Kelli Garner to Play Marilyn Monroe in Lifetime Miniseries

I've been a big fan of Kelli Garner since she starred in Larry Clark's true-crime drama, Bully, and have been waiting for her big moment to shine. Sadly, it hasn't really come yet despite a small role in The Aviator opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and a key role in Horns alongside Daniel Radcliffe. She even had her own TV series for a time in Pan Am, and although that didn't turn out so well she's about to get another shot. Garner has now lined up two projects, including one that will have her playing Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe.

Garner will star as Monroe in the Lifetime miniseries, Marilyn, which is based on the best-selling book The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. She'll be joined by Susan Sarandon, and the story follows Marilyn "who walks red carpets in shimmering gowns while fighting a battle against demons she’s inherited from her mentally ill mother Gladys (Sarandon), whom she loves, hates and wants desperately to save. Marilyn becomes the Face and Voice of an era, yet wants most of all to be someone’s mother and someone’s little girl."  Laurie Collyer will direct from a script by The Kennedys writer, Stephen Kronish. Given Lifetime's track record this could turn out to be a disaster, but it's a role that will put a lot of attention on Garner and if she does well it should lead to bigger and better offers. [Deadline]

She's also signed on to star in the dramedy When I Live my Life Over Again, which stars Christopher Walken, Amber Heard, Oliver Platt, Hamish Linklater, and Ann Magnuson. Written and directed by Robert Edwards, the story centers on "Jude, the daughter of a famous crooner Paul Lombard who becomes her worst nightmare as he plots his big comeback." Garner and Heard in the same movie? Be still my heart.

So yes, I'll be watching both of these. [ScreenDaily]

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Daniel Radcliffe Brings Out the Devil in New 'Horns' Trailer

One has to give it up to Daniel Radcliffe for refusing to let himself get pigeonholed. In the time since he's left the Harry Potter world behind the choices he's made have been unpredictable and surprising in a good way. In everything from The Woman in Black to Kill Your Darlings to the rom-com What If, Radcliffe seems intent on challenging himself in new ways. And this fall he'll explore a much darker side in Alexandre Aja's horror/mystery, Horns.

A new trailer for the film has been released and it's just as crazy and twisted as the others, allowing Radclife to once again indulge in the supernatural.  Directed by Alexandre Aja (my interview with him here) and based on the Joe Hill novel, the story centers on Ig Parrish, a local outsider who sprouts magical horns on his head, which he uses to find the truth about his girlfriend's rape and murder, a crime which he stands accused of.

Also starring Juno Temple, James Remar, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson, and Kelli Garner, Horns opens on Halloween.


'Horns' Trailer #2- International by Punch Drunk Critics

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Juno Temple, Kelli Garner, and Joe Anderson join 'Horns' with Daniel Radcliffe

I'm a huge fan of supernatural mysteries with eccentric protagonists, which is why I've been looking for the adaptation of Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas novels. But since there's still no clue when those will finally hit theaters(probably next year), one that's sortof taken its place in my mind is Horns, based on Joe Hill's book and starring Daniel Radcliffe in the lead. With Max Minghella coming aboard just a couple of days ago, it looks like the rest of the cast has been fleshed out with the addition of two of my favorite actresses working today.

Juno Temple, Kelli Garner, and Joe Anderson have joined the cast, although none of their roles have been revealed yet. Adapted by Keith Bunim with Alexandre Aja(High Tension) directing, the story follows Ig Perrish, a young man who discovers he has magical horns sprouting from his head, which give him the power to force others to confess their sins. They turn out to be a useful tool when trying to uncover the truth surrounding his girlfriend's murder.  It's likely that either Temple or Garner will play his dead gal. Minghella is set to play Perrish's friend, a lawyer with a hidden dark side.

Kelli Garner has been a personal favorite of mine ever since she and her streaky blue hair were in Larry Clark's Bully, and recently she was in the cancelled ABC series, Pan Am. Temple's an indie fave who has had one heck of a year already, having starred in Killer Joe with Matthew McConaughey, and appearing in a little film you might have heard of called The Dark Knight Rises. Anderson made his big splash in the Joy Division biopic, Control, and was seen earlier this year in The Grey.

Production on Horns begins this fall.[TheWrap]

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