Julie Taymor has found one of her villains in her epic “Spiderman” musical. British actor Alan Cumming is set to play the Green Goblin in Taymor’s “circus rock ‘n’ roll drama” which is thought to become the most expensive production in Broadway history. Cumming won a Tony Award in 1999 for his portrayal of the emcee in “Cabaret.” Evan Rachel Wood has forever been linked to the role of Mary Jane, but has not officially signed on yet. [NY Post]
Jim Caviezel will star as the title character in Nick Hurran’s “William Tell: The Legend” for newly formed Flagship Films. Til Schweiger (“Inglourious Basterds”) will also will star in the project which will be a fact-based retelling of the legend of how Caviezel’s Tell challenged the Hapsburg monarch and sparked an uprising against the Austrian government. [THR]
Ewan McGregor is set to reteam with director David Mackenzie for the romantic drama “The Last Word,” a love story set in a city where people are slowly losing their sensory perception. Filming is set to begin in September on the Kim Fupz Aakeson scribed screenplay. [THR]
After the atrocity that was “The Spirit,” Frank Miller is now no longer attached to direct “Buck Rogers.” Odd Lot Entertainment, which partially backed ‘Spirit,’ reportedly lost “tens of millions of dollars” on the project and ditched plans to work with Miller on ‘Rogers.’ [Variety]
The U.S. trailer for Armando Iannucci’s “In The Loop” has been released. The film has been garnering strong positive responses from it’s release in the U.K. [FunnyOrDie]
