Is 2012 the year of Guy Pearce? The star of L.A. Confidential and Memento has been kicking around Hollywood for a while, and has yet to achieve the fame he so rightly deserves. Perhaps he’s about to become the face of science fiction, as he’s got a role in Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus, and is leading up Lockout, a futuristic Sci-fi thriller from the Luc Besson factory. Check out the trailer…
Move over Tooth Fairy and The Game Plan, Dwayne Johnson is ready to step back into the hardcore action genre. This week the actor appears in the George Tillman Jr. film Faster. He channels his inner Steve McQueen and plays a man on a deadly mission for revenge. Nothing and no one will get between him and his targets. It’s just him, an old school car, a revolver, and the unlucky suckers who have targets on their backs.
Check out our review of Faster…
Maggie Grace isn’t the second coming of Meryl Streep but she’s a pretty decent actress, which makes her latest gig highly questionable. According to Deadline, Grace has been tapped to star in the upcoming Twilight sequel Breaking Dawn. Why would she do this to herself? We guess if Bryce Dallas Howard can sign away her life, Grace can surely do the same. Find out who the actress will play in the film…
The TV gods must have heard our prayers because there’s been a major breakthrough regarding the final season of “Lost.” Remember when Maggie Grace stated that she wouldn’t be able to return to the show due to her hectic movie schedule? Well over at EW, they’ve just announced that she will be back this season and she’s bringing her alter ego Shannon with her!
Oscar nominee Salma Hayek and Taken star Maggie Grace are ready to play with the big boys in their next feature film. Both actresses are attached to star alongside Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton in the action flick, Faster. According to Variety, one of these ladies has already signed on the dotted line, while another is in final negotiations.
Lost and Taken alum Maggie Grace is in negotiations to join James Mangold‘s untitled Wichita feature. According to THR, the young actress is set to star opposite Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in the spy thriller. The film will be produced by Fox, and has gone through some serious changes since the last time we covered it.
More on Grace’s role below…
Here’s a stretch. According to THR, the creator of the now defunct Prison Break Paul Scheuring, is ready to make his feature directorial debut. The film is entitled The Experiment, and is an American remake of the Oliver Hirschbiegel 2001 German film of the same name. The featured cast is sprinkled with everyone from Oscar winners to former models.
See who’s on board with The Experiment after the jump.
