Casting: Rachel's Cousin and a Dangerous Anti-Semite
Variety shares information that Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz ("The Fountain") is in talks to get the lead role in a remake of " My Cousin Rachel "Based on the novel of the same name by Daphne Du Maurier.In the story, the orphan Philip Ashley decides to take revenge on the beautiful girl Rachel , because of whom, as it seems to the protagonist, his cousin and guardian Ambrose . The director's chair for the new version has been given to Roger Michell (Notting Hill), who will also write the script for the upcoming film. The source also says that Weiss is ready to start working on another project - the drama Denial ( Denial *). In case of a successful conclusion of the negotiations, the actress will join Tom Wilkinson.  The tape will tell howthe famous historian Deborah Lipstadt was forced to speak out in court against David Irving , who accused the woman of libel, because in one of her books Lipstadt classified the journalist as a Holocaust denier. As a result, the court recognized the fact that Irving had manipulated historical documents, and officially called him an anti-Semite.The script for the drama belongs to the pen of David Hare ("The Reader"), and Mick Jackson will take over the shooting ("Live from Baghdad").  Sarah Silverman (A Million Ways to Lose Your Head), Lee Pace (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) and Dean Norris (All Breaking Bad ) have joined the cast of Colin Trevorrow's new Jurassic World project, The Book of Henry . Their co-stars on the set will be Naomi Watts, Jaden Liberer and Jacob Tremblay. The script for the film was written by the famous American writer Gregg Harwitz. True, the creators of the picture prefer to keep the details of the plot a secret.   Finally, Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games) and Keira Sedgwick ( The Closer ) will join Hayley Steinfeld on the set of the new film STX Entertainment , no official name yet.The main characters are high school students Nadine ( Steinfeld ) and Christa , whose relationship changes one day due to the fact that Krista begins dating her best friend's older brother. Harrelson will play the school teacher, and Sedgwick will play the role of mother Nadine . Kelly Framon will lead the filming of the tape, which will be staged according to her own script. * -preliminary translation. The Topic of Article: Casting: Rachel's Cousin and a Dangerous Anti-Semite. |
