Zac Efron stars in ‘The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman’; Fred Durst and Paul Walker works together
- Former ‘High School Musical’ star Zac Efron will star in “The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman,” which is about a Yank who will fall in love to the girlfriend of a European crime lord. Efron will replace Shia LeBouf in the project.
- Magnolia Pictures is shopping and handpicking films at the Berlin Film Festival. Their latest selection is the Norwegian thriller about an art thief entitled, “Headhunters.”
- Fred Durst includes Paul Walker in his latest project and directorial effort entitled, “Pawn Shop Chronicles.” One of its producers described the film as “a a hillbilly ‘Pulp Fiction.’”
- According to B-D, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, director of “28 Weeks Later,” is in negotiation with Relativity Media about directing the remake of “The Crow.”
- Gordon and the Whale have got the premiere of the poster and trailer for Clay Lifords’ ‘Wuss,’ which will be premering at this year’s SXSW.
- Al Pacino will take the lead role in “Masterpiece,” which is a biopic of the French artist, Henri Matisse.
- The Spanish version of the Oscars, the Goya Awards happened yesterday with “Black Bread” (Pa Negre) took home nine awards. Javier Bardem of “Biutiful” also took home the Best Leading Actor; while, “The King’s Speech” bagged the Best European Film.
- Optimus Prime got a parking ticket outside of the Hasbro Toy Fair in NYC.
- Marty McFly has been spotted in the wild.
- Everyone talked about the digital face-replacement technology that was used for the Winklevoss twins in ‘The Social Network.’
