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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Two New Trailers for Romance 'Love, Rosie' starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin

They say that the best marriages start out as friendships, but what if you've been friends for a lifetime? Can friendship be so easily set aside to make way for romance? Not in the Hollywood movies it can't, and the upcoming romance Love, Rosie we see what happens when longtime pals played by Lily Collins and Sam Claflin try to be something more.

Based on Celia Ahern's book, Where Rainbows End, the film follows childhood friends Rosie and Alex over the course of years as their bond is tested by tragedy, distance, and an unexpected pregnancy. These two new trailers are much the same as the first few and it looks positively sweet, charming, and a good showcase for two talented young stars. Both Collins and Claflin have been buried in YA franchises (The Mortal Instruments and The Hunger Games) but this looks like a better use of their talents.

Directed by Christian Ditter, Love, Rosie opens On Demand and in theaters on February 6th.

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Demian Bichir, Lily Collins, and Eva Longoria Join Untitled Lowrider Film

Oscar-nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life), Golden Globe nominee Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), and...really sweet gal Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror) are set to star in an untitled lowrider film which has been in the works for about four years.

Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Ricardo de Montreuil (Mancora) with the most recent script by Josh Bierne-Gordon and Justin Tipping , the story is set in East L.A. and centers on a man who takes part in an annual lowrider event. He has two sons, both on opposing sides of the law, who are about to compete in the event as well. Bichir is currently working on his directorial debut which also features Longoria, while Collins just finished up on Warren Beatty's Howard Hughes film.

Sounds interesting, but does anybody want to see a movie about lowrider cars?

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New Trailer and Poster for 'Love, Rosie' Starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin

Ahhh, young love. Usually so hopeful and maybe a little naive, this year it's taken a turn for the weepy with The Fault In Our Stars and the upcoming Chloe Moretz drama, If I Stay. So where do audiences go who are looking for a romance that's sweet, silly, and with just a hint of emotional resonance? Christian Ditter's Love, Rosie may be the movie to look out for.

Starring YA darlings Lily Collins (The Mortal Instruments) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), the film is based on Celia Ahern's novel, Where Rainbows End, and follows longtime best friends Rosie and Alex as they make the leap into romance. Following their relationship over the course of years, we see the many hurdles, both comedic and tragic, that threaten to untie their bond. Does it look predictable and more than a little cheesy? Absolutely, but there's also something sweet and earnest about it that should appeal to an audience looking for exactly this sort of film.

Also starring Tamsin Egerton, Jaime Winstone, Suki Waterhouse, and Christian Cooke, Love, Rosie has yet to gain a release date but should open later this year.

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First Trailers for Rom-Com 'Love, Rosie' Starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin

A couple of months ago we had the film That Awkward Moment, about a bunch of guys who awkwardly fell in love when they weren't supposed to. And now we have a marketing campaign for the rom-com Love, Rosie, which wants you to plaster your most awkward moments all over Twitter where everyone can see them. Why? The answer is in the two new trailers for the film which stars Lily Collins and Sam Claflin.

Based on Cecelia Ahern's book, Where Rainbows End, the story follows the changing relationship between Rosie (Collins) and her best friend, Alex (Claflin). A random night of sex goes disastrously wrong, and gets kind of awkward, when the condom gets lost "up in there" and she gets pregnant. Oh, so that's why you should start tweeting embarrassing moments all over the place! The film charts everything that happens next and how it threatens to ruin their friendship and any chance at something more, although the central question does seem to be whether they were ever meant for more in the first place. The issues at play seem more serious than the cheeky attitude of these teasers, but maybe the full film gets edgier.

Directed by Christian Ditter, Love, Rosie has yet to gain a U.S. date.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt 'To Walk the Clouds'; Lily Collins Learns 'How to Be Single'

* Last month we learned Joseph Gordon-Levitt was eying the lead role in Robert Zemeckis' 3D high-wire film, To Reach the Clouds, based on the book by famous tightrope walker, Philippe Petit. Now Deadline reports the deal is closed and Levitt will star as Petit, whose incredible 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers was chronicled in James Marsh's documentary, Man on Wire. The new title of the film is To Walk the Clouds, and Zemeckis plans on filming this summer.

* It's been a busy day for Lily Collins. Earlier today she came aboard Warren Beatty's long-developing Howard Hughes biopic, and now she's in talks to star in How to Be Single, an adaptation of Liz Tuccillo's 2008 book. Directed by Christian Ditter (Collins' director on Love, Rosie) and produced by Drew Barrymore, the story centers on a New York publicist whose response to a night out with her girlfriends is to pack up and travel the world looking for other ways women are handling being single. Through seeing the world, she falls in love, suffers heartbreak, all while her friends are back home dealing with other issues. [Variety]

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Warren Beatty's Howard Hughes Film Underway; Alden Ehrenreich, Lily Collins Join Cast

For years, Hollywood royalty Warren Beatty has been trying to put together a biopic on Howard Hughes and not having much in the way of good luck. At one point the film looked to be coming together with Beatty writing, directing, and starring as the reclusive billionaire, but as he struggled to secure financing the project vanished into limbo. A few days ago, word started to leak that it may be back on, and now we know it's actually begun shooting. That sneaky Beatty!

Deadline reports that the film is now underway, with Alden Ehrenreich (Beautiful Creatures) and Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror) coming aboard to star. Collins replaces Felicity Jones, who was attached some time ago. Beatty's wife Annette Bening and Matthew Broderick are expected to appear, and there's some hope that Jack Nicholson can be lured in for a role.

The story doesn't seem to have a lot to do with Hughes, though. Instead, it focuses on Hughes' assistant (Ehrenreich) and his love interest, played by Collins. In the past we've also heard the plot could unfold mostly in flashback as Hughes recounts the love affair he had with a younger woman, presumably Collins' character. So we could be looking at a love triangle here, which would instantly set it apart from 2004's The Aviator.

Brett Ratner (!!!) is producing, along with New Regency who picked up the film a couple of years back. Beatty has already shot some footage but there's no word on when this is expected to be completed or hit theaters. Chances are Beatty will be keeping it close to the vest.

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Lena Headey Wields a Mean Frying Pan in Clip from 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'

Screen Gems has extremely high hopes for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, with a prequel in the works and the sequel, possibly starring Sigourney Weaver, in development. But with The Hunger Games sucking up all the YA air and films like Divergent and Vampire Academy hoping to do the same, it's a tough market to crack. That may be why they've released a lengthy five-minute clip of one of the film's more intense fight sequences.

The footage was presented to the Comic-Con crowd a couple of weeks ago, and has Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) in a furious battle against the demonic forces of evil in a cramped kitchen, while her daughter Clary Fray (Lily Collins) tries to mount a rescue. There's a ton of violence, although not much in the way of blood to protect the PG-13 rating, and the CGI is a bit sloppy, but it's a brutal scene that hopefully is an indicator of the film's overall tone.

Also starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zegers, and Jared Harris, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones opens on August 21st 2014.

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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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Lily Collins and Sam Claflin to star in 'Love, Rosie'

Snow White turned out to be a big boost for the careers of Lily Collins and Sam Claflin, with both recently starring in vastly different adaptations of the classic fairy tale. That success helped them secure roles in two of this year's more eagerly awaited young adult adaptations, with Collins taking the lead in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and Claflin landing the plum Finnick Odair gig in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Now their parallel paths will finally converge in an adaptation of Cecelia Ahern's novel, Love, Rosie.

The story, mostly chronicled in epistolary form ala The Perks of Being a Wallflower, follows Alex and Rosie, two Irish best friends who decide to go to college in America. However, they are separated when she gets pregnant and is forced to stay behind. Their lives head down different paths at that point, but they keep in touch through letters, email, and instant messages over the next twelve years.

Juliette Towhid (Calendar Girls) will adapt the script for Christian Ditter (Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods) to direct. Ahern also wrote the similar-themed P.S. I Love You, and developed the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? I'm still trying to figure out whether there's more to Collins or not. She was decent in Mirror Mirror but pretty lifeless elsewhere. Claflin, on the other hand, is a total bore. Catching Fire will go a long way in showing us if there's any real charisma there.

Production on Love, Rosie begins in May.

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'The Mortal Instruments' moves forward with Harald Zwart to direct; Lily Collins to star

It looks as if that adaptation of Cassandra Clare's popular The Mortal Instruments books is moving forward after all, just a few weeks after losing Screen Gems as a producer. In fact, there's been quite a bit of turnaround on it ever since, with Scott Stewart(Legion) leaving the director's chair to go work in TV.  It didn't take long for Constantin Film and Unique Features to find his replacement, today naming Harald Zwart as director, and confirming Lily Collins is still on board to star.

Set in modern day New York, the story follows 15-year old Clary Fray, who after witnessing a strange murder take place, discovers she comes from a long line of demon-hunting Shadowhunters. The film will be based on City of Bones, the first book in Clare's six-book series. Two more books are already in the planning, with the next one slated for May 8th. It remains to be seen if Jamie Campbell Bower(Anonymous) is still attached to play Jace Wayland, a fellow Shadowhunter and probable love interest to Clary. Bower wasn't mentioned in the press release so I'm gonna say he's out.

Zwart makes for an interesting choice, as mostly he's done lighter films like The Karate Kid remake and Agent Cody Banks. Production is expected to begin on August 15th in Toronto.

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Sure Shots: Marc Forster; '21 Jump Street'; Tom Hiddleston

*Universal apparently hasn't learned a thing about mashing up genres after the disastrous Cowboys & Aliens. The studio has pegged Marc Forster to direct Cowboy Ninja Viking, based on the comic by A.J. Lieberman Riley Rossmo. Written by Zombieland scribe Rhett Rheese and Paul Wernick, the story centers on a secret government program using multiple personality disorder patients as powered field agents. The story follows Duncan, who has a cowboy, viking, and ninja's attributes to draw from. Forster has gone from being the guy behind prestige films like Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, and Stranger than Fiction, to being a guy who gave us the terrible Quantum of Solace and awful Machine Gun Preacher. What the hell happened? [Deadline]

* Even though 21 Jump Street doesn't open until March 16th, the early buzz has been so good that Sony is already down for another helping. Jonah Hill revealed over the weekend that the sequel has gotten the greenlight and is being written right now. Presumably it'll be by him and Michael Bacall(Project X) again, but that hasn't been verified yet. That the studio has this much confidence is a good sign. [E!]

* Tom Hiddleston, Bella Heathcoate(In Time), Benjamin Walker(Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), Lily Collins, and Jessica Brown Findlay(Downtown Abbey) are all circling the lead roles in Winter's Tale, the directorial debut by Hollywood super scribe Akiva Goldsman(The Da Vinci Code). Based on the fantasy novel by Mark Helprin, the story follows Irish immigrant Peter Blake, who falls in love with the terminally ill Beverly Penn while breaking into her home. Did I mention Peter has a guardian angel in the form of a flying white horse? There's even more craziness to be found, but the book was favorably received when it was published in 1983. Earlier this month we learned that Goldsman had called in a few old markers and got his buddies Will Smith and Russell Crowe to make appearances in the film.

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Lily Collins departs the 'Evil Dead' remake; 'Despicable Me 2' loses Javier Bardem

A couple of quick notes on some movies that are back to square one on the casting front. The first is the remake of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead, which is being helmed by Spanish filmmaker Fede Alvarez. At this stage, the only casting we had heard so far was Lily Collins(The Blind Side), playing a recovering drug addict who must pull her sh*t together when actual demons start attacking her and her friends. Collins has now had to drop out due to what is being described as "scheduling conflicts". Or because the movie will suck, but that's just my two cents.

Also, Javier Bardem was recently in talks to voice a villain named El Macho in the upcoming sequel to Despicable Me. He's now left that project with the role back up for grabs. Considering Bardem's busy schedule, with Skyfall coming up and a possible film/television adaptation of The Dark Tower, it's no wonder he couldn't fit it in.


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Lily Collins is the new Ash! Takes the lead in the 'Evil Dead' remake

Lily Collins(and those beautiful eyebrows) is headed into some uncharted territory with her next flick. Sure, she's been Taylor Lautner arm candy, squared off with Sandra Bullock, and will somehow play the nice girl opposite an evil Julia Roberts, but that's nothing compared to the type of scrutiny she'll soon be facing.

BloodyDisgusting report that Collins will take on the lead role of Mia in the upcoming remake of Evil Dead. She's basically the femme version of Bruce Campbell's Ash character. The Sam Raimi-produced, Diablo Cody-written film will follow five friends who unleash a deadly, demonic force while stuck at a remote cabin. The force possesses each of them until one remains to fight for survival. Mia apparently discovers what is going on, but due to her rocky, drug fueled past, nobody believes her. Figures.


Fede Alvarez is in the directing hot seat, but fortunately for him the names 'Raimi' and 'Cody' are all anybody cares about. If this thing turns out to be a flop that the Evil Dead diehards hate, he might be able to avoid the fallout.

Filming should begin in just a couple of months in New Zealand, with a release date set for April 12th 2013. Collins will be seen next in Mirror Mirror, directed by Tarsem Singh.

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