The Star eCentral: Movie Buzz
The Star eCentral: Movie Buzz |
- Nia Vardalos For 'American Girl' Movie
- Kate Winslet To Star In 'Labor Day'
- JK Rowling Launches New Harry Potter Website
| Nia Vardalos For 'American Girl' Movie Posted: 16 Jun 2011 10:00 PM PDT My Big Fat Greek Wedding actress Nia Vardalos, who co-wrote Universal's upcoming romantic comedy Larry Crowne with Tom Hanks, has signed on to star in a new American Girl movie. Newcomer Jade Pettyjohn, who's appeared in TV shows such as United States Of Tara, will play the lead character in the movie. Production is scheduled to begin July 11 in Winnipeg, which also happens to be Vardalos' hometown. American Girl is a line of dolls and accessories extremely popular with the tween girl set that in the mid-2000s were tapped for screen adaptations. Most movies were made for the direct-to-home market, although 2008's Kit Kittredge: An American Girl was made for a theatrical release. It grossed US$18 million in North America. The conceit is a focus on stories of young heroines in various time periods. ''Not only is this is free trip home but most importantly, it'll make me cool to my daughter,'' Vardalos told The Hollywood Reporter. The storyline for the new movie isn't being revealed, although it is known that Vardalos will play Pettyjohn's mother. The picture is still casting. (Hollywood Reporter) |
| Kate Winslet To Star In 'Labor Day' Posted: 16 Jun 2011 10:00 PM PDT Kate Winslet is in negotiations to join Josh Brolin in Labor Day, a coming-of-age drama that Jason Reitman will shoot next year. The movie is an adaptation of a Joyce Maynard book set during a Labor Day weekend in a small New Hampshire town. A mother (Winslet) and an awkward and isolated young boy meet a stranger and offer him a ride. The man turns out to be an escaped convict and ends up teaching the boy life lessons. Winslet returns to theaters in October with Contagion, a 3D medical thriller from Steven Soderbergh. (Hollywood Reporter) |
| JK Rowling Launches New Harry Potter Website Posted: 16 Jun 2011 10:00 PM PDT Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has launched a new website called Pottermore, but fans of the boy wizard will have to wait to see what it entails as the entry page says simply ''Coming Soon....'' The site, www.pottermore.com, was launched a month ahead of the release of the eighth and final Harry Potter movie on July 15. Some Potter fansites, which have been instrumental in generating a large and loyal fan base for the movies and seven-book series on which they are based, were given a sneak preview of the mysterious new website. ''It is, in a word, breathtaking,'' wrote Leaky Cauldron, one of the leading Potter sites. ''That is all we are permitted to say at the moment.'' Rowling and Potter studio Warner Bros. have never shied away from building up the hype ahead of key releases in the series. The Harry Potter novels have sold more than 400 million copies worldwide, while the seven movies released so far have grossed some US$6.4 billion in ticket sales. Rowling has been billed the ''world's first billionaire author.'' Rowling's spokesman and literary agent did not immediately reply to emailed questions about the website. (Reuters) |
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