True Detective Season 2 Cast Rumors: Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn to Star HBO's Hit Show

THE CHRISTIAN TIMES
Raianne Fe Aguhar
05 OCTOBER, 2014



The Sunday World has confirmed that Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn are to star the hugely anticipated show, True Detective Season 2.

38-year old Farrell, who has signed up for the series, said in an interview, "I'm doing the second series. I'm so excited."

"I know it will be eight episodes and take around four or five months to shoot. I know very little about it, but we're shooting in the environs of Los Angeles which is great. It means I get to stay at home and see the kids", he added.

The description for Farrell's character (Ray Velcoro) reads, "a compromised detective whose allegiances are torn between his masters in a corrupt police department and the mobster who owns him."

The continuous name dropping has become an Internet circus. The latest rumor is that Elisabeth Moss will be joining the cast as well. This has not been confirmed, but it has sparked excitement among fans — yet again.

Big names being linked to the upcoming show include Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and Christian Bale. However, none of these stars have been confirmed by HBO. In fact, the network has kept mum on the cast rumors.

Until HBO releases an official list of the main cast for True Detective Season 2, it looks like fans will have to play "guessing game" a little longer.


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Michael Fassbender: Hollywood Night Out: Bradley Cooper Heads Out With Michael Fassbender (E.)

BY CLAIRE RUTTER ON MARCH 11, 2013

The boys club round Josh Brolin after his split with Diane Lane

Bradley Cooper and Michael Fassbender have been providing Josh Brolin with some company after his recent split with wife of eight years, Diane Lane as they were spotted out along with Benicio del Toro over the weekend.

The Hangover 3 star was joined by the guys for a chilled night, and were seen at Skybar at the Mondrian in Los Angeles on Friday night (March 8), according to People.com.


read more: http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/107872/Hollywood-Night-Out-Bradley-Cooper-Heads-Out-With-Michael-Fassbender

Kate Winslet: OW! JOSH BROLIN ROUGHHOUSES FIESTY KATE WINSLET By MIKE WALKER (NATIONAL ENQUIRER)

JOSH BROLIN got carried away during a violent scene on the set of his new flick “Labor Day,” slamming co-star KATE WINSLET against the wooden railing of a house porch so hard it snapped – sending the pair plummeting to a hard landing six feet below!

Crew members rushed to check the stars for damages, said My SpyWitness, but luckily, both were okay – except for a few minor bruises on Oscar winner Kate.

“She refused to allow anyone to help her,” said the source.

“Brolin was extremely apologetic, saying he didn’t realize how rough he was being.

READ MORE: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/mike-walker/ow-josh-brolin-roughhouses-fiesty-kate-winslet

Kate Winslet: Video filming of "Labor Day" (ACTON PATCH)

http://acton.patch.com/articles/video-actress-kate-winslet-on-set-for-filming-labor-day-in-acton#video-10492031

Official press release sent to Acton Patch: Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., and Indian Paintbrush announced today that principal photography has begun on "LABOR DAY," from Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman, with Academy Award®-winner Kate Winslet and Academy Award®-nominated Josh Brolin starring.

The film is shooting in Massachusetts. Based on Joyce Maynard's novel of the same name, the film is written and directed by Reitman ("YOUNG ADULT," "UP IN THE AIR") who will produce with his partner Helen Estabrook through their Right of Way Films banner, along with the Academy Award®-nominated team of Lianne Halfon and Russell Smith ("YOUNG ADULT," "JUNO") of Mr. Mudd. Steven Rales ("YOUNG ADULT," "LIKE CRAZY") and Mark Roybal ("EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE," "NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN") of Indian Paintbrush will serve as executive producers.


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Michael Fassbender Covers 'Interview' Magazine (Just Jared)

Michael Fassbender heats up the cover of Interview’s latest issue.

Here’s what the 34-year-old Haywire and Shame actor had to share with Josh Brolin (the two co-starred in 2010’s Jonah Hex):

On taking time off from work: “I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did 5,000 miles with my dad. We went through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Italy … and then I did Spain and France by myself.”

On choosing roles: “I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they’re both laughing. People are complicated. Our behavior towards one another is strange. So I like opportunities to investigate that.”

For more from Michael, check out InterviewMagazine.com!


http://justjared.buzznet.com/2012/01/12/michael-fassbender-covers-interview-magazine/

Clive Owen And Mia Wasikowska Offered Roles In Old Boy Remake (Eric's London)

21 December

Both Clive Owen and Mia Wasikowska have been offered roles in the Spike Lee directed, Josh Brolin starring remake of Old Boy, Twitch Film.

Colin Firth was previously offered the main villain role but has apparently turned it down, with Lee now apparently turning to his Inside Man star, Owen, to take up the part. Owen has been sliding a little of late, and played third fiddle to Jason Statham and Robert De Niro in the dire, Killer Elite, but has the Dublin shot thriller Shadow Dancer to come out in March. The gorgeous and talented Wasikowska would take the lead female role, which, for anyone who has seen the Korean version, is imperative to the plot.

Wasikowska was outstanding in the Gabriel Byrne show, In Treatment, and has been the best thing about the likes of Alice in Wonderland before. She'll next be seen opposite Glenn Close in another Irish shot film, Albert Nobbs.

http://www.majormo.co.uk/cinema/news/clive-owen-and-mia-wasikowska-offered-roles-in-old-boy-remake/95830.aspx

Men in Black 3 - Emma Thompson, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Brolin

Colin Firth to play villain in Oldboy remake

Press Trust Of IndiaLos Angeles, November 13, 2011

First Published: 17:28 IST(13/11/2011)
Last Updated: 17:29 IST(13/11/2011)

Colin Firth holds the awards for Best Actor and ensemble for The King's Speech.

After playing a British king in The King's Speech, Colin Firth is all set to become a villain in his next movie.

The 51-year-old Oscar-winning actor has been offered to tackle the main antagonist in a remake of Park Chan-wook's South Korean revenge classic, Oldboy, reported Ace Showbiz.

Firth has been eyed to play Adrian, a role which was previously offered to Christian Bale. Adrian is described as the nemesis of Josh Brolin's lead character. While the male lead has already been tapped, the project is still looking for an actress. Previously, Rooney Mara became the top pick to star as the leading woman, but she turned the offer down.

Oldboy centers on a recently paroled middle-aged man, who spent 15 years in prison without any explanation as to why he was jailed. He then seeks revenge on those who conspired against him. The original version of the movie was released in 2003 and won the Grand Prize Jury Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

DreamWorks was actually planning to develop the remake back in 2008. At that time, the studio was in the early talks with Steven Spielberg and Will Smith to direct and star in the project respectively.

However, a deal had never been sealed until it was confirmed that the remake will be developed at Mandate Pictures with Spike Lee serving behind the lens and 'Thor' writer Mark Protosevich penning the script.

Hindustan Times

Colin Firth To Make Josh Brolin’s Life Hell In OLDBOY Remake?

November 12, 2011 10:17 am

 

Director Spike Lee had wanted Christian Bale to play the tortured villain part in his English-language remake of Chan-wook Park’s Korean epic Oldboy but with The Dark Knight Rises actor seemingly reluctant, Lee is turning attention elsewhere.

Twitch, the source of all information concerning this remake, say Lee has made an official offer to Colin Firth to play Adrian, one of the last decade’s most disturbed villains. He is the guy who imprisons our lead Joe (Dae-su Oh in the Korean original but Josh Brolin in the new remake) for 15 years before setting him free onto the world, but giving him only four days to work out the reason for his imprisonment, or else his daughter will be killed. This leads to one of recent cinema’s most memorable climaxes where Firth & Brolin would square off and as much as I hate the idea of remaking such a perfect film, I can’t help but be intrigued to see the mastery of acting Brolin and Firth could pull off with this material.

And for Firth it would be an unusually dark and villainous role for the actor whose clean cut image from girly romances Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones, Mamma Mia and Love Actually (not an exhaustive list) AND his much loved and Oscar winning portrayal of a favoured former King of England with The King’s Speech just last year, would be truly forgotten here. Sure he shook that image up a bit with the spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but this would be like Tom Hanks in Road To Perdition or Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West for the public image twist.
A fascinating choice and one that could make the film great. Though we are told not to expect everything from the original film translated over as Mark Protosevich’s (I Am Legend) script is said to be more faithful to the 1990′s manga series from Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya that the 2003 film was based on.

Oldboy is expected to begin filming late summer next year so I imagine Firth has at least until the New Year to decide whether he wants to do the movie and in some ways it may end up being a kick in the teeth for Park Chan-wook as Firth was recently attached to his slow-moving vampire film Stoker and if he were to jump ship and get into bed with Mandate Pictures’ remake of his previous work, well that would suck big time for him. Could Firth really do that to Chan-wook?
Meanwhile Spike Lee is still trying to find a young woman to play Josh Brolin’s daughter in the film. He had offered the role to Rooney Mara but she wasn’t interested in doing another dark crime thriller so soon after The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, especially with Sony likely wanting a sequel to that film not too long down the line.

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