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Interview
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On 15th
November 2007,
Universal
announced that
filming of the
Cirque Du Freak
movie would
begin in
February 2008.
They also
announced the
names of the
first three
actors cast in
the movie. Here
is one of the
many media
reports of that
announcement. |
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VARIETY -
15//nov/2007 |
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this was the
very first
report of the
news |
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| John C.
Reilly is ready
to sink his
teeth into the
lead vampire
role in "Cirque
du Freak," for
Universal.
Paul Weitz wrote
and will direct
the adaptation
of the
bestselling
children's
series by Darren
Shan.
Weitz will
also produce
with
Lauren Shuler
Donner.
Production
begins in
February.
Reilly, who
next opens in
"Walk Hard: The
Dewey Cox
Story," will
play a vampire
who drafts a
14-year old to
serve as his
assistant. The
youth is turned
into a
half-vampire and
becomes the
catalyst in a
battle between
vampires and the
rival Vampanese.
Studio bought
rights in 2005
to a series of
12 books.
Reilly stars
in
"Walk Hard,"
which will be
released Dec. 21
by
Columbia
Pictures.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976006.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |
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