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Octavia Spencer Heads To Fruitvale

Chronicle's Michael B Jordan in talks Dramas both big and small sometimes like to yank their subject matter from the headlines, and indie pic Fruitvale is no exception. The film, which will follow the story of a young black man gunned down by police in 2009, has snagged the services of Octavia Spencer and Chronicle s Michael B Jordan. Ryan Coogler is making his film debut writing and directing the movie, which will track what happened to Oscar Grant (Jordan, assuming he makes a deal), who was held on New Years Day '09 by San Franciscos Bay Area Rapid Transit police force at the titular station, shot in the back and killed. The incident was captured on the mobile phone cameras of many other passengers and the ensuing reports and trial caused protests and riots. Once everything is in place, Coogler intends to start filming this July. Spencer, fresh from winning a Best Suppor (Read More)

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Terrence Howard Joins Dead Man Down

He'll play the villain Casting on action thriller Dead Man Down has really begun to heat up, with Dominic Cooper in talks as of this week. But what the movie really needed was a villain, someone to play a violent crimelord. So who could bring the pain? Terrence Howard thinks he has what it takes&hellip Howard has signed on to play a feared crime boss who heads a dangerous organisation. Theres just one slight problem for him: he pissed off the wrong man when he murdered Colin Farrells family and now Farrell is taking down his operation one goon at a time. And if that wasnt bad enough, a mysterious, scarred woman (Noomi Rapace) is also involved. Original Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev is behind the camera for this one, set to start filming this month in Philadelphia, and working from a script by Fringe writer-producer JH Wyman. If Cooper signs on, hell be playing (Read More)

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