CASTING NEWS: KELLAN LUTZ TO LEAD ALASKA SET SURVIVAL THRILLER THE RESCUE, LUCIEN LAVISCOUNT JOINS DAISY RIDLEY, JOSH DUHAMEL IN THE GOOD SAMARITAN ACTION THRILLER

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Kellan  Lutz will take the lead

KELLAN LUTZ TO LEAD THE RESCUE

Some action movie casting updates for you today, starting with Kellan Lutz who has been given the lead role in faith based survival thriller THE RESCUE which will start shooting next January at New Zealand. After a violent storm leaves a rescue team stranded on a frozen Alaskan mountain, survival becomes a test not only of endurance, but of faith, as hope is pushed to its breaking point. Darren Simmonds and Jared van Berkel are directing the movie according to Deadline.

 

LUCIEN LAVISCOUNT JOINS GOOD SAMARITAN

 Lucien Laviscount has been added to the cast of action thriller THE GOOD SAMARITAN which follows successful entrepreneur

Lucien Laviscount has joined the cast

 Dr. Rosalind Carver (Daisy Ridley) and her husband Matt (Lucien Laviscount) after they rescue a wounded man drifting off the coast of Indonesia, unaware that they’re stepping into a deadly conspiracy. Within hours, their yacht vanishes, Matt is abducted by a gang of ruthless pirates led by Langbore (Sharlto Copley), and paradise becomes a trap. Imprisoned by corrupt officials, Rosalind crosses paths with Sean Fuller (Josh Duhamel), a battle hardened ex-mercenary with his own reasons for taking down the pirates. In a desperate race against time, Rosalind and Sean are forced into an uneasy alliance, fighting to save her husband and expose a global trafficking empire that eliminates anyone who tries to stop it. Pierre Morel is directing the new movie which will shoot this Autumn.

  

TRAILER FOR SKY'S CHRISTMAS COMEDY TINSEL TOWN WITH KIEFER SUTHERLAND, DEREK JACOBI, ALICE EVE, DANNY DYER, LUCIEN LAVISCOUNT

  TINSEL TOWN TRAILER  

FOR SKY'S NEW CHRISTMAS COMEDY

Sky has released a poster and trailer for their festive comedy TINSEL TOWN which will arrive to Sky Cinema December 5th with Kiefer Sutherland as Bradley Mack, a failed Hollywood action star who ends up in a small, snow-dusted village to star in the town’s eccentric production of Cinderella. Here, he encounters a colourful cast of oddball locals who slowly come to hold a special place in his heart, including no-nonsense choreographer Jill. Derek Jacobi, Alice Eve, Lucien Laviscount, Katherine Ryan, Danny Dyer also star.

SEE KATE BOSWORTH, THOMAS KRETSCHMANN IN LAST SENTINEL SF ACTION MOVIE TRAILER

  LAST SENTINEL TRAILER  

WITH THOMAS KRETSCHMAN AND KATE BOSWORTH 

This one already had a limited release earlier this spring in USA: LAST SENTINEL sf movie is set in the near future, year 2063, where unchecked and

The movie had end of March limited release

rampant climate change has caused temperatures and sea levels to rise catastrophically. Only two large continents remain, and billions die during the mass migration to these higher lands.Surrounded by an endless ocean thousands of miles from home, a skeleton crew of soldiers (Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann and Thomas Kretschmann) stand as the last bastion, defending their homeland from an invasion by an enemy they have never seen, monitoring for signs of attack and prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause. Their tour of duty ended 3 months ago with no relief in sight. Alone and uncertain as to what fate awaits them, the simmering tension amongst the crew escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range – is it the help they have been waiting for, or something far more sinister? Oscar nominee Tanel Toom helms. 

ABC FINISHES CASTING FOR ROMEO & JULIET SEQUEL EPIC TV SERIES 'STILL STAR CROSSED' WITH TORRANCE COOMBS, ANTHONY HEAD, GRANT BOWLER, WADE BRIGGS

'STILL STAR CROSSED' EPIC

'ROMEO & JULIET' TV SEQUEL

Now, here's an extreme example of the current trend of diversity in Hollywood: a new historical series in which the young nobles of the 16th century Verona will be played by black actors! What do you say about that? ABC has finished casting actors for their new epic series STILL STAR CROSSED with the pilot ready to start shooting this month.

The small screen adaptation of the book by Melinda Taub, STILL STAR CROSSED is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet left off, charting the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate.

TORRANCE COOMBS, ANTHONY HEAD, GRANT BOWLER STAR

This time the story will revolve around Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), an intelligent and headstrong Capulet and Juliet’s cousin who is taken in by the Capulets after her parents die, forced to suffer her aunt's cruelty as a servant, and then ordered to marry dangerous and deadly handsome Benvolio (Wade Briggs), a Montague, who is against it at first but will later on fall in love with Rosaline who is smart, although not beautiful. Since they're dead, Romeo and Juliet will appear only in flashbacks, and will be played by Danish actress Clara Rugaard and British black hunk Lucien Laviscount. Among the more famous names in the cast, Anthony Head plays Lord Capulet. Kind and powerful, Lord Capulet is a thoughtful man with a sunny, jovial disposition. However, he will turn on you if you cross him. ROME's Zuleikha Robinson is his evil wife Lady Capulet. His fellow SyFy star Grant Bowler will play rival Lord Montague, scary, rugged, ruthless and brilliant man hellbent on raising his family’s fortunes, no matter the cost. Meanwhile, magnetic Torrance Coombs, who left CW's REIGN in which he played French prince Sebastian, will be prince again, this time Paris, the chivalrous and seductive Count of Mantua, who was betrothed to Juliet before she died. Dan Hildebrand will play Friar Lawrence, who uses the church to climb the social ladder. Sterling Sulieman will be Prince Escalus, while Medalion Rahimi will play Princess Isabella, intelligent, outspoken and practical with inner steel. Ebonee Noel will play Rosaline's younger sister Livia,