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Breslin signs on to indie drama

Abigail Breslin has signed on to new indie drama film, The Class Project.

It looks as though the star is finally stepping away from the sweet and innocent child roles that brought her fame such as Little Miss Sunshine, and is stepping into a much more sinister role for the new project.

The film tells the story of two sisters who become sick of her their mother’s drinking problems and abusive relationships with her equally as drunk boyfriends that they decide to murder her. Not so innocent now is she?

The film’s script has been written by Fabrizio Fillippo and Adam till. The film will be directed by Stan Brooks.

It should be interesting to see the sweet child star take on a role as gritty as this, will she be able to pull it off? We will have to wait and see.

The film will begin shooting later this month.

Still hope for The Lone Ranger and The Dark Tower

Although time has been called on both The Lone Ranger and The Dark Tower film projects, it looks as though there may be hope after all.

At this very moment the director and producer of The Dark Tower Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, are currently trying to gain funding in Hollywood after Universal dropped the project recently.

However due to Howard’s work commitments to Rush and Spy Vs. Spy, it looks as though it could be some time before the project could be picked up again. Grazer told the New York post, “the soonest we could do it would be June next year.”

The Lone Ranger on the other hand could be back on very soon, as director Gore Verbinski plans to drastically reduce the film’s budget of $250m.

CGI werewolves have already been cut from the film’s script in an attempt to save money on the project, and it looks as though Disney may go back to the start with the film and hand the project over to someone else, which would obviously delay the film further.