Fresh off his best actor Oscar win Sunday, Philip Seymour Hoffman has signed on to star in the dramedy The Savages for Fox Searchlight Pictures. He will join Laura Linney in the film, which will be directed by Tamara Jenkins, who also wrote the screenplay. The film revolves around a pair of adult siblings (Hoffman, Linney) who are obliged to care for their estranged and ailing elderly father who never took care of them. As they do, they confront the legacy of their upbringing and the realities of familial responsibility. This Is That's Ted Hope and Anne Carey are producing alongside Fred and Erica Westheimer, while Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor and Ad Hominem's Jim Burke are executive producing. Fox Searchlight's Claudia Lewis and Joshua Deighton are shepherding the project for the specialty label.
Stuart Townsend has joined the cast of the romantic comedy Chaos Theory for Warner Independent Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment. Ryan Reynolds and Emily Mortimer already have boarded the Marcos Siega-helmed film, which is being financed by Fred and Erica Westheimer's Lone Star Film Group. Penned by Daniel Taplitz, the story centers on a compulsive organizer (Reynolds) who decides to live his life without planning and in the process discovers love with Mortimer's character. Townsend completes the love triangle playing Buddy, the best friend of Reynolds' character who also falls in love with Mortimer's character. WIP's Mark Gill and Michael Andreen will oversee for the studio, while Martin Shafer and Liz Glotzer will shepherd for Castle Rock. Frederic Golchan is producing.
- 11/30/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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