That’s right folks due to a limited amount of casting news lately I chose to go individual article style, but due to today’s larger amount of stories I figured the digested Casting Couch style was in order… dig in.
Jay Lavender and Jeremy Garelick are set to make their feature film debut with The Golden Tux for Dimension Films. The duo last penned the script for the Vince Vaughn/Jennifer Aniston starrer The Break-Up. Dan Fogler will star in the feature as a charismatic guy who makes his living as a professional best man. He is hired by a lonely guy to make his wedding day one to remember. Fogler has gained popularity primarily for his stage performances. [Variety]
Sam Shepard is attached to star in the extraordinarily long titled Descending From Heaven: The Strange and Extraordinary Tale of Claude Eatherly, A-Bomb Pilot a biopic that will recount the story of the pilot who flew the reconnaissance B-29 that gave the OK to drop the bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Shepard will play the pilot’s father, who eventually had to commit his son to a veteran’s psychiatric hospital. Sandy Smolan directs. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Finally, Sean McNamara, not of McNamara and Troy, is set to direct the live-action feature Bratz. Apparently this is based on some kind of popular doll line. The screenplay is being written by John Doolittle and follows Yasmin, Ari, Cloe, and Jade, 4 very different teenage girls from different worlds who bond over the ups and downs of adolescent life at Lewis & Clark High School. The girls learn the value of real friend ship in spite of the social pressures of school, family and the expectation to be cool. Production is tentatively slated for early February in L.A. [Production Weekly]
