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5 August 2009 8:01 PM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »

Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shooting Dogs, Ella Enchanted... If Hugh Dancy was in danger of being cast as the posh English heartthrob, his latest role has put paid to that. In the offbeat comedy-drama Adam from writer/director Max Mayer, the 34-year-old Brit plays a lonely New Yorker with Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. Adam's lack of social skills make his courtship of neighbour Beth (Rose Byrne) comically awkward, and their resulting relationship a testing one. We caught up with Dancy at the film's Edinburgh premiere - where fiancé Claire Danes was on his arm -- to talk about playing... »

19 May 2009 11:38 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Here's your dose of casting updates for May 20, 2009:

• Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey are in talks to star in Hugh Hudson's big-screen adaptation of "Catalonia" by George Orwell. The story follows Orwell's journey to Barcelona, where he joined the Anarchist brigade to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Bob Ellis wrote the script. (Variety)

• Camilla Belle ("Push") and Tom Wilkinson have joined the English remake of Susanne Bier's "Efter brylluppet" (After the Wedding). Michael Caton-Jones ("Shooting Dogs") will direct the flick, which centers on a social worker who works in a Mumbai orphanage and receives a mysterious but huge donation from a businessman. (Variety)

• Chris Pontius, whose credits include "Wildboyz" and "Jackass," is set to star in Sofia Coppola's upcoming "Somewhere," about an actor who lives an extravagant lifestyle at the Chateau Marmont until he gets an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter. Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning co-star. »

- Franck Tabouring

2 articles from 2009