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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 14, 2014 17:27:40 GMT -6
From: www.deadline.com/2014/02/dylan-minnette-goosebumps-movie-casting-jack-black/Dylan Minnette has been cast as the co-lead in Sony Pictures’ Goosebumps, the adaptation of the iconic Scholastic YA scary book series written by R.L. Stine. Sony nabbed the rights to the books and tapped Black’s Gulliver’s Travels helmer Rob Letterman to direct last March. The pic is loosely based on the series and is scripted by Darren Lemke and Mike White. Minnette will play Zach Cooper, who moves with his family move from NY to to the idyllic town of Greendale, MD, where his secretive new neighbor turns out to be author R.L. Stine (Black). When the many, many demons in Stine’s mind are set free by Slappy, a demonic ventriloquist’s dummy, it’s up to Zach and Stine’s niece Hannah (Odeya Rush) to put the evil genies back in the bottle. Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz are producing. Minnette, repped by CESD, law firm Skrzyniarz & Mallean and the appropriately named in this case Monster Talent, just wrapped a big role opposite Steve Carell in Disney’s Alexander And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day and appeared in Jason Reitman’s Labor Day and Prisoners. On the TV side, his credits include NBC’s Awake and playing Jack Shepard’s son on Lost.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 10, 2014 11:55:20 GMT -6
www.deadline.com/2014/04/ken-marino-goosebumps-movie/Comedy thesp Ken Marino (Children’s Hospital, Bad Milo) has joined the cast of Columbia’s Goosebumps, the big screen adaptation of R.L. Stine’s popular series of YA horror tales. Marino will play Coach Carr, the blowhard coach at Greendale High who wades into battle when monsters overrun the school. Jack Black, Amy Ryan, and Dylan Minnette are also starring for Black’s Gulliver’s Travels helmer Rob Letterman, who landed the directing gig last March. Jess Siegler, Tania Landau, Deborah Forte and Neal Moritz (Original Films) are producing the pic, which Sony has set for a March 23, 2016 release. Marino, an alum of MTV’s The State, wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Adult Swim’s Children’s Hospital and starred in and directed the Emmy-nommed Yahoo/E! series Burning Love, from Ben Stiller’s Red Hour. He penned Universal comedy features Role Models and Wanderlust and is currently co-scripting Go The F*** To Sleep for Fox 2000 and Return of the Jocks for Fox, both with wife Erica Oyama. Marino starred recently in SXSW horror-comedy Bad Milo, WB’s Veronica Mars movie, and on the final season of HBO’s Eastbound & Down. He also stars in David Caspe’s NBC pilot Marry Me with Casey Wilson and has helmed episodes of ABC’s Super Fun Night, Trophy Wife, and The Goldbergs. Marino is repped by Principato-Young Entertainment and Paradigm.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 23, 2014 19:02:51 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/film/news/super-8-actor-joins-sonys-goosebumps-1201161462/“Super 8″ actor Ryan Lee has joined the cast of Sony’s “Goosebumps” starring Jack Black. Dylan Minnette and Odeya Rush also star with Rob Letterman directing. Story is loosely based on R.L. Stine’s book series and follows Minnette’s character, who moves from New York City to the small town of Greendale, Maryland, where his secretive new neighbor turns out to be veteran young adult horror author R.L. Stine (Black). When all the many demons of Stine’s mind are set free by Slappy, a demonic ventriloquist’s dummy, it’s up to Minnette’s character and Stine’s niece Hannah to put all the evil genies back in the bottle. Darren Lemke and Mike White wrote the script. Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz will produce. Lee can currently be seen on ABC’s “Trophy Wife.” He is repped by Principato-Young, ICM Partners and Myman, Greenspan.
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