Latest casting deals: Michelle Monaghan joins 'Due Date;' Rebecca Hall boards 'Liars A-E'
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 8:53PM | By
Franck Tabouring 
Here are the latest casting news coming right out of Hollywood and from the Web:
• Michelle Monaghan has signed on to star along Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in Todd Phillips' upcoming comedy "Due Date," about a soon-to-be father (Downey Jr.) who finds himself embark on a road trip while trying to reach his destination before his baby is born. Monaghan plays his wife. (via Variety)
• Rebecca Hall has joined Kat Dennings in Richard Linklater's upcoming dramedy "Liars (A-E)." The film follows a woman who heads out to reclaim lost items from her ex-boyfriends on her way to Barack Obama's inauguration. Hall recently starred in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Actor Boris Kodjoe announced on Twitter that he will be starring in "Resident Evil: Afterlife." His tweet said this: "In Toronto meeting with the director of my new movie 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' Very exciting!!! Lots of stunts, shooting guns, monsters..." He doesn't have one of those verified accounts, so I hope this is true.
• The great Rachel Weisz is attached to a future project Karyn Kusama ("Jennifer's Body") wrote and will direct. She told io9 she wouldn't go into details, but it's "psychological horror in the David Cronenberg tradition." Weisz has "Agora" and "The Lovely Bones" coming soon.







Reader Comments