Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Taylor Kitsch, Brendan Gleeson tapped for The Grand Seduction Film shooting in St. John's and outport N.L. communities(CBS NEWS)

Brendan Gleeson, seen at the 2012 Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, will star in the Newfoundland-shot film. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)


Young Canadian star Taylor Kitsch and accomplished Irish actor Brendan Gleeson will take the leads in The Grand Seduction, the upcoming English-language remake of the Quebec hit.

Produced announced casting news for the Don McKellar-helmed production from Los Angeles Monday afternoon.





Taylor Kitsch, seen in Los Angeles in May, will play the lead role in the upcoming English remake The Grand Seduction. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)

Based on the 2003 film La Grande Séduction (also called Seducing Dr. Lewis) penned by Ken Scott and directed by Jean-François Pouliot, the comedy follows a big-city physician who turns up in a harbour town that's in desperate need of a doctor.

There, a village leader (Gleeson) spurs the inhabitants into a campaign to seduce the young doctor (Kitsch) to settle permanently in the community, so the town can secure a factory to save it from financial ruin.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/07/31/grand-seduction-kitsch-gleeson.html


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