Casting Notes: Teresa Palmer And Joel Edgarton In ‘Say Nothing’; Ben Mendelsohn In ‘Trespass’; Chris Rock In ‘2 Days In New York’
Looks likeTeresa PalmerandJoel Edgertonwill star inKieran Darcy-Smith’s directorial debut, a psychological thriller calledSay Nothing. All three have been part of Blue Tongue Films, the loose organization that turned outThe Square(by Nash Edgarton, brother of Joel) andAnimal Kingdom.
Kieran Darcy-Smith wrote the script with Felicity Price, and the rundown can be found after the break, along with info on new talent forTrespassand2 Days in New York. [Moviehole]
Here’s theSay Nothingrecap:
Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy’s mysterious disappearance. When Alice’s sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?
Shooting starts today onTrespass, theJoel Schumacherfilm starringNicolas CageandNicole Kidman. Cage was on the project, then off, then on again. And he flipped roles twice, originally being cast to play with Kidman as husband and wife who are taken hostage by criminals, then taking the lead antagonist role before coming back to the role of husband. Whew.
NowBen Mendelsohn, currently impressing those who’ve been lucky enough to seeAnimal Kingdom(yep, there’s that movie again), has signed on along withDash MihokandLiana Liberato. Easy guess is that Mendelsohn is playing the lead criminal, which sounds just about perfect.Cam GigandetandJordana Spiroare also in the film. [Variety]
Finally,Chris Rockis joiningJulie Delpyin2 Days in New York, the sequel to2 Days in Paris, which Delpy will direct as well as star in. Adam Goldberg, who appeared in the first film, won’t show up this time. We don’t know Rock’s role. The project reportedly deals “with the difficulty of relationships and the complexities of being a woman without being completely consumed by a relationship.” [Production Weekly]
