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Vince Vaughn Continues Being In Movies With ‘Lay The Favorite’

Geoffrey Golden — Fri, 06 May 2011 03:00:29 +0000

After the mighty four-pack of awesome movies that is Fred Claus, Four Christmases, Couples Retreat and The Dilemma, I know most of you out there are tearing your hair out for more Vince Vaughn. “I gotta have my Vaughn” has become a popular expression around college campuses and night spots. Well, not to worry Vaughnonauts, cause Vince has booked another role.

Vaughn has joined the cast of Lay The Favorite, starring alongside Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Based on a book by Beth Raymer, it’s the story of a married gambling legend (Willis) who gets involved with a younger woman and figures out a system for getting an edge on Las Vegas. Sounds like he’s gambling with his money… and his marriage. That’d be twice the stakes, according to movie math. Vaughn will play the role of Rosie, a bookie from Long Island. Hopefully the role is at least somewhat money.

Stephen Frears is directing from an adaptation by writer/producer D.V. De Vincentis. (Deadline)

Casting Round-Up: The Manson Family, An Unnecessary Sequel, And More

Joseph Gibson — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:54:24 +0000

Yeeee-haw, ladies and varmints! Grab a-hold of the nearest steer, because it’s time for another casting round-up!

Charles Manson, one of the original cowboys, is experiencing an upsurge in popularity recently, perhaps due to the fact that he was a raving paranoiac before Glenn Beck made it cool. He’s got at least three movies in development all about him, including The Family and Manson Girls. But the movie we’re here to discuss is called Eyes of a Dreamer, which Lindsay Lohan is attached to. Now, shock-rocker/sad little man Marilyn Manson is in talks to play Charles Manson’s right-hand man Tex Watson. Gidddiiiyyyyaaaaap, people who want to see “detailed recreations” of the Manson murders!! (CinemaBlend)

OK pardners, you might be a-wonderin’ whether Chris Klein is gonna be in that newfangled American Pie sequel, American Reunion. Welp, I’m here to tell you that he is, returnin’ to the part he made famous, that of “Oz,” the lacrosse player. Lacrosse!? I don’t even know what to say about that, so instead I’ll tie a sheepshank and be done with it. (MovieWeb)

Josuha Jackson, who probably wouldn’t know a diamondback rattler from a stump toad, is set to appear in Lay the Favorite, a movie based on Beth Raymer’s memoir. I’d make a joke about how a cowboy would never read a “memoir,” but true cowboys don’t traffic in class warfare. Yee-haw! (Variety)

Now I can see yer gettin’ a littl restless, much as if you had Yankee spiders in yer boots. Don’t fret though, this is the last one: Michael Peña has signed on to the Jake Gyllenhaal police thriller End of Watch. Yip! Yip! (Variety)

Bruce Willis Coupling With A Woman His Own Age In ‘Lay The Favorite’

Penn Collins — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:05:51 +0000

Lay the Favorite has swapped production partners and gained a Welsh beauty, which means they came out ahead. Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed on to the gambling flick as the wife of a gambling legend played by Bruce Willis. The Town‘s Rebecca Hall will also get mixed up with Willis as he tries to crack Vegas’ system.

Focus Features dropped out after the project’s budget hit $20mm, but Pathe, undaunted, decided to step in so that the project doesn’t miss a beat. $20mm doesn’t sound that high for a Bruce Willis movie. Maybe Focus should stop being such babies and sack up to make some money.

Not sure if CZJ has the draw she once did in her Entrapment days, but it’s nice to see her up against (literally and figuratively) Willis in this project, as seeing Willis with a 25 year-old starlet kind of grosses me out. It’s fine for his ex-wife, though. (Deadline)