Casting Couch

Mia Wasikowski, Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is in talks to step into the role of the plain Jane governess who finds true love with Mr. Rochester, that guy with the crazy first wife residing in the attic of his foreboding mansion Thornfield.

Source Code is about a soldier named Colter who awakens on a passenger train in another man’s body with no idea how he got there. He begins to explore his surroundings and finds a bomb… which blows up, killing him and everyone else on board. The end.

With a headline like that, we’ve either become a magazine you buy in line at the grocery store or it’s actual casting news. Cross your fingers!

Two huge names in acting have signed on to join the Coen Brothers in Indian Territory. So why am I not totally excited?

Since the (possible) news is so nebulous, would you rather have Charlize Theron or Tom Hardy play Mad Max?

The actress has just signed on for the third installment of the Meet the Parents franchise, and she’ll have a few things to teach her co-stars.

Remember that time that you woke up in a cold sweat thinking that the nightmare you had wherein Showgirls had spawned a sequel? Get ready for that nightmare to become reality.

Since I would really like to see Stellan Skarsgard play God of War Tyr for Thor, I wanted to title this headline “Could Stellan Skarsgard Play Tyr, God of War for Thor?” But I resisted. You’re welcome.

We were all blown away by the original and now the U.S. will have a shot at it with Richard Jenkins, Chloe Moretz, and Kodi Smit-Mcphee. But are they headed in the right direction with this cast? You be the judge. That way we don’t have to form an opinion.

In what I can almost assure you is not bestiality pornography (or is a first for Disney), John Malkovich has signed on for a movie about one of the most famous athletes in the history of the world.

Can Zach Galifianakis successfully change his image from a crazy slacker to a crazy slacker who is in a mental institution? And, more importantly, will Nurse Ratchet be there?

The director of Jennifer’s Body is looking for a new playmate, and Rachel Weisz is the right woman for the gender-bending job.

You can all calm down. They finally figured out who shot President Lincoln. Now to get to work on who shot J.R.

After impressing audiences around the world in Inglourious Basterds, it looks like Waltz will be exhausting his English for The Green Hornet.

For some reason, I get the feeling that Rooster Cogburn will suddenly be attacked by a water-dwelling mammal.

On the other side of the world in Rumorland, the reality is that District 9 star Sharlto Copley has been offered the role of Murdock for The A-Team. Here in our reality, we have no clue whether this is true or not.

Joss Whedon certainly does like working with familiar faces. In fact, he likes it so much that he has made room for one of his favorites in his latest offering.

The still-scorching red head will be bringing some motherly love to the production and hopefully making sure that Michael Douglas doesn’t use as much hair gel as he plans on using.

Casting announcements shoot across the net almost every day, but not every announcement, rumor, or speculation deserves its own post. Of course we’d be remiss in our duties as the web’s premier source of movie news, reviews, and snark if we didn’t cover them in some fashion… so welcome to the Casting Net!

Portman. Kunis. Scissoring. That image could really be the entire marketing campaign don’t you think?