Casting News
Per today's Variety:"Regina King (Ray) is joining the cast of Fox's 24, while D.B. Woodside is being bumped up to series regular, reports Variety.In a Kennedyesque twist, Woodside -- who plays Wayne Palmer, brother of assassinated President David Palmer -- will begin season six as the newly elected president of the United States.King, meanwhile, joins as heretofore unseen Palmer sister Angela, a powerful lawyer with an advocacy group.24 begins its sixth season in January."
Also,
"New Line has found its Hairspray villain, setting Michelle Pfeiffer to play Velma von Tussel, the former Miss Baltimore Crabs beauty queen-turned-bitter Baltimore TV station owner.Variety says Pfeiffer joins John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron and newcomer Nikki Blonsky, who'll play lead Tracy Turnblad. Adam Shankman is directing and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are producing. Leslie Dixon wrote the script."
Good to know that Principal Wood--I mean, Wayne Palmer will be back next season, though the idea that America is ready to elect two African-American Presidents is a little hard for me to completely buy. Still, Regina King's an incredibly talented actress, and I'm excited to see her join 24.
Pfeiffer joining the cast of Hairspray is the best news however. From the first moment I saw the musical, I thought she would make a perfect Velma von Tussel. She can sing and play catty like nobody else. Sure, this role isn't going to be cinematic viagra like her last singing turn in The Fabulous Baker Boys, but this is sure to get attention. It finally gets me excited about it, that's for sure--finally. Unfortunately, the fact that Adam Shankman is directing it REALLY worries me, and the fact that none of the movie is going to be shot in Baltimore is troubling too. (How do you do a movie that's a love story to a city and it not be shot in that city? I mean, can you imagine Manhattan being shot on a sound stage in LA? NO! It had to be shot in New York, but, it's not my money...)
posted by cinegod @ 7:00 AM
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