4 posts tagged “casting”

Gretchen Mol living in the future while some virtual reality anomaly happens and people started going back in time to not to 1973, but 1937. Sounds familiar. One of my favourite movies, but I sure didn’t expect its influence to go further …

In all the busy-ness of last week I forgot to mention that the new Gene Hunt, replacing Colm Meaney, is Harvey Keitel—he of the Steinlager Pure commercials here in New Zealand.
   He won’t be boozing on much pure beer as Gene Hunt of the NYPD in the Americanized Life on Mars.
   I like the idea of Keitel giving the New York version of the Manc Lion a try. He has a very different style which means the American producers are willing to have his unique kind of macho with this casting.
   Shooting of the remake of the remake begins August 5 in New York. 
   I imagine that means late-August trailers will show the new Sam and Gene, and that publicity pictures will be available in August.
   Still no word on who has been cast as Annie Cartwright.

Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) will join the cast of US Life on Mars, according to Entertainment Weekly. The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, says Imperioli is the American Ray Carling. This does bode well: it means at least one of Ray and Chris will make it back into the script; the original US pilot had removed both characters.

[Cross-posted] Here’s one of two modelling contests that I want to let folks in on—the first is the Napoleon Perdis Model Search that my friends at StarNow are running. And Napoleon is one of the community of internationally minded Greek entrepreneurs that I seem to be in contact with regularly. So there are two groups of friends here that I want to help—and maybe those who want to be the face of Napoleon Perdis might be able to help themselves.
   According to the site, this is what the winner can get.

You could win a photo shoot for Napoleon Perdis—starts August 27!!
  And there’s more! The winner will also receive:
• Return travel and accommodation in Sydney for four days
• An AUS$500 Napoleon Perdis Product voucher
• Napoleon Perdis Paparazzi Ready Personal Makeup Skills One Day workshop (valued at AUS$195.00)
• Complimentary makeover and photo shoot for Napoleon Perdis
• Your photos on the Napoleon Perdis Advertising Database for one year
• One year complimentary subscription to StarNow.com
• A collection of branded StarNow.com clothing
• Featured interviews and information about you on StarNow.com

If you sign up now and say that you heard about this through Lucire, you will be able to get the StarNow membership for free.
   They want someone confident and creative, over 18, and a resident of Australia or New Zealand.
   Entries close Monday noon, Sydney time. Let Shona McGregor at StarNow.com know (email convention there is firstname.surname@starnow.com) if you want to join up.