Casting Bits: Ray Liotta In ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’, Liam Hemsworth In ‘AWOL’, Rumer Willis And Dominic Purcell In ‘The Ganzfeld Experiment’
It seems likeDerek Cianfrance’sThe Place Beyond the Pinesgets more intriguing with each new casting announcement, and the latest addition is no exception.Ray Liottahas just signed on for Cianfrance’s “Deer Hunter meets The Godfather” crime drama, joiningRyan Gosling,Bradley Cooper,Eva Mendes,Greta GerwigandBen Mendelsohn. Liotta will be playing a corrupt police officer.
The Place Beyond the Pinescenters around a pro motorcycle rider-turned-bank robber (Gosling) and a cop (Cooper) who cross paths, setting off a multi-generational feud. Mendes will be Gosling’s love interest, while Gerwig is considering the role of Cooper’s wife. Mendelsohn isin negotiationsto play a mechanic who brings Gosling’s charcter into the world of bank robbery. Shooting for the film is set to begin late next month in Schenectady, NY. [Variety]
After the jump,Hunger Gamesstar Liam Hemsworth picks a new project, while Rumer Willis and Dominic Purcell get spooked.
Rumer WillisandDominic Purcell(Prison Break) have signed on to star inMichael Oblowitz’sThe Ganzfeld Experiment, alongsideTaylor Cole,Laura Wiggins,Toby Hemingway,Hold McCallany,Ryan Donowho,Dianna CamachoandBilly Zane. Described as an “erotic psychological thriller,” the film takes place “in a world where past meets present and the present gets lost in time” — a.k.a., apparently, college.The Ganzfeld Experimentfollows five psychology students who participate in an ESP experiment and find themselves shaken by the memories, dreams, and terrors that arise from the experience. No release date has been announced at this point. [JoBlo]
