Sentences with phrase «casting of a female lead»

The only difference here is the casting of a female lead in Melissa McCarthy's hero, a comedian actress that is bound to rub most of the potential audience up the wrong way.

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He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

Williams» doe - eyed earnestness also won over a cadre of fans when she was cast as the female lead in the Edward Zwick / Marshall Herskovitz series Relativity in 1996, but the critically acclaimed show lasted only one season.

For starters, I count at least seven headliners in the upper echelons of the cast, and that doesn't include Vera Farmiga holding her own quite well as the token female lead.

Fanning, who was last seen as Aurora in Disney's MALEFICENT alongside Angelina Jolie, will lead a young female cast in the movie, Refn's first dip into the genre following some absolutely belting action / crime movies which have always have heaps of style, depth and substance.

Three of the year's strongest female performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as supporting, loving, noble characters who give of themselves in the service of the male lead.

Meanwhile, Reynolds and the film's other producers are reportedly in the process of casting the film's female lead, popular Marvel mutant Domino.

The young female cast of supporting actors — led by Gordon and including Gillian Jacobs, Adria Arjona, Jessie Ennis and Debby Ryan — is up to the task of playing opposite McCarthy.

Desperate for a project that will give his reputation a jump start, Jack agrees to star in a film version of the once - popular television series Bewitched as hapless hubby Darrin Stephens, under the condition that an unknown actress be cast as the female lead so he won't be upstaged.

As for the rest of the cast, another report has stated that Tessa Thompson, Naomi Scott and Zoe Kravitz are testing for the female lead role — a role that could turn out to be Han Solo's «wife» Sana Starros, a character originally introduced in the Marvel comics.

«For us, it's important that we don't feel like a completely white, European cast,» he said, noting that the next four releases in Marvel's lineup feature women of color as their leading female and / or love interests.

«FIRE MAY BE SUBTLE» Three leads, two male and one female, are being cast in this short film about a woman whose psyche suffers a major break after the death of her boyfriend.

Director Sam Taylor - Johnson and female lead Dakota Johnson have begun their search to cast the part of Christian Grey in their adaptation of E.L. James» Fifty Shades of Grey, following the departure of Charlie Hunnam.

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Sandra Bullock will play the lead in an upcoming remake of «Ocean's Eleven» with an all - female cast, directed by Gary Ross («the Hunger Games») from a script by Olivia Milch («Little Women»), continuing her streak of stepping into roles originally conceived for men — as she does currently in «Our Brand Is Crisis.»

When I come back, it's usually for Katey Sagal and Maggie Siff, not the boys of SAMCRO (who may pick up some other female fans, now that Charlie Hunnam - who stars as Jax Teller - has been cast as the lead in «Fifty Shades of Grey»).

Then cast the female lead with one of the most graceful, beguiling women ever to appear onscreen.

Apte was recently cast as one of the leads in the Lydia Dean Pilcher - directed untitled female - driven WW II spy drama along with Stana Katic and Sarah Megan Thomas.

Last month it was announced that ABC had picked up the pilot for The Greatest American Hero, a female - led reboot of the 1980s comedy - drama, and now comes word that the project has found its lead and supporting cast.

Cary Elwes joins Untitled Ivan Reitman comedy James McAvoy is Professor X in new X-Men: First Class Tommy Lee Jones confirmed for Captain America: The First Avenger Van Damme and Michelle Yeoh join the cast of Kung Fu Panda sequel Bruce Willis cast in Antoine Fuqua «s The Tomb Emma Roberts joins Scream 4 Model Rosie Huntington - Whiteley offered lead female role in Transformers 3

The reboot is led by an all - female cast with Kristen Wiig, approved Leslie Jones, adiposity Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy taking on the roles of the new squad.

Of course you saw this coming, but Disney's latest animated film is more than deeply watchable fare with a good gender balance in the cast — a wonderful thing in its own right — it's hilariously funny, genuinely moving and its sisterly leads are compelling characters with relatable arcs, whether you're male or female.

In terms of the casting, Pfeifer (Pfeifer Brown) has been picked to play the female lead opposite Reese (Resse Mishler) who will be reprising the role of the ill - fated protagonist.

CULVER CITY, Calif., October 5, 2010 — Emma Stone has been cast as the female lead in the upcoming Spider - Man film from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, it was announced today by Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Matt Tolmach, president of Columbia Pictures.

Other winners of the night included Daniel Day - Lewis (Outstanding Male Actor in a leading role), Julie Christie (Outstanding Female Actor in a leading role), Javier Bardem (Outstanding Male Actor in a supporting role), Ruby Dee (Outstanding Female Actor in a supporting role), and the cast of No Country For Old Men, who won Outstanding Cast in a motion pictcast of No Country For Old Men, who won Outstanding Cast in a motion pictCast in a motion picture.

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«It was an absolute dream, synergistic moment of casting,» says Allison Williams of being offered, as her first big - screen role, the part of Rose Armitage, the female lead in Jordan Peele «s feature directorial debut Get Out — which allowed her to make fun of and then completely subvert her preexisting screen persona — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the Awards Chatter» podcast.

The cast of Big Little Lies, the hot - favourite female - led show whose star Reece Witherspoon is one of the 300 signatories to Time's Up, are expected to follow suit.

The whole cast never misses a comedic beat either, and the whole film really represents one of those great, rare chances for an older female lead like Frances McDormand to shine - and shine she does!

This year, we look forward to a sampling of some mighty powerful female driven movies, each of which features an A-list cast and an exceptionally strong performance by the leading actress (es).

Jane Levy, the star of ABC's generally pretty decent new sitcom Suburgatory, has reportedly signed on as the new female lead in Fede Alvarez's remake, replacing the previously cast Lily Collins.

Showtime also announced that Golden Globe nominee Ruth Wilson has been cast as the female lead of its drama pilot «The Affair.»

Last year's SAG Awards saw big wins for «Birdman» for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Eddie Redmayne for Male Actor in a Leading Role, Julianne Moore for Female Actor in a Leading Role, and J.K. Simmons and Patricia Arquette for supporting actor statuettes — all of whom went on to take home the Oscar later that year.

Emma Stone has been cast as the female lead in the upcoming Spider - Man film from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, it was announced today by Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Matt Tolmach, president of Columbia Pictures.

1 — An equally stacked cast The four female leads were front and center of the marketing, rightfully so, but Feig's supporting cast was nothing to sneeze at either and one of its best surprises.

That factor was at the core of Monaghan's casting in The Heartbreak Kid, and it will continue to be in every movie in which there's a necessary play for off - lead female sympathies; she's the anti-Angelina Jolie in this regard.

Co-directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn have assembled quite the cast of talented voice actors, including Anna Kendrick as female lead Princess Poppy, joined by Justin Timberlake as Branch, the one Troll who eschews all the singing, dancing and hugging, thanks to his fear of being captured and eaten by the Bergens.

This female - led spinoff of director Steven Soderbergh's winningly light - weight caper trilogy boats a killer cast of movie stars making jokes, wearing cool outfits, and stealing expensive shit.

According to THR, director Alan Taylor is starting to load up the cast of his «Terminator» reboot and he's honed in on Emilia Clarke, Brie Larson and Margot Robbie for the female lead.

Just a few days ago, the story was that casting of Jack the Giant Killer's female lead was down to two contenders: Adelaide Kane and Eleanor Tomlinson.

Cavill displays real leading man qualities as the roguish, James Bond - like spy; Hammer is perfectly cast as the volatile enforcer; and Vikander holds her own as the much - needed female component of the group, and looks good doing it dressed in an array of «60s mod fashion.

It has the largest female cast of any Marvel movie, and even more importantly, it's black women at the forefront of the film, leading the charge in so many ways.

I knew it had a stellar cast including Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Chris Pine... and a story of a strong female lead.

The reboot is led by an all - female cast with Kristen Wiig, buy information pills Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy taking on the roles of the new squad.

Before the film was released, there were skeptics who didn't believe in the concept of casting females as the lead ghostbusters.

She dropped out of the project back in March, and while the film still hasn't officially cast its new female lead, there's an actress currently in talks for the role: Anne Hathaway.

The first female - led superhero show of this recent generation has hit the right feminist notes at times and has a strong supporting cast led by Calista Flockhart.

The stiffness of the amateur acting gave the proceedings an odd clarity, and the random casting unsettled stereotypes, as did giving the leading female roles to men: The Swedish artist Karl Holmqvist played Emmi; Florian Troebinger, the film's only professional actor, portrayed Barbara, the blond Germanic bar owner and Ali's sometime lover.

Instead of seeing Czanne's «The Bather» first thing when you enter the second - floor galleries, where «People» unfolds, you see an expansively open space with only two works: Aristide Maillol's luxuriant cast - lead female nude, «The River» (1938 - 1943), and beyond it, Barnett Newman's abstract painting, «Vir Heroicus Sublimis» (1950 - 51).