Charlie Hunnam Joins Margot Robbie in Romance 'The Mountain Between Us'

There have been some sweeping changes made to Fox's romance drama, The Mountain Between Us. Once set to star Michael Fassbender opposite Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street), with Gerardo Naranjo (Miss Bala) directing, the film has now undergone a seismic shift at the top. Both Fassbender and Naranjo are out, and while Robbie remains she'll be starring with Charlie Hunnam instead.

Hunnam has replaced Fassbender in the film, which will now be helmed by Academy Award-nominee Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now). Based on Charles Martin's book, which I've previously said sounds like the movie Six Days, Seven Nights, the story follows a doctor and soon-to-be-married woman who are stranded on an island after their charter flight crashes. Trapped in the wilderness they must survive the harsh elements and terrain, falling in love along the way.

So this may not be the film it once was without Fassbender, but Abu-Assad is a great director, and nobody's going to complain if they have to stare at Hunnam and Robbie for a couple of hours. [Deadline]

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Dakota Fanning Joins Director Gerardo Naranjo's Enlgish-Language Debut

When Mexican helmer Gerardo Naranjo scored with 2011's international hit, Miss Bala, Hollywood stood up and took notice. He went on to direct the pilot episode of FX's The Bridge, and recently replaced Joe Carnahan on the Death Wish remake. But before that project gets rolling, Naranjo is set to make his English-language debut on another film, and he's just landed his first star.

Dakota Fanning has come aboard the untitled drama, which will put her back in the rock music scene for the first time since she starred in The Runaways.  Naranjo's screenplay will center on Viena (Fanning), a roadie on a journey of self discovery while traveling as part of a punk bank's convoy in the 1980s. Fanning has been growing up fast (check out her out in The Motel Life) and this sounds like a role that's perfect for where she is now.

Production is slated to begin in February.

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