Watchmen is still hours away from opening in theaters, but its visionary director (oh, how I’ll never tire of calling him that) has already lined up the cast for his next picture. “Amanda Seyfried in negotiations to topline the project, while Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone are in talks to star in the action fantasy” Sucker Punch, per The Hollywood Reporter. “Set in the 1950s, Punch follows a girl who is confined to a mental institution by her stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain, and in that world, she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five objects to help get her out before she is deflowered by a vile man. Snyder, who co-wrote the script with Steve Shibuya, has described the fantasy world as Alice in Wonderland with machine guns.” Oooh…visionary!
Dakota Fanning has joined the Runaways. That is, the Coraline star is “negotiating to play lead singer Cheri Currie in The Runaways, the biopic of the '70s all-girl band that already has Twilight star Kristen Stewart playing Joan Jett,” Variety reports. “At 15, Fanning is the same age Currie was when she made her debut with the Runaways as the lead singer who belted out hard-edged tunes like Cherry Bomb. Currie became caught up in drugs and a hard-partying lifestyle.” Screengrab instant poll: how many months before Fanning turns up in rehab?
Steve Carell is set to produce and star in Hi-T, which “revolves around a man dealing with uncontrollable mood swings after an injury forces him to take testosterone injections.” Yes, it is a comedy.
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