Casting Bites: Goats, Fame, Ghostbusters, and Agent Crushes

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11 Oct

She may have been Lost, but it looks like the redheaded Rebecca Mader has found a path and a sexy on-screen husband. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Mader is in final negotiations to play the lead female role in the super-wacky sounding Men Who Stare at Goats. That means she gets to play wife to Ewan McGregor’s Bob Wilton — a reporter in Iraq who meets a man (George Clooney) who says he’s a “former secret U.S. military psychic soldier who was reactivated after 9/11.” The plot is so very strange, and most likely destined to be awesome. But that’s not all — the film is also getting Stephen Lang, fresh off Avatar and Public Enemies.

In the what-if area of cinematic news: With a Ghostbusters sequel on the way, Bill Murray told MTV that he thinks a woman should be in on the action. That’s not a bad idea at all, so the big question is: What funny woman out there can bring on the laughs AND kick ghostly ass? (Editor’s interjection: Jenna Fischer.)

Meanwhile, the Fame cast has now come together, according to THR. Unlike star Thomas Dekker, who has made a name for himself through Terminators and Heroes, this is a big cast of unknowns — Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Kherington Payne, Collins Pennie, Walter Perez and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle. You can hit the link to find out who they’re going to play, and in the meantime, wonder who Debbie Allen will be this time around. Rumor has it that she’ll pop up in the film, but not as Lydia.

And Danny Glover is getting rusty. THR posts that he’s headed to the future and lending his voice to Agent Crush, which you can learn all about at the film’s website. He’ll be Major Rusty Gibbons. And finally, a last bit of little fluff: Jude Law is growing his ’stache in preparation for Sherlock Holmes!

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