Greg Kinnear and Djimon Hounsou Join Renee Zellweger in 'Same Kind of Different as Me'

Have we gotten over our fascination with Renee Zellweger's new face yet? Let's hope so, because not only has all of the conversation about it gotten unseemly, but she's got upcoming projects to talk about. A few days ago she boarded the faith-based drama Same Kind of Different as Me, and now we know who else will be part of this uplifting story, which sounds a little bit like The Intouchables but probably will be less funny.

Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou, and Jon Voight have joined the film, which is based on the bestselling memoir by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. Michael Carney will make his directorial debut, co-writing the script with Hall and Alexandra Foard.  The story tells of how Hall, a wealthy art dealer, befriended Moore who at the time was a homeless man. All of this at the urging of Hall's wife. Here's the synopsis:

An international art dealer Ron Hall (Kinnear) who must befriend a dangerous homeless man (Hounsou) in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife (Zellweger), a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the most remarkable journey of their lives. Voight plays Hall's father, with whom he reconciles thanks to the revelations of his new life.

Production is already underway so expect to see the film some time next year.  Kinnear and Hounsou have had an extremely successful 2014 already. Kinnear starred in the biggest Christian-themed movie of the year in Heaven is for Real, which broke $100M. Hounsou had a supporting role in Guardians of the Galaxy and voiced the villain in How to Train your Dragon 2.

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New trailer for 'Writers' with Logan Lerman, Greg Kinnear, and Lily Collins

Writers boats a cast that any director would give up their kid for: Greg Kinnear, Logan Lerman, Kristen Bell, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, along with a festival-ready premise surrounding a group of writers experiencing life and love to enhance their craft. So why didn't the film draw more attention when it debuted last year in Toronto? And what does that mean for its future prospects?

Millennium Entertainment picked up the rights and will release the film soon, and in preparation a new trailer has landed online. The story mostly follows a single family, with Kinnear as the Dad and Connelly as his ex-wife, while their children experience sex in totally different ways. It's interesting to see Collins playing a friskier, more provocative role than the goodie-two-shoes we're used to, while Lerman appears to be channeling the same awkwardness from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. In general, the reason why this film may not have garnered much attention is that it's so generic and too much like a thousand other art house comedies.

Written and directed by Josh Boone, Writers opens in limited release on April 19th.


The Writers Trailer 1 (VO HD) by Rabusu

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Trailer Time: 'Thin Ice', starring Greg Kinnear and Billy Crudup

It's probably not fair, but every small town crime flick involving blackmail and murder is going to get compared to Fargo. The same way every movie featuring a demonically posessed chick cussing like a sailor is going to have The Exorcist to contend with. Unfortunately, most turn out to be duds unworthy of the comparison.

The trailer for Thin Ice has been released, and ever since the film premiered last year, the Coen Brothers' crime classic has been mentioned more often than not. Starring Greg Kinnear and Billy Crudup, the story set in a tiny town in Wisconsin centers on an unscrupulous insurance agent who resides to fraud to break free of his financial woes. That is until Crudup's character finds out about it, and hilarity ensues. Blackmail, murder, rare violins, and plenty of snow are the order of the day. Alan Arkin and the still sexy Lea Thompson co-star. Jill Sprecher(13 Conversations About One Thing) co-wrote and directed.

I've been a big fan of Kinnear ever since 2002's Auto Focus, and he works well with Arkin. They starred together in Little Miss Sunshine a few years ago. Crudup is equally dependable, so this may turn out to be better than other such indie crime pics. It's gotta be better than The Ice Harvest, right?

Check out the trailer below, ahead of the film's likely limited release on February 17th...[Cinemablend]

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