Casting Bits: Wentworth Miller In ‘Analog;’ Paul Walker In Fred Durst’s ‘Pawn Shop Chronicles’
Prison BreakstarWentworth Millerhas been newsworthy of late because he wrote the script forStoker, which Park Chan-wook will direct with stars Mia Wasikowska, Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Now he has booked a new role, taking the lead in an indie calledAnalog, whichMike Millionwrote and will direct. The script has been around for a few years — it hit the Black List in 2005 — and follows " an introverted genius who tries to find a love connection in an increasingly digital world." I’m picturingPias a romantic comedy, but that probably isn’t quite right. [Variety]
After the break, Paul Walker makes a deal with Fred Durst.
Will former Limp Bizkit frontmanFred Dursteventually be remembered more as a film director than as a rap-rock clown? It could happen. Oft-dismissed a few years back thanks to his music career, the guy has become a promising director withThe Education of Charlie Banks. (Which saw the director working with Jesse Eisenberg, which led to David Fincher getting a recommendation to look at the actor forThe Social Network, which led to a powerful performance and Oscar nomination.)
Mr. Durst is hardly a master director — he’s one and one, withThe Longshotsnot being such a hot effort — but I don’t think I’m alone in thinking I’d rather see him direct than sing. Now he’s working on his third film,Pawn Shop Chronicles, which producer Jordan Schur calls “a hillbillyPulp Fiction… fast-moving and action-packed. It’s also very funny. It’s got all these elements to really pack a punch.”
The film, written by former pawn shop workerAdam Minarovich, will be distributed by LionsGate, and features “interconnected stories center on a missing wedding ring which leads to a wild-goose chase involving meth addicts, skinheads and an Elvis impersonator.” We don’t know what role Paul Walker will play, but I’m hoping he’s one of the skinheads. [THR]
