More ‘Jurassic World’ Casting – Josh Brolin Finally Onboard?

The return to the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World, is rolling right along and the cast is quickly filling up with faces both familiar and not-so-much familiar. And the latest potential addition appears to be none-other-than Josh Brolin.

So far no details are known other than the fact that Brolin is in talks and that he'd most likely be playing the lead. Considering he's the best known among the already confirmed cast members of Bryce Dallas Howard (The Twilight Saga), Ty Simpkins (Insidious) and Nick Robinson (Melissa & Joey), that would only make sense. Of course, Brolin has been bouncing back and forth on committing to the flick, so we'll have to wait to see where this goes.

Tune in next week for even more casting rumors revolving around giant dinosaur movies. Or just wait until June 12^th, 2015 to see the damn movie for yourself.

Thanks to /film for the heads-up.

Simon Crane in Driver’s Seat of ‘Hot Wheels’ Flick

Ok, so a film based on (read: bought the rights to the name of) the iconic Hot Wheels line of toys is apparently a thing....Because Battleship clearly demonstrated how good an idea making a movie based on toys with no inherent story line is.

Legendary Pictures has signed former stuntman Simon Crane to direct the film from a script by Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. Paul Attanasio (Donnie Brasco, Quiz Show) is also on board to rewrite.

No word as yet regarding plot, story line, or casting. However, there's some talent here-and the absurd success of Universal's Fast and Furious franchise, plus the announced DreamWorks adaptation of the Need For Speed video game series seem to imply that this could be a profitable-if not exactly inspired-piece of cinema.

Source: /Film