Mandy Moore moved into my apartment. In fact, I think I would drop the whole "dark" concept from my presence and be more of a "comforting presence" or a "soothing presence", kind of like Phantom Denis from Angel.

    Why would I want to drive Mandy Moore out of my apartment? As a presence, I am invisible and, thus, privy to all of her daily and most private activities, including all activities that involve nakedness.

    Posted by: Forbiddendonut at March 2, 2011 11:38 AM

    Thank you for the pictures of Rodrigo Santoro. Truly, many thanks.
    Hell, thanks for the Mandy Moore pic, too. Our faces are really simliar, so she is great haircut inspiration.

    Oh yeah, and f*** clowns.

    Posted by: Patty O'Green at March 2, 2011 11:40 AM

    Isn't Peter Pan Peter Pan's origin story? Who is the Potato going to play, Pan's long lost deadbeat father? The villain pre-hook, Cap'n Fingers? Feh.

    I'm through with that story until there's a musical starring Nick Frost in... It's Schmee!

    Posted by: RobP at March 2, 2011 11:44 AM

    Yeah, hug a clown-then try to get the stink of cotton candy and cut-rate whiskey out of your clothes.

    Posted by: Mrcreosote at March 2, 2011 11:47 AM

    @ Peter Pan - It doesn't state that The Potato is starring as Peter. He could be his father? Hook? Since it is an "origins" stroy, who knows how much will actually invovle Peter. I mean, look at G.I. Joe (I know you don't want to, but go with me here). The subtitle of it was The Rise Of Cobra. If you know absolutely nothing about the franchise, when is Cobra (the organization) even mentioned as Cobra?

    And since when has "attached to" meant anything to us?

    Posted by: Kargoyle at March 2, 2011 11:49 AM

    Isn't "Peter Pan's origin story" = "lost baby"?

    Where's the story there?

    Posted by: Meander at March 2, 2011 11:49 AM

    I always take pictures of Mandy Moore in when I get a new haircut. I think my hairdresser thinks I'm obsessed. She's just so pretty! And every hairstyle looks great on her.

    Posted by: Melissa at March 2, 2011 11:56 AM

    Peter Pan origins story. Peter Pan. Origins. Story. Hmmm. Let's hope they fuck it all up like Wolverine: Origins and sew Peter Pan's mouth shut and give him the mutant abilities of several different characters. That would be a DELIGHT.

    Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at March 2, 2011 11:59 AM

    Obviously Charming Potato is going to teach Pan how to rock no shirt, a backwards hat, and funky fresh beat so that he can save the Neverland Communtiy Center by winning a dance battle.

    Posted by: jM at March 2, 2011 11:59 AM

    I support Mandy Moore. She's very talented. Why doesn't she work more (outside of the singin' and concertin')?

    Posted by: sars at March 2, 2011 12:07 PM

    Dave Barry wrote a great Peter Pan origins story in Peter and the Starcatchers. If they're basing the movie on that, I might actually go see it.

    Posted by: Wednesday at March 2, 2011 12:41 PM

    Eh, I have trouble getting worked up over the Hunger Games casting call, because:

    1. Katniss is white. Says so right in the book. Also, Caucasian covers a whole host of darker complexions, including the olive skin Katniss is described as having in the book.
    1a. Hailee Steinfeld is part black, part Asian, so why are we even getting in a tizzy?
    2. Katniss is underfed. That's the whole point of the books. I think anyone who's familiar with the casting process knows they're not actually asking for starved actresses, they're just trying to set the scene for the character and discourage any larger or more athletic girls from wasting their time auditioning.

    Also, Chloe Moretz, egad. I love her, but no. Not Katniss.

    Posted by: heatseeker at March 2, 2011 2:07 PM

    jM, I just choked on my pineapple thanks to you.

    Posted by: nosio at March 2, 2011 2:11 PM

    I will always like Mandy Moore, for her role in Saved and guest appearances on "Scrubs." That being said, I do prefer her as a brunette.

    Posted by: tamatha at March 2, 2011 2:15 PM

    I'm through with that story until there's a musical starring Nick Frost in... It's Schmee!

    RobP - You get on that. You get on making that happen right now!


    Posted by: tamatha at March 2, 2011 2:28 PM

    I think Hailee Steinfeld would be a better fit for Katniss than Chloe Moretz. Katniss may be a "kick-ass" type of girl, but she's more serious than spunky, and I don't know if Moretz could walk that line.

    Posted by: MelBivDevoe at March 2, 2011 4:11 PM

    Posted by: Even Stevens at March 2, 2011 5:01 PM

    Moretz is too conventionally pretty for the role. Hailee is exactly what I had in mind while reading it. Olive skinned, wiry build, tough, pretty in a non-conventional way.

    Posted by: Athena at March 2, 2011 6:21 PM

    Am I the only one who is completely indifferent to clowns? They're not funny or scary. They're just...who cares? And I've seen "It."

    Posted by: John G. at March 3, 2011 6:22 AM

    I second that Even Stevens and add an OH HELL YEAH.

    My god....it's been so long since I posted on here, I almost forgot how to bold for a second.

    Posted by: jamiepants at March 3, 2011 1:22 PM

    Yeah, I suspect there will be slight division between the people who see the hugging as negative and stabbing as positive, and vice versa.

    I for one certainly agree in principle with Pinky McLadybits, except I suspect the stabbing would make that evil clown honking noise, which terrifies me equally. So, to suit me specifically I will amend:

    I'll never hug a clown unless it is to hold him in place while the site is nuked from orbit and we're both vapourised. Worth it.

    Posted by: cosplay costumes at March 3, 2011 11:37 PM