Emily Ratajkowski Joins Zac Efron's DJ Film 'We Are Your Friends'

So who says getting naked in some guy's music video isn't a smart career move? Well, nobody says that anymore, especially not with "Blurred Lines" chick Emily Ratajkowski building a solid acting resume for herself. She scored a role in David Fincher's Gone Girl opposite Ben Affleck, and now she'll join Zac Efron for We Are Your Friends.

This is the DJ project we learned about last month, to be directed by Max Joseph. Plot details have been fleshed out, too, with the story following "an aspiring 23-year-old DJ named Cole spends his days scheming with his childhood friends and his nights working on the one track that will set the world on fire. All of this changes when he meets a charismatic but damaged older DJ named James who takes him under his wing. Things get complicated, however, when Cole starts falling for James’ much younger girlfriend, Sophie. With Cole’s forbidden relationship intensifying and his friendships unraveling, he must choose between love, loyalty, and the future he knows he’s destined for." Others circling roles are Jonny Weston (Chasing Mavericks), Shiloh Fernandez (The East), and Alex Shaffer from Win Win and 22 Jump Street.

Filming is set to begin in August.

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New Trailer for David Fincher's 'Gone Girl' Starring Ben Affleck

David Fincher's run of successful adaptations came to an end with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, although calling it a failure also wouldn't be quite right. Based on the Swedish novel that was part of a global phenomenon at the time, it made a lot of money but not nearly as much as it should, certainly not enough to warrant sequels. But Fincher may have found the perfect way to bounce back with Gone Girl, based on Gillian Flynn's wildly popular crime novel that has swept the country and turned the author into a Hollywood star. After releasing a handful of teaser posters over the weekend a new trailer has been released that suggests Fincher is back at the top of his game.

"Nick Dunne, you are probably the most hated man in America right now", begins this somber, chilling trailer for Gone Girl, which stars Affleck as a man suspected in the disappearance of his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike). She disappeared on their fifth wedding anniversary and Nick, looking rather unrepentant and somewhat squirrelly, doesn't exactly come off as the most likable figure in the world. From the grim lighting to the blunt characters this is right in Fincher's wheelhouse, and the moody score by Oscar winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (both of The Social Network) only lends to the atmosphere.

Featuring a strange but compelling cast that includes Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Scoot McNairy, Casey Wilson, and Emily Ratajkowski, Gone Girl has an Oscar-worthy release date of October 3rd.


Gone Girl - bande annonce #2 [VO] by Filmosphere

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Emily Ratajkowski joins 'Entourage'; Ashley Greene Enters 'Shangra-La Suite'; Shea Whigham Gets 'Term Life'

* From video vixen to movie star, Emily Ratajkowski has made the most of being the hot chick in Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'. She's already wrapped up her role in David Fincher's Gone Girl opposite Ben Affleck, and now she's joined the starry cast of Entourage. Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon and Jeremy Piven are back in the big screen version of the HBO series, with new faces including Billy Bob Thornton, Haley Joel Osment, Kid Cudi, and Liam Neeson. Directed by Doug Ellin, Entourage opens June 12th 2015.

* Strange casting as Ashley Greene will play Priscilla Pressley in Shangra-La Suite, opposite Ron Livingston as Elvis. Directed and co-written by Eddie O'Keefe, the film doesn't seem to have all that much to do with their relationship at all. Instead it's "set in 1974 and focuses on two troubled 20-year-olds who set out to kill The King." Interesting premise. [Deadline]

* Shea Whigham, who tends to be awesome in pretty much everything, has joined the Vince Vaughn action flick, Term Life. Directed by Peter Billingsley (Ralphie from A Christmas Story), the film has Vaughn as a low life that the entire criminal underworld wants dead. In a rare act of selflessness he takes out a $1M insurance policy to benefit his estranged daughter, only to discover that it doesn't take affect for 21 days, meaning he'll have to stay alive until then. Pretty cool concept, and with a cast that includes Hailee Steinfeld, Bill Paxton, Mike Epps, Jordi Molla, Jonathan Banks, and William Levy, this could be the first Vaughn in awhile worth getting excited over. Whigham will play a vice cop estranged from his own family. [THR]

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