A sunny Thursday arrives with news on Ashley Tisdale, Jessica Biel, Kevin Smith, and more. Dig in below.
- "They Came From Upstairs." She came from "High School Musical." Ashley Tisdale joins cast of alien invasion teen flick for feature film debut. (Hollywood Reporter)
- Jessica Biel joins romantic comedy "Easy Virtue," based on a Noel Coward play. (Hollywood Reporter)
- From Ben to Matt. "Gone Baby Gone" actress (and likely best supporting actress winner) Amy Ryan joins Paul Greengrass's "Imperial Life in Emerald City" alongside Mr. Damon. (Variety)
- Kevin Smith blogs from the set of "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." (Silent Bob Speaks)
- Did Morgan Spurlock actually find Osama Bin Laden for new documentary? (/film)
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If there's anyone we here at the MTV Movies Blog love more than Kevin Smith, it might just be Seth Rogen, two great comedic tastes about to taste great together with "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." (And, yes, I'm aware that I just used the words "Porno" and "tastes great" in the same sentence.)
After Smith’s announcement that he cast the Judd Apatow regular alongside Elizabeth Banks in his upcoming comedy, we got on the horn with both funnymen to discuss the project. Read more...
It's been a full-time job keeping up with all the Rosario Dawson casting news over the past couple weeks. A few days ago, "Eagle Eye" director D.J. Caruso ("Disturbia) told us that Dawson was set for his new flick opposite Shia LaBeouf, and the week before, Kevin Smith told us all about how he wrote the part of Miri in his upcoming flick, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" specifically for the "Clerks 2” star. Smith even confided to us that he'd be "flabbergasted" if she didn't do it.
Well, consider Smith flabbergasted. We talked to Dawson for some 40 minutes yesterday about her new film "Descent," and just about every other project under the sun (stay tuned for more from the interview soon), and so we of course brought up the Kevin Smith film. Read more...
Kevin Smith so loves working with the same group of actors, he once joked that had he directed "Jaws," he'd "cast Ben Affleck as the shark." But according to the director, familiar faces won't be found in Smith's upcoming "Red State," a horror movie about religious fundamentalism.
"'Red State' I would like to do with completely unknown people. I think it would be tough to settle into a horror movie if you're like, 'Hey! That's the Snootchie-Bootchies guy,'" Smith deadpanned.
So no Jason Mewes, no Jason Lee, and no Jeff Anderson. But what about Bruce Willis, who Smith met while filming a cameo on "Live Free or Die Hard"? "Bruce Willis would never do one of my flicks," Smith laughed. "In a million years he wouldn't. Dude would be like, 'No way, I don't want to put the kibosh on my career, man. I hitch my wagon to your star, forget it, we're plummeting,' Justin Long though...maybe one day. If he's feeling charitable."
Originally slated to be his next project, "Red State" may wind up being pushed back so Smith can next film "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," (A page of which was recently posted by "Entertainment Weekly"). Read more...
