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  • May 5, 2012

    We at The Awards Circuit do our best to bring you interesting content and breaking news. However, even the super human writers we have here become mortal and miss some of the news. This new Late Pass series will cover any of the major casting or production news we might have missed during the week and will catch you up on items we haven’t written full articles about. Enjoy!

    Casting News

    Kristen Stewart has done well in choosing interesting parts to develop her range. In addition to this year’s Snow White and the Hunstman and On the Road, she just signed on for action thriller Cali. The film centers on Mya (Stewart) and Chris, a couple from San Fernando Valley who sell a fake snuff film and disappear with the money. But Mya — who’s thought to be dead — must head back to Cali years later to save the younger sister she left behind.- Variety

    Ben Kinglsey, Armie Hammer, John Malkovich and Michael Sheen team up for thriller Cut Bank. The movie centers around Dwayne McLaren, a former high school football star and now auto mechanic desperate to escape his hometown of Cut Bank, Mont. His attempts to leave for a bigger city with his girlfriend, Cassandra, set in motion a series of events that will change his life, and the life of Cut Bank, forever. - Variety

    Giancarlo Esposito, Idris Elba, Michael K Williams and Rosario Dawson will star in a Western short They Die By Dawn for British music artist Jaymes Samuel of The Bullits as a companion piece to his new album.- Indiewire

    Demian Bichir, fresh off that Oscar nomination, has signed on for two movies: Machete Kills and William Friedkin’s next film TrappedVariety

    Speaking of Machete Kills, Amber Heard, Mel Gibson, and Sofia Vergara are in talks to join the cast – Indiewire

    Production News

    Timur Bekmambetov is set to direct Black List script The Current War about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to be the first inventor to manifest a sustainable electric current – Variety

    China is building a studio complex that aims to rival Hollywood with 800,000 square meters that can house a large number of financial, technical and creative companies. – The Hollywood Reporter

    Problems with film festivals and Withoutabox are growing, will the submission process for big festivals change? – Indiewire

    Michael Bay is developing Black Sails, a pirate series about Treasure Island‘s Captain Flint, with Starz – The Hollywood Reporter

    The popular writing team of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have signed a two year deal with Universal – Variety

     

    About Terence Johnson


    When he's not enduring Shade Samurai training from Victoria Grayson, you can find Terence spends his time being an avid watcher of television, Criterion film collector, Twitter addict, and awards season obsessive. Opinionated but open minded, ratchet but with class, Terence holds down the fort as the producer of the Power Hour podcast and will soon be taking over Historical Circuit, bringing you the best films and hidden gems from the lovely history of cinema. As the only person with a degree in a STEM field (B.S. in Civil Engineering), he's holding it down for the nerds who love film. You can follow him on Twitter at @LeNoirAuteur.

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    1. And of course…rest in peace to Adam Yauch

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