Casting Notes: Owen Wilson Works With Woody Allen; New Projects For Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas And Kevin Bacon
Owen Wilsonis often thought of in light of his broad comedies, but he’s not stuck doing silly stuff. There’s his long association with Wes Anderson, a project currently in the works with James L. Brooks, and now Wilson has signed on to be inWoody Allen’s next movie. We don’t yet know what the film is called or whether it is a drama, a comedy or something in between. We know that Carla Brunimay have a role, and not much else.
Meanwhile, Allen’s next movie isYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, which starsAntonio Banderas,Josh Brolin,Anthony Hopkins,Naomi Watts,Gemma Jones,Freida PintoandLucy Punchand opens in September. [THR]
After the break, Ethan Hawke and Kristen Scott Thomas go to Paris, and Kevin Bacon goes to Thailand.
Ethan HawkeandKristin Scott Thomashave been cast inThe Woman in the Fifth, based on the novel byDouglas Kennedy. Hawke will be “an American who has fled to Paris in the wake of a scandal that cost him his job as a film lecturer at a small university. He takes up with a widow,” and strange, dark forces begin to bear upon his life. (The widow lives in the fiftharrondissment, hence the title.)
The description of the book leads me to envision a film that might have once been directed by Polanski — it’s that combination of romance, paranoia and violence. A different Polish director,Pawel Pawlikowski(My Summer of Love,Last Resort), will helm. [Variety]
Finally,Kevin Baconhas been added to the cast ofElephant White, which is to be the first English-language film from originalOng BakdirectorPrachya Pinkaew. He’ll joinDjimon Hounsou, who plays a mercenary in Thailand whose life is changed by an encounter with a 14-year old girl. I know the film takes place in Thailand, but I don’t think it’s that kind of encounter. Bacon will be “an old acquaintance of Hounsou’s character whose allegiance can’t be trusted.” [THR]
