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Kim Basinger has been cast in Petit.

The actress has been confirmed for a starring role in Anders Morgenthaler's English-language movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Oscar-winner will play Maria, a successful career woman who struggles to have a child after discovering that she is infertile.

Her attempts to adopt result in her becoming entangled in a world of illegal child prostitution in Eastern Europe.

Basinger recently wrapped filming with Liam Neeson on Third Person.

She will also appear in the upcoming Grudge Match with Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro and One Square Mile.

Shooting on Petit recently began in Hamburg.

Exclusive: Kelly Blatz has joined NBC‘s proposed Chicago Fire spinoff, from Wolf Films and Universal TV. Blatz will guest star in the Chicago Fire freshman season finale, which serves as planted spinoff for a potential new drama series, a cop drama about the Chicago Police Department. Blatz will play the young but seasoned Officer Elam, a role that would be one of the leads of the potential spinoff. He joins recently cast Melissa Sagemiller, Tania Raymonde and Scott Eastwood. The Chicago Fire spinoff project is being developed by Chicago Fire creators/executive producers Derek Haas and Michael Brandt and executive producers Matt Olmstead and Wolf. It is still unclear which Chicago Fire actors would transfer to the spinoff series, with Jon Seda, who has been recurring as Chicago Pd Detective Antonio Dawson, considered a strong possibility. Blatz, repped by ICM Partners, Luber Roklin and Alan Hergott, recently starred in...

Kim Basinger has joined the cast of the Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone boxing drama Grudge Match. The movie, to be directed by 50 First Dates helmer Peter Segal, is about two former boxers who decidede to step in the ring one last time to settle an old score. Basinger has been busy of late, working on Third Person for Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis, and indie drama One Square Mile with Richard Jenkins.

Last month, Warner Bros. has set comedian Kevin Hart to play the sure-to-be loud-mouthed fight promoter who gets two retired brawlers played by Robert de Niro and Sylvester Stallone, back in the ring.

Word comes from Variety that Oscar-winner Kim Basinger has landed the female lead in the studio comedy revolving around two retired boxers, which Peter Segal (Get Smart) is directing from a script by Tim Kelleher that was most recently rewritten by Entourage creator Doug Ellin.

Basinger will play the woman caught in the middle of the rivalry.

In the ’80s and early ’90s, Basinger often took roles in comedies so this could mark a return to form for her. Up until then, she is currently filming Third Person for director Paul Haggis and will next be seen in the indie drama One Square Mile opposite Richard Jenkins.

Warner Bros. has given the green light on a Segal-directed boxing flick.

Some major veteran casting announcements to announce today: Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential) will join the Grudge Match between Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro in the Peter Segal-directed picture. Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Nick Nolte (Warrior) and Jeremy Irons (Die Hard: With a Vengeance) have joined the indie Western thriller, A Magnificent Death, to be directed by Jane. Hit the jump for more on both pictures.  Variety reports that Basinger will join Grudge Match as the woman caught between the disgruntled ex-fighters.  Penned by Tim Kelleher with a recent re-write by Doug Ellin (Entourage), Grudge Match centers on two former fighters (Stallone and De Niro) who step into the ring one last time to settle an old score.  Kevin Hart (The 40 Year Old Virgin) also stars as the fight promoter.  Basinger is currently filming Third Person for director Paul Haggis and will next be seen in the...

Kim Basinger has joined the cast of Crash director Paul Haggis’s newest drama, The Third Person, about the interconnected love stories of three couples who live in three different cities. Basinger will have a supporting role as the wife of a character played by Liam Neeson.

She joins a cast that also includes Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Casey Affleck, Olivia Wilde and James Franco. Basinger most recently completed a role in the independently produced movie One Square Mile, which stars Richard Jenkins. Basinger’s

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I was going to kick off by saying “It’s been some time since Kim Basinger really graced our screens” — but that’s technically not true. While she hasn’t made an onscreen appearance in about two years — itself not such a long time — it was in the relatively successful Charlie St. Cloud, and that only came a few years after parts in The Informers, The Burning Plain, and The Sentinel. Even if you didn’t see those, there’s a fair chance you’ve heard of them. Shouldn’t that count for something?

And although I can’t say if One Square Mile might some kind of reintroduction into mainstream cinema, the actual film doesn’t sound half-bad. Richard Jenkins was, back in April, signed to lead the film, a drama about the important lessons an older man instills into a young boy (Kelly Blatz). (That role was originally set for Cameron Bright,...

• Shia Labeouf — apparently undeterred by the onslaught of “Shia Labuff” jokes in the wake of his full-frontal appearance in a recent Sigur Ros music video — is in talks for an unspecified role in director Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac. As the title implies, the film follows the erotic adventures of a woman (Charlotte Gainsbourg) from her first sexual experience through age 50, with von Trier shooting both explicit and not-as-explicit versions of the film. Stellan Skarsgard will play the woman’s husband, but likely not her only sexual partner, because that would be a bit of a let down, frankly. [THR]

• Ryan Reynolds is going spooky,...

Kim Basinger has joined the cast of the independent movie One Square Mile. She will play Claire, the mother of a troubled son (Kelly Blatz) who is at a difficult and violent junction in his life. Her other son is his older brother (Cam Gigandet). Richard Jenkins plays the boy’s neighbor, a basketball coach who becomes the trouble young man’s reluctant mentor. The cast also includes Analeigh Tipton and Rhys Coiro. One Square Mile, being made on a budget under $5 million, is the first English language production from director Charles-Olivier Michaud since his film Snow & Ashes, which

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One Square Mile

Kim Basinger has joined the cast of Charles-Olivier Michaud's "One Square Mile" at Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures. Basinger will play the mother of a troubled son (Kelly Blatz) who is at a difficult and violent junction in his life.

Richard Jenkins plays the boy’s neighbour and reluctant mentor, and Cam Gigandet plays his older brother. Shooting kicks off later this month on location in Seattle. [Source: Screen Daily]

Robocop

Michael Kenneth Williams ("Boardwalk Empire," "The Wire") is in negotiations to join the cast of Jose Padilha's "Robocop" remake at MGM and Sony. Shooting kicks off this September in Toronto.

Williams will play the partner to Joel Kinnaman’s police officer Alex Murphy who is tight with Murphy’s family. [Source: Heat Vision]

Untitled Nicole Holofcener Project

Catherine Keener and Toni Collette have joined Fox Searchlight’s untitled Nicole Holofcener project which began shooting this week.

The story centers on a...

Meyers Media Group and McDonald Entertainment have announced today that they will co-finance the thriller City of Night. The film, to be directed by award-winner Carl Franklin (Out of Time, High Crimes), was written by David Chisholm (Kidnapped in Paradise, The Wizard) and will be produced by Brendan McDonald of McDonald Entertainment and Jesse B'Franklin, and executive produced by Lawrence Steven Meyers (Unfaithful) and Randy Dannenberg of Meyers Media Group.

In City of Night, Emmett Conlin is a rookie cop aspiring to be one of the finest in the Los Angeles Police Department-- until he's unexpectedly lured into the toughest crime unit in the city and finds that his greatest danger lies within the department. Drawn into a web of deceit and betrayal by a veteran cop who has corrupted all that he touches, Emmett becomes the target of an elaborate psychological game to destroy him. Set against the teeming...

Meyers Media Group and McDonald Entertainment have announced today that they will co-finance the thriller City Of Night. The film, to be directed by award-winner Carl Franklin (.Out of Time,. .High Crimes.), was written by David Chisholm (.Kidnapped in Paradise,. .The Wizard.) and will be produced by Brendan McDonald of McDonald Entertainment and Jesse B.Franklin, and executive produced by Lawrence Meyers (.Unfaithful.) and Randy Dannenberg of Meyers Media Group.

In City Of Night, Emmett Conlin is a rookie cop aspiring to be one of the finest in the Los Angeles Police Department– until he.s unexpectedly lured into the toughest crime unit in the city and finds that his greatest danger lies within the department. Drawn into a web of deceit and betrayal by a veteran cop who has corrupted all that he touches, Emmett becomes the target of an elaborate psychological game to destroy him. Set against the...

As much as I love J.J. Abrams' dogged determination to preserve mystery in the moviegoing experience, I have to admit that sometimes it can be a little bit frustrating from the point of view of someone who runs a movie blog. Sure, that's kind of the point, but come on, throw us a bone and give us something to discuss here! This week we've learned of yet another secretive project that he will be setting up under his Bad Robot banner and as per usual they have released very little information about it. Abrams will be producing but probably not directing, and no one else is attached as of yet. Hit the jump to find out the rest of what we know about this mysterious flick. According to Variety, Paramount has pre-emptively acquired an "untitled, low budget spec script" from screenwriters Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken. Although Paramount had no comment on the acquisition,...

Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios is coming aboard to finance the planned English-language remake of John Woo’s 1989 film The Killer. John H. Lee (A Moment to Remember) will direct the script by Josh Campbell (One Square Mile), which relocates the story of a contract killer, who falls in love with the only living witness to his latest job, to Los Angeles. Sarah Yan Li, repped by CAA and a rising star in China, will co-star in the thriller. Lion Rock Production’s Woo and Terence Chang will produce alongside Lion Rock’s Lori Tilkin, who will executive produce the

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The Fringe is a place where non-horror genre films can get some play on Shock. These films might be sci-fi, fantasy or action - and certainly contain some horror elements - but will likely be light on scares, or, straight-up "horror." Still, they might be of interest to you.

While a remake to John Woo's The Killer has been rumored for some time now, nothing has come to fruition. Today, however, it looks like that redo is one step closer to reality.

Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios has agreed to finance John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock Productions The Killer, the English language retelling of the film.

John H. Lee (A Moment to Remember) is still attached to direct the script by Josh Campbell (One Square Mile). Sarah Yan Li will co-star in the thriller.

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Richard Jenkins and Cameron Bright have been cast in the upcoming drama ‘One Square Mile.’ Principal photography on the film, which is being directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud and was written by Josh Campbell and Jeff Van Wie, is scheduled to begin in August, tentatively in Seattle. Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures’ Howard Burd and Micah Sparks will produce ‘One Square Mile’ with Inner Primary Entertainment’s Deborah Moore. ‘One Square Mile’ emotionally follows a disenfranchised teen, played by Bright, living on the wrong side of the tracks. While desperate to find a way to fix his life, the teen’s life intersects with an old reclusive track coach, portrayed by Jenkins. The coach [ Read More ]...

He can currently be seen scaring things up for Joss Whedon’s Cabin In The Woods, but Richard Jenkins plans to be a little nicer to the human race for his next trick. He’s signed on to star as a reclusive track coach in One Square Mile. The film finds Cameron Bright as a young man from the wrong side of the tracks who fears his life may forever be mired in poverty. But a spark of hope comes in the shape of his running talent, and he gets some encouragement and training when he somehow persuades a grouchy trainer (Jenkins) to help him out. Sounds a bit like Finding Forrester meets Chariots Of Fire, which we guess could be a good thing - especially with Jenkins aboard.Charles-Olivier Michaud is the director in charge of this one, which has been written by Josh Campbell and Jeff Van Wie.

Academy Award-nominated actor Richard Jenkins (.The Visitor.) and Cameron Bright (.The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.) have joined the cast of Charles-Olivier Michaud.s latest drama One Square Mile. Written by scribes Josh Campbell and Jeff Van Wie, the film will be produced by Howard Burd and Micah Sparks of Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures, and Deborah Moore of Inner Primary Entertainment. Martin Harmon is executive producing for Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures. International sales are being handled by Lawrence Meyers, Bobby Meyers and Peter Rowley of Meyers Media Group. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in August with Seattle, Washington as a possible location.

One Square Mile is ahighly charged, emotional story of a disenfranchised teen (Bright) living on the wrong side of the tracks. Desperate for a way out, his life collides with an old reclusive track coach (Jenkins), angry at the world with no purpose in life. The two form a...

We’ve got a couple of casting stories to share this afternoon. First up, Toni Collette and Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) have joined the cast of the thriller Defiant. The film is based on the true story of a double honor killing in India. Muslim men are allowed to marry non-Muslim women per Islamic law (in order to “take over the reproductive capabilities of the enemy), but Muslim women are not allowed to marry non-Muslim men. In May of 2011, two Muslim women allegedly killed their daughters because they had eloped and married migrant Bihari Hindu laborers. Deadline reports that Patel will play Hari, “a young man who is, along with his girlfriend, trying to escape vengeful parents who want to kill the lovers to stop them marrying.” Colette will play a journalist covering the story who is drawn into danger. Bill Bennett is set to direct, and the project will...

Here we may have a film where I use the star to generate some interest. THR informs us that Richard Jenkins (The Cabin in the Woods, Step Brothers) will be starring with Cameron Bright (Twilight, Running Scared) in One Square Mile, an indie drama from French-Canadian helmer Charles-Olivier Michaud.

Written by Josh Campbell and Jeff Van Wie, the picture centers on ” a disenfranchised teen (Bright) living on the wrong side of the tracks. Desperate for a way out, his life collides with an old reclusive track coach (Jenkins), angry at the world with no purpose in life. The two form a reluctant bond that forces them to face their circumstances as they race to save each other and ultimately – themselves.”

That’s just slightly familiar to another upcoming drama, Life at These Speeds, although I have enough affection for Jenkins not to completely dismiss Mile right off the bat; it should be well acted,...

Academy Award-nominated actor Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) and Cameron Bright (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) have joined the cast of Charles-Olivier Michaud's latest drama One Square Mile. Written by scribes Josh Campbell and Jeff Van Wie, the film will be produced by Howard Burd and Micah Sparks of Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures, and Deborah Moore of Inner Primary Entertainment. Martin Harmon is executive producing for Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures. International sales are being handled by Lawrence Meyers, Bobby Meyers and Peter Rowley of Meyers Media Group. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in August with Seattle, Washington as a possible location.

One Square Mile is a highly charged, emotional story of a disenfranchised teen (Bright) living on the wrong side of the tracks. Desperate for a way out, his life collides with an old reclusive track coach (Jenkins), angry at the world with no purpose in life. The two form...

One Square Mile

Richard Jenkins will star in Charles-Olivier Michaud's $5 million indie drama "One Square Mile". Shooting kicks off in August in Seattle.

Jenkins plays a reclusive track coach who forms bond with a young man (Cameron Bright) from the wrong side of the tracks who becomes an outstanding runner. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]

Grace

Maiara Walsh ("Desperate Housewives," "Switched at Birth") has scored the leading role in John Stimpson's indie drama "Grace."

Marcy Holland penned the script about a woman named Grace (Kelcie Stranahan) accused of killing another woman in an accident. The victim reaches out from beyond the grave to help unveil the truth about what happened. [Source: Variety]

Defiance

Mia Kirshner ("The Vampire Diaries") and Fionnula Flanagan ("Lost") have joined the cast of Syfy’s new drama series "Defiance". Set in the near future after a universal war, the action is set in one of the new world’s few oasis of civility and inclusion.

Academy Award-nominated actor Richard Jenkins ( The Visitor ) and Cameron Bright ( The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ) have joined the cast of Charles-Olivier Michaud's latest drama One Square Mile . Written by Josh Campbell and Jeff Van Wie, the film will be produced by Howard Burd and Micah Sparks of Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures, and Deborah Moore of Inner Primary Entertainment. Martin Harmon is executive producing for Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in August with Seattle, Washington as a possible location. One Square Mile is a highly charged, emotional story of a disenfranchised teen (Bright) living on the wrong side of the tracks. Desperate for a way out, his life collides with an old reclusive track coach (Jenkins), angry at the...