Jason Ritter and Zoe Saldana are the latest to join actors Seth Rogen, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ryan Gosling with offers for the upcoming Ron Howard project THE ORIGINALS. The film, which is also co-written by Bryce Dallas Howard, who will star, centers on a group of twentysomethings who reconvene for a weekend in New York after learning that the teacher that shaped their childhoods has fallen into a mysterious coma. Saldana, who made a name for herself with back to back blockbusters in “Avatar” and “Star Trek” will next be seen in “Colombiana”. Ritter can currently be seen on the TV series “The Event”.
Ritter is repped by ICM and the Burstein Company. Saldana is repped by ICM and Brillstein Entertainment.