Below the Fold: Quinto Cast in Whirlgig, Harvey Keitel Joins Little Fockers, Marti Noxon to Pen Fright Night Remake
Harvey Keitel Joins Little Fockers
One of my favorite character actors, Harvey Keitel, has joined the cast of Little Fockers, the third film in the popular Meet the Parents franchise. When I first read this I thought it would be cool because he’d be great as like Deniro’s brother, an uncle we haven’t met yet. But actually what we will see him as a contractor employed by Stiller’s character.
Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Owen Wilson are returning, along with newcomers Jessica Alba and Laura Dern. Paul Weitz is directing the film, which has the working title of Little Fockers, since it focuses on the main couple’s children.
Zachary Quinto Eyes Whirlgig
I have been wondering what Zachary Quinto’s next post Star Trek role was going to be. Turns out he is now loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig. Quinto is considering the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman’s adopted son. Chaz Thorne is directing the film, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series The Listener. Production will begin early next year.
Marti Noxon to Pen Fright Night Remake
One of my favorite writers and one of the brains behind some of the best Buffy episodes is Marti Noxon. Now she writes and produces one of the best shows on TV, Mad Men. I have always been waiting for her to make the jump to screenwriting for movies and now she going to be scripting the DreamWorks Studios’ remake of the 1985 horror comedy Fright Night.
With her experience with the blood and fangs, Fright Night seems perfect for her. The original Fright Night, released in 1985, was written and directed by Tom Holland and starred Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale. Ragsdale played a teenager who discovers his neighbors are vampires. The new version will keep the comedy-horror tone while modernizing the effects.
