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Benedict Cumberbatch Heads To 'Osage County'; Mireille Enos Takes 'Breacher'; Shiloh Fernandez & Alexander Ludwig Book Gigs

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • August 24, 2012 10:18 AM
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In today’s casting round-up, we have some news regarding a boxing biopic, an adaptation of an award-winning play, another cop film from the king of cop films, and the true story of a Navy SEAL mission gone wrong.
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More: Benedict Cumberbatch, August: Osage County, Mireille Enos, Breacher, Shiloh Fernandez, Alexander Ludwig, Lone Survivor

Eric Bana Will Be A 'Lone Survivor' With Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch & Taylor Kitsch

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 13, 2012 3:42 PM
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  • 2 Comments
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Unknown ObjectWith Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch and Taylor Kitsch already on board for Peter Berg's Navy SEAL flick "Lone Survivor," you might think the cast couldn't get any beefier. But that's where you're mistaken.
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More: Eric Bana, Lone Survivor

Emile Hirsch Set To Join Director Peter Berg's Navy SEAL Movie ‘Lone Survivor’

  • By Charlie Schmidlin
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  • July 23, 2012 10:42 AM
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Three years ago, when director Peter Berg promised Universal their tentpole adaptation of “Battleship” in exchange for his low-budget Navy SEAL actioner “Lone Survivor” down the line, the studio couldn’t have predicted that a similar SEAL film, “Act of Valor,” would domestically trounce their sure bet at the box office. However, the low-budget route proved viable yet again, and now the studio is ramping up Berg’s more personal film, moving the project into production right away, and assembling a strong cast that has attracted another young actor today.
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More: Emile Hirsch, Lone Survivor

Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch & Ben Foster To Suit Up As Navy SEALs In Peter Berg's 'Lone Survivor'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 28, 2012 8:32 PM
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  • 2 Comments
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"It was pretty obvious to me [Universal] weren't jumping head over heels to make a war film in the Middle East right now," Peter Berg said way back in 2009. "So they said, 'What if you give us 'Battleship' for July 2011, and we guarantee you'll follow with 'Lone Survivor'? " While the timeline may have shifted, it looks like a deal is a deal and the studio is making good on their word (it probably didn't hurt that "Act Of Valor" topped the box office over the weekend either) and ramping up Peter Berg's Navy SEALs flick "Lone Survivor."
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More: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Peter Berg, Lone Survivor

Taylor Kitsch To Star In 'Lone Survivor' For Peter Berg, Because Navy SEALS Are Sooooo Hot Right Now

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • May 18, 2011 1:10 AM
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There's nothing like blasting a few bullets into the head of the world's most wanted man to make your profession all the rage. And that's what Navy SEAL Team 6 did by storming the compound of Osama Bin Laden a few weeks back. Since then, they've been everywhere, and of course, Hollywood has been all over them: Kathryn Bigelow's already-in-development "Kill Bin Laden," for which writer Mark Boal had spent some time tracking the group, suddenly became the hottest project in town, while Disney waited a whole 48 hours before trying to trademark the term 'SEAL Team 6.'
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More: Films, Actors, Film Studios, Peter Berg, Lone Survivor, Taylor Kitsch, Universal

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