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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins ‘A.C.O.D.’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 11:43am PSTTags: A.C.O.D., Black Bear Pictures, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

EXCLUSIVE: Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been added to a cast with the previously announced Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins and Jane Lynch in the comedy directed by Stuart Zicherman and based on a script from Zicherman and Ben Karlin. Karlin and Tim Perell will produce. Winstead will play Lauren Stinger, a long-time girlfriend of Carter (Scott) and the rock in his increasingly chaotic life. Teddy Schwarzman is producing and fully financing A.C.O.D. via his company Black Bear Pictures.

Next up for Winstead is the starring role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter based on the bestselling novel. She also starred in Sundance’s Smashed along with Aaron Paul and Octavia Spencer. Her other credits include Live Free Or Die Hard, The Thing and Scott Pilgrim Vs.The World. She is represented by CAA and attorney Karl Austen.

Black Bear Pictures recently wrapped Broken City, starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones and the untitled Ramin Bahrani film with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. Black Bear will produce J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost starring Robert Redford and is in development with Jeremy Renner on King Of Heists based on the bestseller by J. North Conway.

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Cobie Smulders Closes In On ‘Avengers’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday February 5, 2011 @ 7:52am PSTTags: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Jeremy Renner, Jimmy Fallon, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Morena Baccarin, Nick Fury, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston, Wonder Woman
Mike Fleming

I’m hearing that How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders has emerged as the front runner for the role of SHIELD Agent Maria Hill in the Joss Whedon-directed The Avengers and that a deal could be done before the … Read More »

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Cameron Crowe Eyes Actresses For ‘Zoo’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 5:18pm PDTTags: Amy Adams, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann Workshops The Great Gatsby, Benjamin Mee, Cameron Crowe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matt Damon Cameron Crowe, Movies, Scarlett Johansson, We Bought a Zoo, We Bought a Zoo Casting
Mike Fleming

Baz Luhrmann isn’t the only director meeting with top young … Read More »

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