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[Casting News Bites] “Walking Dead” Villain For ‘Chappie’; “Penny Dreadful” and “Wayward Pines” Get Regulars
“The Walking Dead” baddie Jose Pablo Cantillo, pictured above, has joined Neill Blomkamp’s next feature, Chappie, writes THR. The Sony and MRC pic “follows a robot with artificial intelligence who is kidnapped by gangsters planning on using him for nefarious purposes.” Cantillo will play a gangster named Yankie who hopes to use the robot for his own gain. Sony and MRC recently announced that Chappie, which will also star Sharlto Copley as the voice of the robot, has been slated for release on March 27, 2015.
Former James Bond star Timothy Dalton has been cast in Showtime’s upcoming Sam Mendes-John Logan drama “Penny Dreadful,” Variety reported. Dalton will play Sir Malcom, a hardened African explorer on a deeply personal quest. “Penny Dreadful” is billed as “a psychological thriller that blends horror into the drama.” From Logan’s Desert Wolf Prods., the show is set to lens this fall and bow on Showtime next year. Josh Hartnett and Eva Green were also recently cast in the project.
Deadline also writes that Lindsey Kraft, below, will recur on the Fox event series “Wayward Pines,” an intense thriller “about Secret Service agent Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon), who arrives in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, on a mission to find two missing federal agents. But instead of answers, Ethan’s investigation only turns up more questions.” Kraft will play Ethan’s sister-in-law Darla who is a professional tweeter and “life coach”.
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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