1.) A photo from the set of Shame helmer Steve McQueen's latest film, Twelve Years a Slave, reveals Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quvenzhane Wallis has joined the already-loaded cast. The film tells the true story of a New York citizen (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the mid-1800s. It also features the talents of Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano and some guy named Brad Pitt, who is also producing through his Plan B banner. [Lester Zeigler, via Shadow and Act] 2.) The legal drama surrounding Raging Bull 2 seems to be resolved. MGM had previously filed a lawsuit against the makers of the low-budget sequel, which would be based on boxer Jake Lamotta's life both before and after the events in Martin Scorsese's 1980 classic. The studio has now dropped the case with the stipulation that the low-budget follow-up changes its name from Raging Bull 2 to The Bronx Bull...
- 8/2/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
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