Casting Bits: Brendan Gleeson In ‘Safe House;’ Ed Harris & Diane Keaton In ‘The Look Of Love;’ Cory Monteith In Caper Comedy
Ryan ReynoldsandDenzel Washingtonwill soon shootSafe House, in which a CIA trainee (Reynolds) has to transport a criminal (Washington) who is under fire from other enemies.Daniel Espinosa(Snabba Cash) is directing from a script byDavid Guggenheim. Now the film picked up four more actors:Brendan Gleeson,Robert Patrick,Sam ShepardandLiam Cunningham. No word on the roles for the quartet, but I hope they play the team trying to take down Denzel.
The film shoots starting next week, and has a July 02, 2025 release date. [Variety]
After the break, Ed Harris and Diane Keaton book a new film, Ari Folman’sThe Congressgets one more, and aGleecast member gets his own caper movie.
Diane KeatonandEd Harriswill inThe Look of Love, from directorArie Posin, who co-wrote withMatthew McDuffie.The Look of Loveis about “a widow named Nikki (Keaton) who, several years after the loss of her husband, mysteriously meets a man (Harris) that looks exactly like her deceased husband and suddenly finds a flood of old feelings coming back.” [Deadline]Frances Fisherhas joinedRobin WrightandKodi Smit-McPheeinAri Folman’s very intriguingThe Congress, which is a live-action/animated blend that takes quite a few liberties as it adaptsStanislaw Lem’s storyThe Futurological Congress. Still waiting on confirmation that Danny Huston, Harvey Keitel and Paul Giamatti have joined. The animated portion of the film has been in the works for over a year, and the live-action aspect is getting rolling now in LA. [Variety]
Finally, a few more details have come out for the film set up aroundGlee’sCory Monteith. Once called a workplace comedy,Badass Digestoffers up the detail that it is actually a caper comedy that takes place in the workplace — Devin sets it up asOcean’s Elevenfor twentysomethings. He says the general idea is that " a bunch of interns who work at a corrupt company get together to rip it off, and to bring some comeuppance to the greedy dickheads in charge, who are being described as ‘Bernie Madoff types.'"
