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Jacki Weaver
Two time Oscar-nominated actress Jacki Weaver will lend her voice to the upcoming animated feature Larrikins. Australian comedian Tim Minchin will direct and star in the DreamWorks project.
An uptight bilby leaves his family life in the burrow to venture out into the Australian outback.
A seemingly utopian world, “The Collective” has ended crime and violence by genetically eliminating all human emotions. Despite this, Nia and Silas can’t help noticing a growing attraction between them, leading them to a forbidden relationship
Plot details are kept under wraps.
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of polka star Jan Lewan.
Logline: Centers on a young grandmother (32) who lives with her young daughter (17) and her grandson (1). The story jumps forward in time after her daughter goes missing and tracks how the grandmother continues to cope, try to find love, and raise her grandson.
Logline: After successful businesswoman’s business sinks, she is forced to move from a posh New York City apartment to her grandparents’ olive grove in small-town Duffy Creek, Australia where she begins a journey of self-discovery. Based on the popular novel by Amanda Hampson.
Jerry, a schizophrenic worker at a bathtub factory, accidentally kills an attractive woman from accounting. While trying to cover his bloody tracks, Jerry starts taking advice from his talking (and foul-mouthed) cat and dog.
Jerry, a schizophrenic worker at a bathtub factory, accidentally kills an attractive woman from accounting. While trying to cover his bloody tracks, Jerry starts taking advice from his talking (and foul-mouthed) cat and dog.
Logline: A free-spirited young bee must clear her name when the rest of her hive comes to believe that she has helped a group of hornets steal the Royal Jelly.
A recent widow begins taking dance lessons to cope and finds an unlikely relationship with her flamboyant instructor who helps her get over her loss.
Weaver has been cast as James Franco’s mentor in the dramedy.
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
A couple travels to Haiti in order to finalize the adoption of their new baby, but when they arrive, the child mysteriously vanishes.
The “Silver Linings Playbook” actress is in talks to join Drake Doremus’ sci-fi love story.
Set in 1920s France, the story follows an Englishman who is brought in by an wealthy family to help unmask a possible swindler in their midst. Things get complicated when he starts to develop feelings for the “seer” and can’t figure out if she’s playing him, too.
John Cusack, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman also join.
Logline: A couple travels to Haiti in order to finalize the adoption of their new baby, but when they arrive, the child mysteriously vanishes.
Chronicles the events leading up to the assassination of JFK and Abraham Zapruder’s documentation of the event.
Logline: Centers around a future society where emotions have been eradicated and a new breed of humans live in peace until a disease starts to re-activate people’s emotions, causing chaos on a global scale.
Seven, to be exact.
Logline: Set in 1920s France, the story follows an Englishman who is brought in by an wealthy family to help unmask a possible swindler in their midst. Things get complicated when he starts to develop feelings for the “seer” and can’t figure out if she’s playing him, too.
“Silver Linings Playbook” actress joins cast of Marjane Satrapi thriller.
Logline: Follows four estranged sisters who reunite to mourn what they believe is the suicide of their mother.