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Wes Bentley, Vinessa Shaw, Haley Bennett, Jason Isaacs Join ‘Things People Do’

By JEN YAMATO | Tuesday April 2, 2013 @ 1:30pm PDTTags: Saar Klein, Things People Do, Wes Bentley

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Bentley will lead the cast of Saar Klein’s Things People Do, about a family man who loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. Also set for the drama shooting April 3 in New Mexico are Vinessa Shaw as Bentley’s wife, Jason Isaacs as a detective he befriends, and Haley Bennett as a stranger he meets along his journey who inspires him to commit a crime in her honor. Doug Liman is executive producing the pic, which marks two-time Oscar nominated editor Klein’s (Almost Famous, The Thin Red Line) directorial debut. Sarah Green, Hans Graffunder, and Christos V. Konstantakopoulos are producing. Nicolas Gonda, Ryan Rettig, Michael Macs, Kurt Billick, and David Klein will executive produce alongside Liman. Klein, a longtime editor with credits on The Bourne Identity, The New World, Jumper, and Fighting, co-wrote the script with Joe Conway. Bentley is repped by WME and Untitled, Shaw is repped by ICM and Thruline, Bennett is repped by CAA and The Schiff Company, and Isaacs is repped by Gersh and The Collective.

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AFM: Wes Bentley Joins Thriller ‘Final Girl’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday October 26, 2012 @ 5:01pm PDTTags: AFM, Wes Bentley

Final Girl stars Abigail Breslin in photographer Tyler Shields’ directorial debut, a psychological thriller about a teenage girl new in town who is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys … Read More »

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Terrence Malick-Produced Lincoln Film Adds Wes Bentley & Brit Marling

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday September 28, 2012 @ 11:16am PDTTags: Brit Marling, Terrence Malick, The Green Blade Rises, Wes Bentley

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Bentley has been cast the first teacher of the future 16th U.S. president in The Green Blade Rises, the Terrence Malick-produced … Read More »

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Frank Langella Joins ‘The Time Being’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 30, 2012 @ 3:10pm PSTTags: Frank Langella, Robot & Frank, Wes Bentley
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After receiving strong reviews at Sundance for his performance in Robot & Frank, Frank Langella has joined another two-hander. He’ll star in the indie The Time Being, alongside Wes Bentley. Richard Gladstein is producing and also co-wrote the script with … Read More »

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Indie Feature ‘3 Nights In The Desert’ Gets Underway

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 29, 2011 @ 10:03am PSTTags: Amber Tamblyn, Wes Bentley
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EXCLUSIVE: Production has just gotten underway on 3 Nights In The Desert, a drama that stars Amber Tamblyn, Wes Bentley and Boardwalk Empire‘s Vincent Piazza. Gabriel Cowan is directing the … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: Amanda Seyfried In ‘Gone’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 21, 2011 @ 7:56am PSTTags: Allison Burnett, Amanda Seyfried, Sebastian Stan, Summit Entertainment, Wes Bentley

In this thriller Amanda Seyfried plays a woman in a whose sister is abducted — she is convinced it’s the same kidnapper she escaped a year earlier. She battles the clock and skeptical police to rescue her sister. Directed by Heitor Dhalia and written by Allison Burnett, Gone also stars … Read More »

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