Casting Bits: Lea Seydoux In ‘Grand Central’, Nolan Funk In ‘Riddick’, Mark Webber In ‘Arranged Marriage’
Rising French starsLéa Seydoux(Midnight in Paris,Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) andTahar Rahim(A Prophet) are set to leadGrand Central, a France-set contemporary romantic drama byRebecca Zlotowski. Rahim will play a danger-addicted man whose nuclear facility job exposes him to deadly radiation levels. He’s transformed by a forbidden affair with a woman he meets at the plant (Seydoux).
Grand Centralmarks a reunion for Seydoux and Zlotowski, who previously worked together in Zlotowski’s directorial debutBelle Épine. Seydoux was also recently cast in Michel Gondry’sThe Foam of the Days, and will next appear opposite Diane Kruger in March’sFarewell, My Queen. Rahim starred last year in Jean-Jacques Annaud’sBlack Gold, and has just wrapped Joachim Lafosse’sLoving Without Reason.Grand Centralis expected to begin filming this summer. [Variety]
After the jump,Riddickadds to its cast and Sex Bob-omb frontman Stephen Stills boards an indie.
Funk’s previous work includes the television seriesAliens in AmericaandWarehouse 13. He’ll next be seen in this spring’sHouse at the End of the Street, with Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, and Max Thieriot. [Variety]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldactorMark Webberhas signed on to star inThe Arranged Marriage of Moonbeam, an indie romcom to be directed byMollie Engelhart. Engelhart was one of the producers behind this year’s Sundance entryThe End of Love, which Webber wrote, directed, and starred in.The Makepeace Brothers(I assume that meansthis band) are also set to appear, while Grammy-winning producerBernard “Focus…” Edwards, Jr.will score the picture.
Engelhart andTim Ryan’s script centers around young lawyer Janie Grace, the daughter of hippie parents who originally named her Moonbeam. When yet another of her relationships falls apart, Moonbeam/Janie Grace’s family takes it upon themselves to a marriage for her. Production is scheduled to begin in late spring. [Variety]
