Here’s a look at some of this week’s most interesting casting rumors. We can’t wait until these films actually start shooting!
– New dad Javier Bardem seems to be the man of the hour. He’s been offered roles in both Bond 23 and The Dark Tower. [Collider, DailyBlam]
– Katherine Heigl has joined the cast of New Year’s Eve which is currently filming in New York City. [ComingSoon]
– The Fighter director David O. Russell admitted he would love to have Scarlett Johansson play Elena in Uncharted. [ComingSoon.net]
– Jordana Brewster is the first to be officially cast in the new Dallas series. [ComingSoon]
– Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand have signed on for the mother-son road trip movie, My Mother’s Curse. [ScreenJunkies]
– You’ve probably already heard that Henry Cavill will play Clark Kent/Superman in the upcoming Superman film directed by Zack Snyder but now we’re hearing Kristen Stewart (who’s also being courted for Snow White), Dianna Agron or Jessica Biel could be his Lois Lane. [DailyBlam]
– Adam Sandler is reportedly circling a project in which he’ll play an 800lbs. man who has a love affair with his nurse. [Firstshowing.net]
– Orlando Bloom will play poet Robert Graves in a movie about his real-life love triangle with his wife Nancy Nicholson and poet Laura Riding in The Laureate. [SlashFilm]
– Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz have signed on to star in Gambit, the Joel and Ethan Coen-scripted remake of a British romantic heist film. The movie begins filming in London in May. [Deadline]
– Jim Caviezel and Chiwetel Ejiofor have joined Bradley Whitford (who is currently filming a guest spot on In Plain Sight in New Mexico), Jaimie Alexander, Jack McBrayer and Hal Holbrook in Savannah which will begin shooting in Georgia later this month. [SlashFilm]
– Benjamin Walker has been cast as Abraham Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which begins filming in a few weeks in New Orleans. Joaquin Phoenix is also in talks to play his vampire slaying mentor. [SlashFilm, DailyBlam]
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