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This Week in Casting, 3.30
Posted 3/30/2012


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Welcome back to another edition of “This Week in Casting,” the column that gives you the rundown of who’s attached to the hottest upcoming projects in Hollywood. From big time players to fresh-faced rookies, we’ve got the week in review for you right here. This week, we’ve got casting news about Lindsay Lohan, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, and many more. Get all the details below!

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BIG NAMES
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Will Ferrell to return for Anchorman 2

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The movie: Ferrell and the rest of the Channel 4 News Team will be suiting up once again in a sequel that’s been discussed for years. No official word yet on the story, but we’ve heard everything from an 80s setting to a musical to taking place in space (seriously). Who knows what kind of craziness Ferrell and Adam McKay will come up with?
Other projects: He just signed on to star in Crazy U as a father who gets caught up in the competitive world of getting his son into a high profile college.
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Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, and Amy Poehler to star in You Are Here

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The movie: Mad Men creator Matt Weiner is making his feature directorial debut with this much more personal story, a comedy road trip movie about two best friends who travel across the country after one’s father dies, only to realize he’s been left with a lot more than just an inheritance check. Wilson and Galifianakis play the two friends, and Poehler plays one’s ambitious sister.
Other projects: Wilson will provide the voice in an animated film called Turkeys about turkeys who go back in time to stop the first Thanksgiving meal, Galifianakis was just confirmed for The Hangover 3, and Poehler is in a comedy called A.C.O.D. with “Parks and Rec” co-star Adam Scott about a child who realizes he was part of a study on divorced parents.
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Lindsay Lohan and Whoopi Goldberg as guest stars on Glee

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The show: A loveable group of high school losers explores their personal drama through song. Lohan will play herself as a celebrity judge in one episode, and Goldberg will play a professor at the New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts who holds Kurt and Rachel’s auditions.
Other projects: LiLo has a part in the upcoming Rob Schneider film InAPPropriate Comedy, while Whoopi can be seen as a co-host on The View.
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Ray Liotta as the lead in Better Living Through Chemistry

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The movie: A pharmacist’s life begins going haywire when he starts an affair with a trophy wife (Olivia Wilde).
Other projects: He’ll star opposite Brad Pitt later this year in Killing Me Softly.
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Chloe Grace Moretz as Carrie in MGM’s remake of Carrie

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The movie: Based on Stephen King’s novel, this remake centers on an outcast girl who develops telekinetic powers and gets revenge on the kids who torment her.
Other projects: She’ll next be seen in Tim Burton’s upcoming Johnny Depp film Dark Shadows.
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Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis as the leads in Jupiter Ascending

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The movie: We know almost nothing about it, other than it’s a huge sci-fi action franchise from the Wachowskis, the creators of The Matrix. It’s possible that Natalie Portman might have a role here, too – though we’re not certain yet.
Other projects: Tatum is reprising his role as Duke in G.I. Joe: Retaliation this summer, and Kunis stars in Sam Raimi’s upcoming take on The Wizard of Oz called Oz: The Great and Powerful.
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Melissa Leo in a supporting role in Oblivion

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The movie: TRON: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski’s second film is a futuristic action pic starring Tom Cruise in which he plays a solider who discovers a mysterious woman in a crash landing that forces him to question everything he knows. It’s unclear at this time what role the Oscar-winning Leo will take.
Other projects: She stars in Robert Zemeckis’ return to live action filmmaking in a movie called Flight opposite Denzel Washington, John Goodman, and Don Cheadle.
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LESSER KNOWNS
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Regina Hall as Lisa in Martin Lawrence’s CBS pilot

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The show: Martin Lawrence plays a 46-year-old dad who loses his job in construction and goes to the police academy to become a cop. Hall plays a perky perfectionist officer who has a thing for Lawrence’s character.
Where you might have seen her: As Brenda Meeks in all of the Scary Movie films.
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Juno Temple starring in Truck Stop

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The movie: A 1970s coming-of-age drama follows the friendship of a kid with cerebral palsy (Evan Peters) and a troubled runaway with a dark past (Temple).
Where you might have seen her: She was in The Three Musketeers last year, but I’m guessing she’ll be a household name after her appearance in The Dark Knight Rises later this summer.
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Billy Burke as the lead in J.J. Abrams’ untitled new pilot

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The show: Directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau, the high-octane action drama follows people struggling to reunite with their families in a wolrd where all forms of energy have mysteriously disappeared.
Where you might have seen her: As Bella Swan’s father Charlie in the Twilight franchise.
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Catherine O’Hara and Peter Dinklage cast in Rememory

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The movie: A professor dies before releasing an amazing invention, and his wife (O’Hara) discovers that it records and plays memories, and along with her friend (Dinklage), she uses it to solve the mystery of her husband’s death.
Where you might have seen them: Dinklage is making quite the impression in Game of Thrones these days, and O’Hara is probably best remembered as Kevin’s mom in the Home Alone films.
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Laz Alonso opposite Meagan Good in NBC’s Notorious

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The show: Years after Joanna (Good) was raised in a wealthy home as the housekeeper’s daughter, she returns as a detective to solve the murder of a young celebrity who used to be her best friend. Alonzo plays an NYPD detective who sets up the whole undercover operation for Joanna in the hopes of finding out who killed the friend.
Where you might have seen him: The A&E series Breakout Kings, or as Tsu’tey in a little movie called Avatar.
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Kali Hawk as a performer on FOX’s In Living Color reboot

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The show: Created by Keenan Ivory Wayans, creator and star of the original, it’s a sketch show that launched the careers of Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, and more.
Where you might have seen her: FOX’s New Girl alongside Zooey Deschanel.
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