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Movie Castings: Chris Elliot & J.K. Simmons Join Hugh Grant RomCom; ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Adds David Ajala

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday March 27, 2013 @ 11:45am PDTTags: Chris Elliott, David Ajala, J.K. Simmons, Jupiter Ascending, Movie Castings

Chris Elliot and J.K. Simmons have signed on to join Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei and Allison Janney in the still untitled romantic comedy from Marc Lawrence. Simmons will portray Dr. Lerner, Chair of the University’s English department where Grant’s Ray Michaels character teaches. Lerner takes former Oscar winning screenwriter Michaels under his wing. Simmons is represented by The Gersh Agency. Elliott will play Jim, a Shakespeare professor and neighbor to Michaels. Elliott is represented by UTA and Anonymous Content. Lawrence is writing and directing the film, which is scheduled to start filming in NYC next month.

David Ajala has joined the cast of Lana and Andy Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending.The British actor will play Ibis in the sci-fi action film. The character is the leader of the cyber hunters who are after Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis’ characters.  Besides Tatum and Kunis, the Warner Bros-Village Roadshow co-production also stars Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne. Jupiter Ascending is set to shoot in London and to be released on July 25, 2014. Ajala can next be seen by blockbuster audiences in Fast & Furious 6. He is repped by managers Jeff Golenberg and Matt Goldman and the UK’s Oliver Slinger from Independent Talent Group.

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Kick Gurry Boards ‘Jupiter Ascending’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday March 25, 2013 @ 8:50pm PDTTags: Jupiter Ascending, Kick Gurry

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney.

EXCLUSIVE: Aussie actor Kick Gurry has joined the cast of Lana and Andy Wachowski’s sci-fi thriller Jupiter Ascending, his second collaboration with … Read More »

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WB Dates Wachowskis’ ‘Jupiter Ascending’, Shifts De Niro-Stallone ‘Grudge Match’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 14, 2013 @ 6:28pm PDTTags: Grudge Match, Jupiter Ascending, Warner Bros

Warner Bros has moved the Robert De Niro-Sylvester Stallone fight movie Grudge Match to January 10, 2014 from November 15, 2013. Kevin Hart plays the promoter in the project directed by Peter Segal. Tim Kelleher wrote the script and … Read More »

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Village Roadshow Boards The Wachowskis’ ‘Jupiter Ascending’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday February 20, 2013 @ 11:49pm PSTTags: Andy Wachowski, Jupiter Ascending, Lana Wachowski, Village Roadshow, Warner Bros

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney.

Village Roadshow is extending its collaboration with Lana and Andy Wachowski, joining Warner Bros. to co-produce the action sci-fier starring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis and Sean Bean. That will be VR Entertainment … Read More »

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Sean Bean Joins Lana And Andy Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’ At Warners

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 1:19pm PSTTags: Jupiter Ascending, Sean Bean, Warner Bros
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EXCLUSIVE: Sean Bean has been set by Warner Bros for a starring role in Jupiter Ascending, which Lana and Andy Wachowski will direct as their next film. Bean will play Stinger, a Han Solo-type character written older … Read More »

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