Casting Notes: Jesse Eisenberg In 30 Minutes Or Less? Jake Abel In I Am Number Four, Olivia Thirlby Replaced By Riley Keough In Jack & Diane
WillJesse Eisenbergreunite with hisZombielanddirectorRuben Fleischerin the latter’s upcoming film30 Minutes or Less? That’s the suggestion of aProduction Weeklyprint report (viaThe Playlist) which links the actor to the film, which already hasAziz Ansariin the cast.
Eisenberg and Ansari would be friends Will and Chet, who have a falling out before Will falls in with criminal typesDanny McBride,Nick SwardsonandMichael Pena, who forcibly recruit him for a crime. Sounds a bit likePineapple Express(which The Playlist notes) and it’s easy to see Fleischer bringing hisZombielandenergy to the story. I’ve read the first thirty pages of the script, and there’s some very funny stuff for Eisenberg, Ansari and the rest of the cast to dig into.
After the break, new talent forI Am Number Fourand more changes forJack and Diane.
TheMichael Bay-producedI Am Number Four, directed byDJ Carusoand based on the new sci-fi novel series co-authored byJames Frey, already has a pretty great cast:Timothy Olyphant,Kevin Durand,Teresa PalmerandAlex Pettyfer. Shame about losingSharlto Copley, but there’s nothing that can be done about that. NowJake Abel, last seen inPercy Jackson and the Olympians, has signed on. Abel will play Mike, a high school football player who is suspicious of Pettyfer, who is an alien masquerading as a human student. [MTV]
Finally, the ‘not really a lesbian werewolf movie’Jack and Dianehas had another cast replacement. At one point the film was set to starOlivia ThirlbyandEllen Page, but funding took a long time to come together, and Page dropped out. She was replaced byAllison Pill, who also eventually dropped out, to be replaced byJuno Temple. Now Olivia Thirlby is out, withRiley Keough(The Runaways, daughter of Lisa Marie Presley) replacing her.
So, to recap, the primary cast duo is Juno Temple and Riley Keough. For now. [B-D]
Here’s the synopsis, in case five years of reporting on this one has escaped you:
Jack and Diane, two teenage girls, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane’s charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack’s tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a week she tries to push her away. Diane must struggle to keep their love alive while hiding the secret that her newly awakened sexual desire is giving her werewolf-like visions.
