After wading through Development Hell for a while, drama remake The Gambler got a boost recently when Mark Wahlberg signed on to star and Rupert Wyatt considered directing. Now Brie Larson is in talks to co-star alongside Wahlberg.According to Deadline, it’s still early days for Larson’s possible involvement, as she’s only talking about a role. But considering how her career has been going recently – there’s awards chatter about her performance in Short Term 12 – she’d be a big win for the movie. Larson’s not the only potential recruit: Jessica Lange is being courted to jump aboard too.The Departed’s William Monahan wrote the new iteration of the script, which was penned for the original 1974 version by James Toback. The Gambler follows a literature professor whose gaming addiction lands him in trouble with his girlfriend, his family and, possibly most dangerously, some nasty gangsters.
- 10/18/2013
- EmpireOnline
Hope Larson has released her first short film, Bitter Orange.
Brie Larson (Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World) and James Urbaniak (Venture Brothers) star in the new project from the cartoonist.
The film stars Brie as a driven career girl struggling with sexism in 1920s prohibition-era America. It was shot over two weeks in June 2012.
"I came up with the idea for Bitter Orange over, I think, Thanksgiving 2011," Larson told Badass Digest.
"I'd just finished A Wrinkle in Time and was officially between projects, and I was trying to get a foot in as a screenwriter. I figured the best way to do that would be to direct something, since it's much easier to make someone watch a short than read a screenplay. And I'd been wanting to try directing, although I had no idea if I was cut out for it, or if I'd enjoy it.
"I love historical fiction,...
Brie Larson (Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World) and James Urbaniak (Venture Brothers) star in the new project from the cartoonist.
The film stars Brie as a driven career girl struggling with sexism in 1920s prohibition-era America. It was shot over two weeks in June 2012.
"I came up with the idea for Bitter Orange over, I think, Thanksgiving 2011," Larson told Badass Digest.
"I'd just finished A Wrinkle in Time and was officially between projects, and I was trying to get a foot in as a screenwriter. I figured the best way to do that would be to direct something, since it's much easier to make someone watch a short than read a screenplay. And I'd been wanting to try directing, although I had no idea if I was cut out for it, or if I'd enjoy it.
"I love historical fiction,...
- 6/19/2013
- Digital Spy
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