Casting Notes: Analeigh Tipton In Crazy Stupid Love; James Brolin And Jane Seymour In Love, Wedding, Marriage; Tom Arnold In Battleship
TheSteve Carell/Ryan Goslingcomedy that may or may not be calledCrazy, Stupid Loveis quickly adding actors.I Love You, Philip MorrisdirectorsJohn RequaandGlen Ficarrahave already nabbedEmma StoneandJulianne Moore, and now they’re bringing in ex-figure skaterAnaleigh Tipton. She’s been part ofAmerica’s Next Top Modeland will be seen inThe Green Hornetlater this year.
Film has Carell and Moore as a married couple who start divorce proceedings when she confesses an affair. Depressed, Carell meets Gosling’s character, who offers to help him get back in the game with women. Meanwhile, Carell’s son is in love with his babysitter (Tipton), who has a thing for Carell. Meanwhile, Gosling has struck out with Emma Stone, who eventually factors back into the story. [Variety]
After the break, Dermot Mulroney assembles a cast for his directorial debut, and Tom Arnold takes a spot on Peter Berg’sBattleship.
We’ve reported previouslyon the romcomLove, Wedding, Marriage, based on a brief piece of info that hadMandy MooreandKellan Lutzsigning on.THRis now confirming that report, and supplying some crucial detail. Specifically, the film is the directorial debut of actorDermot Mulroney, and he’s got a couple new names to add:James BrolinandJane Seymour.
Film is about “a newlywed marriage counselor (Moore, with Lutz as her husband) who is thrown for a loop when she learns that her parents, whose marriage she’s always idealized, are headed for divorce. She sets out on a disastrous path to save their marriage at the expense of her own, manipulating loved ones to achieve her objectives.” One imagines that Brolin and Seymour play her parents.
Finally, will this keepTom Arnoldfrom talking aboutTrue Lies 2for a couple more months? Movieline ran a piece yesterday called ‘9 Hyped Film Projects That Are Never. Gonna. Happen,’ among which wasTrue Lies 2. Arnold appeared in the comments section, blasting some of Movieline’s take onTL2(“yes, I’ve punked you and many others about a follow up to True Lies. I specifically said it won’t be called True Lies 2 …but he and Arnold and I will work together”) and also mentioned that he will be inBattleship. Specifically, “doingPete Berg’sBattleshipin Australia in August,” so, uh, there! [Movieline]
