Nicola Peltz boards 'Low Riders' Film; Michael Stuhlbarg joins 'Jobs' Biopic; Stefanie Scott gets 'Caught'

 Last seen in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Nicola Peltz is now boarding another film about souped up rides. She's replacing Lily Collins in Universal Pictures' untitled Low Riders film, joining Demian Bichir and Eva Longoria. Ricardo de Montreuil will direct the East L.A. project set in the world of lowriders and street tagging. [Deadline]

The troubled Steve Jobs biopic continues to push ahead, adding the reliable Michael Stuhlbarg to the cast. Perhaps Universal chose him because he's so reliable and they don't want any more defections? Anyway, Stuhlbarg joins a cast headlined by Michael Fassbender as the tech giant, with Seth Rogen apparently still on board to play Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Stuhlbarg would play software designer Andy Hertzfeld, a key member of the team behind the original Mac. Danny Boyle is directing from a script by Aaron Sorkin that highlights three key product launches: the Mac, NeXT, and IPod. [Deadline]

Stefanie Scott may want to buy herself a planner because she just got a lot busier. Already set to star in Jem and the Holograms and Insidious: Chapter 3, Scott has now boarded two indie films. The first is Caught, which co-stars Pitch Perfect's Anna Camp and is based on a true story. Maggie Kiley directs the thriller about an unsuspecting mistress who is kidnapped by a housewife. Initially planned as a prank to teach the girl a lesson, events spin madly out of control. 

Scott will also join Graham Rogers, Sam Rockwell, Melanie Lynskey, Liana Liberato, and Billy Crudup in Life at these Speeds. The story follows a young man, Kevin (Rogers), who discovers that running helps him remember his recently deceased friend perfectly. Soon, he must choose between living in the past or present. The role of Kevin's deceased girlfriend will be played by Scott. [Deadline]

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Woody Allen's next film titled 'Blue Jasmine'; picked up by Sony Pictures Classics

Woody Allen's been hit or miss for years, there's usually no middle ground with him. He followed up his highly successful and imaginative Midnight in Paris with last year's tedious To Rome with Love, so the smart money is on his next film swinging back in the other direction. Par for the course, we don't know much about the plot, but we now know it will be titled Blue Jasmine.

A press release confirmed the new title, along with announcing that Sony Pictures Classics will distribute it, the way they have five of Allen's prior efforts. The news was actually broken a few days ago on Twitter, but this is the official confirmation. He's put together another typically great cast with Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay(!?!), Peter Sarsgaard, and new addition Michael Stuhlbarg(Boardwalk Empire). I guess Michael Emerson is out?

Plot details remain thin, but the release does say it tells "the story of the final stages of an acute crisis and a life of a fashionable New York housewife." Here's hoping it's more Match Point and less You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Expect to see Blue Jasmine arrive later this year.

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Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Danny Huston join 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho'

Ok, so casting on Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho is running downhill now(that's a good thing, folks), with Jessica Biel joining this morning in the role of Vera Miles. Now four more names have been added to the film, including one in a role that casts the entire story into a different light.

Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg(Boardwalk Empire) and Michael Wincott(Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) have joined the Sacha Gervasi directed film. Anthony Hopkins stars as Hitchcock, following his obsession with seeing the classic horror completed despite numerous professional and personal roadblocks. Collette will play Hitchcock's assistant, Huston as Whitfield Cook, and Stuhlbarg as old school super agent Lew Wasserman. Wincott, best known for playing bad guys most of his career, will play Ed Gein, the murderer who was the inspiration for the Norman Bates character.  How Gein figures in is anybody's guess, but possibly he'll factor in to Hitchcock's research when making the film? Maybe it's something more?

Helen Mirren, James D'Arcy, and Scarlett Johansson will co-star when production kicks off next month. [Variety]

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Scorsese's Hugo Cabret adds two to Cast

Martin Scorsese's upcoming 3-D fantasy, his first using the format, has added two major players for supporting roles: Emily Mortimer(City Island) and Michael Stuhlbarg(A Serious Man). Both are coming off recent projects with the legendary director. Mortimer recently had a supporting role in Shutter Island, while Stuhlbarg has a role in Scorsese's HBO series, Boardwalk Empire.

Mortimer will be playing Lisette, a flower shop girl located at the train station where the film takes place. Stuhlbarg is Rene Tabard, a film restorer.

Hugo Cabret is based on Brian Selznick's 2007 novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. It's due to hit theaters in December of next year. Check out the film synopsis below for more details!

SYNOPSIS
Hugo Cabret, Scorsese’s first film shot in 3D, tells the tale of an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl (Chloë Moretz), and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop (Ben Kingsley), he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy. Also appearing in the all-star cast are Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Christopher Lee, Helen McCrory, Frances de la Tour, and Richard Griffiths.

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