Casting Notes: Eric Bana Joins Joe Wright’s Hanna, Ed Helms Joins Will Ferrell’s Daddy’s Home
AtonementdirectorJoe Wrightis assembling the key cast for his teen assassin filmHanna, which already hasSaoirse Ronanas the female lead. Now the movie that Brendoncalled"a kind ofNikita-meets-Leon,Kick-Ass-meets-Bournemash-up" has a male lead:Eric Banawill play (I’m assuming) Hanna’s father, who has spent most of the girl’s fourteen years training her to be a killer.
The film shoots in March with Wright directing from a script bySeth Lochhead. [Variety]
After the break,Ed Helmsfinds yet another comedy; this time, it’s the directorial debut of writerEtan Cohen.
Daddy’s Homewill be Cohen’s chance to step up as director after writingMadagascar 2,Tropic Thunderand the still in developmentMen in Black 3. (He also wrote the proposed Sacha Baron Cohen and Will FerrellSherlock Holmesmovie, which we’re now probably quite unlikely to see.)
Cohen has got a solid acting duo lined up to headline the film:Will Ferrelland Ed Helms are the current names for this comedy about “a woman [who] marries a wild guy (Ferrell), but tires of his man-child ways after they have kids, divorces him, and marries a bland but stable spouse (Helms). When Ferrell comes back into her life to bond with their kids, he turns the new household upside down.” On the surface, sounds like shades ofOld Schooland half of Ferrell’s other crazy manchild roles. Curious to see what Cohen can do with him as an actor, especially with Helms as the other half of the equation.
Cohen didn’t writeDaddy’s Home, however;Brian Burnswrote the story, from whichAdam McKayandChris Henchybuilt a script. [Deadline Hollywood]
