Wichita Cast for ‘Zombieland’ TV Show
Things are progressing pretty quickly for Amazon’s Zombieland television series. Only last week we learned Tyler Ross and Izabela Vidovic had landed the roles of Columbus and Little Rock, and today THR is reporting Maiara Walsh has been cast as Wichita. Sure, she’s no Emma Stone, but I’m hopeful the brunette’s got the comedic timing and zombie bashing skills to fill the role.
The official show description for Wichita is, “a natural con-woman and tough girl who with her younger sister Little Rock teams up with Columbus to survive the zombie apocalypse and search for survivors,” which isn’t all that different from how the movie set her up, either.
Now we wait to hear who’ll be filling Woody Harrelson’s shoes in the role of boisterous ass kicker and Twinkie connoisseur, Tallahasee. Who do you think would make a good fit?
Source: Coming Soon
Fleischer Says ‘Spy Hunter’ Will Be American ‘James Bond’
Well that’s a bold statement from Zombieland and Gangster Squad director Ruben Fleischer, recently minted director of the constantly in-development movie version of the video game Spy Hunter. Directors ranging in talent from John Woo to Paul W.S. Anderson have all had their turn, but Fleischer seems confident that he knows what to do to get this thing to the screen. Let’s go the quote from Coming Soon:
We’ll see what happens. If I can make any movie, it would be a James Bond movie. I’ve always loved the genre but I don’t think they’ll hire an American to direct a James Bond movie, I’ve been told, so for me, ‘Spy Hunter’ is an opportunity to create a new spy franchise. It sounds silly but that was my favorite video game when I was a kid and it had a great title and a great theme song, but there’s no real other associations that people have with it other than a cool car, so I feel like there’s a lot of room for us to invent a new character and a new series. I think just the Spy Hunter that is the most bad-ass spy who hunts down rogue spies is a really cool launch pad for an idea and I hope that we can bring it to life.
He’s right about Americans not being hired to direct James Bond movies, which is one of the reasons why Steven Spielberg always called Indiana Jones his “James Bond.” But as for a straight up American James Bond, I think they tried that already and called it xXx starring Vin Diesel, and it sucked. Maybe Fleischer will have better luck though, we’ll keep you posted.
Source: Geek Tyrant
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