Topher Grace Seeks 'Truth'; Tyson Ritter will 'Miss You Already'; Nikki Reed Joins 'The Highway is for Gamblers'

It's the Tophernaissance! Okay, maybe not, but Topher Grace is definitely on the way up again with a role in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and now he's scored another major gig by joining Truth, about the infamous 60 Minutes "Rathergate" scandal. Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, and Dennis Quaid star in James Vanderbilt-directed drama about Rather's story on George W. Bush's sketchy military service record. Grace will play researcher Mike Smith, who exposed the the truth and ruined Rather's career. [Deadline]

All-American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter, who also has a recurring role on NBC's Parenthood, has joined Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore in Miss You Already. He'll get to snuggle up to one of the ladies in the film about childhood friends who experience a rift when one struggles to have a child and the other develops breast cancer. Fun times. Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine, and Jacqueline Bisset co-star with Catherine Hardwicke directing.

Twilight's Nikki Reed and Harry Potter's Bonnie Wright will star in The Highway is for Gamblers, a Kickstarter-funded film from writer/director Alexandra McGuinness. Vikings star Joe Jonas also has a role in the desert-set story about "Jane (Reed), a newly crowned rodeo queen who goes missing, and her friend Heidi (Wright), who uncovers secrets and encounters the violence of life on the road while searching for her pal."

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Rachel Weisz Out, Drew Barrymore In for Catherine Hardwicke's 'Miss You Already'

That comeback Catherine Hardwicke was supposed to have made after toiling in tween territory with Twilight and Red Riding Hood didn't really pan out. Her last film, the hard-rock erotic thriller Plush, came and went so fast I forgot it had been released to savage reviews.There's a great deal of potential in her next film, titled Miss You Already, but it has just suffered a major change at the top with Rachel Weisz dropping out and replaced by Drew Barrymore.

Variety reports that Barrymore has come on to star with Toni Collette in the female-geared drama, which centers on best friends who hit the skids when one finally gets pregnant and the other is diagnosed with breast cancer. Also coming aboard are Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine, and Jacqueline Bissett. This sounds like a good way for Barrymore to put Blended out of mind.

Morwenna Banks wrote the script and hopefully it's good enough to put Hardwicke back on the right track.

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Catherine Hardwicke to Direct Toni Collette and Rachel Weisz in 'Miss You Already'

The Morwenna Banks-scripted dramedy Miss You Already has been developing for a couple of years, but never seems to gain any traction. Jennifer Aniston seemed to give it a firm A-list lead with which to build from, with Paul Andrew Williams in line to direct. Toni Collette joined soon after, only for the project to run aground for various reasons. Now it's back on with a new director, a new star, and hopefully some new momentum.

Deadline reports that Catherine Hardwicke has replaced Williams as director, while Rachel Weisz is in for Aniston. Collette remains attached to the film which centers on "lifelong best friends whose relationship is tested as they confront a crisis." The story, described as similar to Beaches, is based on Banks' personal experiences. Invoking Beaches is probably a good way to make sure no guy pays to see this movie.

The film will be shopped around at Cannes where it should find lots of potential investors with Weisz and Hardwicke on board.

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