Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina will share the screen with Gerard Butler in The Headhunter's Calling.
The film tells the story of a ruthless headhunter (Butler) whose personal and professional life is shaken when his son suddenly becomes ill, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Dafoe will play the head of the recruitment company that Butler works for, who is ready to retire from his CEO position. Molina's character is described as "a lovable, unemployed engineer who is looking for a chance to shine".
Butler will be co-producing with Alan Siegel and Mark Williams, who is also directing the drama.
The Headhunter's Calling, which will begin shooting in October in Toronto, will be Williams' directorial debut.
Dafoe is also starring in The Great Wall with Matt Damon and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal.
Meanwhile, Molina is starring in two mini-series': Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures and Close to the Enemy.
The film tells the story of a ruthless headhunter (Butler) whose personal and professional life is shaken when his son suddenly becomes ill, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Dafoe will play the head of the recruitment company that Butler works for, who is ready to retire from his CEO position. Molina's character is described as "a lovable, unemployed engineer who is looking for a chance to shine".
Butler will be co-producing with Alan Siegel and Mark Williams, who is also directing the drama.
The Headhunter's Calling, which will begin shooting in October in Toronto, will be Williams' directorial debut.
Dafoe is also starring in The Great Wall with Matt Damon and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal.
Meanwhile, Molina is starring in two mini-series': Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures and Close to the Enemy.
- 9/13/2015
- Digital Spy
Author J.K. Rowling and her greatest creation, Harry Potter, both have birthdays today -- July 31. The author already tweeted her thanks to fans, but did you see the sweet birthday messages shared by several "Harry Potter" cast members to Time?
As Harry turns 35, his mum turns (it's not polite to say but the cast does refer to it) 50. Time celebrated J.K. Rowling's big milestone by getting 17 birthday notes from these movie stars: Alan Rickman (Snape), Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Natalia Tena (Tonks), David Thewlis (Lupin), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Clemence Poesy (Fleur), movie director Chris Columbus, Oliver and James Phelps (George and Fred Weasley), Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood), Frances de la Tour (Madame Olympe Maxime), Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley), and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley).
While some of the messages were...
As Harry turns 35, his mum turns (it's not polite to say but the cast does refer to it) 50. Time celebrated J.K. Rowling's big milestone by getting 17 birthday notes from these movie stars: Alan Rickman (Snape), Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Natalia Tena (Tonks), David Thewlis (Lupin), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Clemence Poesy (Fleur), movie director Chris Columbus, Oliver and James Phelps (George and Fred Weasley), Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood), Frances de la Tour (Madame Olympe Maxime), Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley), and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley).
While some of the messages were...
- 7/31/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
There’s a sudden appetite for Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” to become a transmedia spectacle. Filmmaker Danny Boyle is currently directing an adaptation of the classic Victorian novel for the National Theatre (with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Frankenstein and his Creature), which was also broadcast to selected cinemas around the world. And last night, BBC3 delivered the horror-musical Frankenstein’s Wedding (a modern spin on Shelley’s masterpiece), which went out live to the nation from Leeds’ Kirkstall Abbey, where 12,000 people had gathered to be part of the performance.
There was ambition to Frankenstein’s Wedding, that much is definitely true, but this live 80-minute spectacle was a mostly laborious and underwhelming flop. A great idea, but the execution didn’t fulfill its promise. Opening on Kirkstall Abbey (after a weird intro from DJ Reggie Yates) the live audience were playing the wedding guests for...
There was ambition to Frankenstein’s Wedding, that much is definitely true, but this live 80-minute spectacle was a mostly laborious and underwhelming flop. A great idea, but the execution didn’t fulfill its promise. Opening on Kirkstall Abbey (after a weird intro from DJ Reggie Yates) the live audience were playing the wedding guests for...
- 3/20/2011
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
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