Gary Oldman, Shia LaBeouf, and Kate Mara Join Dito Montiel's 'Man Down'

One problem indie filmmaker Dito Montiel has never had is securing terrific casts for his movies nobody shows up to see. He helped build Channing Tatum's career with A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and Fighting, but has really hit the skids with his last two films, Empire State and The Son of No One. For his next film, Man Down, Montiel has secured his best group of talent yet.

Gary Oldman, Kate Mara (Fantastic Four), and Shia LaBeouf have joined the Man Down cast, which features as script by Adam Simon. The psychological thriller follows "a haunted Afghanistan war veteran who attempts to come to terms with his past while searching for his family in a post-apocalyptic America." No word on who will play what character but LaBeouf would seem to fit the soldier role, especially after starring in the WWII film, Fury. It's a reunion for LaBeouf and Montiel who worked together on A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, a memoir based on the director's New York childhood.

Filming is set to begin next month. 

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Emma Roberts joins Dwayne Johnson and Liam Hemsworth in heist film, 'Empire State'

We're reaching the point where it'll become necessary to stop labeling Emma Roberts as a "rising star" or "up 'n coming" actress. To me, she's already there as one of the best in the biz, even if every film she's in hasn't panned out quite as expected. The Art of Getting By is a prime example of a movie she's excellent in but with a story that basically runs in place. She might've been excellent as part of Harmony Korine's weird crime film, Spring Breakers, if she didn't drop out. Fortunately she has a number of other projects on the way, including an acclaimed performance in the Sundance hit, Celeste and Jesse Forever.

Variety reports she'll next star in Empire State, the latest film from indie film maker, Dito Montiel(Fighting, The Son of No One). First reported back in January, the heist feature is part of a busy 2012 for both Dwayne Johnson and Liam Hemsworth, based on a 1982 armored truck robbery that is one of the largest in history. Roberts will play a waitress and love interest to Hemsworth's character, one of two friends who are planning the cash grab. Johnson is the NYPD detective sworn to bring them down.

Roberts will most likely be seen next in Adult World, an indie comedy currently in production and featuring John Cusack, Shannon Woodward, and Evan Peters. 

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Trailer Time: The Son of No One, starring Channing Tatum and Al Pacino

Hmm...not sure what to make of this. A couple of days ago we showed the new poster for The Son of No One, which stars every lady's favorite hunk Channing Tatum as a New York cop whos family life is threatened by the spectre of a long unsolved murder case. The film marks the third pairing of Tatum and director Dito Montiel(Fighting, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints), and initially I though the project sounded extremely promising.

Now I'm not so sure, as MTV has released the first full trailer for the film. Despite a remarkable cast(Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Tracy Morgan, Ray Liotta, and Juliette Binoche), I couldn't shake the feeling that I was looking at an episode of NYPD Blue. Nothing really popped at me except that we see almost nothing of Tracy Morgan, which is worrying, and that the censoring of the foul language was extremely distracting.

The film is closing out Sundance this year, but currently there's no date for a theatrical release. Check out the trailer and judge for yourself!

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Movie Poster: The Son of No One, starring Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum has starred in two movies from director Dito Montiel, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, and Fighting. Both feature tough stories about growing up and surviving on the mean streets of New York, and generally I liked each of them. I got some issues with 'Saints', in the way it only includes part of what was in Montiels memoir, but what the film does include was handled pretty well. 

Tatum and Montiel will be teaming up again for the director's latest film, The Son of No One, which is set to debut at this year's Sundance Film Festival and is seriously picking up steam. Montiel also wrote the story, which follows "a young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family."  Ray Liotta, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Tracy Morgan, and Katie Holmes also star. 

A new poster for the film has been released ahead of it's premier, which you can check out below! Thanks to THR for the image!

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