The first photo of Hugh Jackman on the set of Shawn Levy’s Real Steel has been released. The film co-stars Anthony Mackie, “Lost’s” Evangeline Lilly, and Dakota Goyo as Jackman’s young son. The futuristic action flick combines Transformers with boxing, but scales down the machines to a more reasonable size. Check out the photo below…
Apparently, we were wrong last night about Olivia Wilde joining the cast of Butter, as of today The Weinstein Company has released an official press release announcing that Alicia Silverstone will be joining Jennifer Garner and the rest of the cast along with Hugh Jackman. Although they haven’t stated what roles either of the two new actors will be playing, it sounds like Wilde’s out and Silverstone is in, which is frankly rather odd…
If you were rocked by the casting of Chris Evans as Captain America, hold on to your butt because there’s more where that came from. Multiple sources are reporting that Australian actor Hugh Jackman will bring his feral X-Men character Wolverine to The Avengers universe when the film drops in 2012!
Move over Fanning, there’s a new Dakota in town and it’s 11 year old Dakota Goyo. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the young actor has been signed to play Hugh Jackman’s son in Shawn Levy’s new film, Real Steel. Every child actor in town was trying to get their hands on this part, and little Goyo scooped it up!
Hugh Jackman has landed a new role that will be a far departure from his stint as Wolverine in the X-Men series. The Australian actor has been cast as the lead in the next film from Precious director, Lee Daniels. According to USA Today, the pair will team up for Selma, a civil rights drama that he hopes to start filming soon.
Want your kid to star across from Hugh Jackman in the upcoming DreamWorks film? Now is your chance to scar you child, I mean give your child the opportunity of a lifetime. The studio has just launched a nationwide casting search to fill a lead role in its upcoming movie Real Steel.
Actors interested in the role have two ways to audition. Beginning immediately, individuals can submit a videotaped audition through www.realsteelcasting.com or you can show up and audition in person on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois and then on Saturday, February 20, 2010 in New York, New York. No acting experience is necessary for interested actors, nor are they required to prepare anything for the audition.
Here’s a shocking revelation that will have plenty of people shaking in their boots. According to Variety, the multi-talented Hugh Jackman will not return to host the Academy Awards next year. That means we won’t see him singing and dancing on the Oscar stage again, which leaves a huge slot open for someone else to step in.
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Actor Hugh Jackman is currently on Broadway opposite Daniel Craig in the drama A Steady Rain, but that hasn’t kept him from landing another feature film role. According to Variety, Jackman is in negotiations to star in the Shawn Levy directed film Real Steel. When the project first surfaced a few weeks ago details were scarce, and the cast was nonexistent, but now we have some developments on both fronts.
An official promo image has surfaced of Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig in the play A Steady Rain. The two actors are signed on to star in the Broadway production, opposite one another this fall. If you think alone they’re good looking, try to contain yourself when their both doing the infamous “Blue Steel” stare into the camera. Don’t take my word for it, view the photo below.