Casting Notes: Jason Sudeikis In Horrible Bosses; Cary Elwes In Ivan Reitman Comedy; John Cusack In Jack
Based on the cast alone,Horrible Bossesis starting to look like one of the more promising studio comedies on the horizon. The film about three friends who conspire to kill each others' bosses already hasCharlie DayandJason Batemanas two of the three friends, andJennifer AnistonandColin Farrellas two of the bosses.Jamie Foxx, meanwhile, plays “a scam artist who dishes killing advice to the three regular guys.”
NowJason Sudeikisis joining; he’ll play the third friend, leaving just the final boss to cast.King of Kong’sSeth Gordonis directing. [THR]
After the break, Cary Elwes works with Ivan Reitman and John Cusack kills people.
Cary Elwesis now a part ofIvan Reitman’s comedy, once calledFriends With Benefits, now untitled. The burning question at the core ofElizabeth Meriwether’s script is “whether two longterm friends can have a purely sexual relationship without falling in love.“Natalie PortmanandAshton Kutcherare the friends. Elwes will play a doctor who works with Portman and has a flirtatious relationship with her. As you would, really.
The supporting cast is good (Greta Gerwig, Kevin Kline, Ophelia Lovibond,Ben Lawson, withOlivia Thirlby) but storywise there’s nothing about this one that yet sounds above the level of an average TV comedy, but maybe Reitman can use this to work that low-level comedy out of his system before makingGhostbusters 3, assuming Sony doesn’t find some way to wrest that film from his control. [Variety]
John Cusackis signing on to play the lead character inJack, the serial killer thriller fromSession 9andThe MachinistdirectorBrad Anderson. The film is written byDavid Venable, and the story follows what happens when an amnesiac killer falls in love with a doctor and faces his resurfacing memories. Does he live a ‘normal’ life, or, in real Jim Thompson fashion, embrace his inner killer?
Just the other day, when talking about Jackfor the first time, I was hoping that Anderson would soon get a chance to make a film that ended up with a higher profile than his movies have typically had. With Cusack on board, Jack might be the one. [Bloody Disgusting]
