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Nathan Lane Joins The English Teacher

Nathan Lane has been added to the line up staring in the new indie comedy The English Teacher.

Lane will be joining a cast that already boast Julianne Moore and Greg Kinnear.

The film will see Moore playing a high school teacher who has her life turned upside down when one of the schools former star pupils returns home to the small town after trying and failing to make it as a playwright in New York.

Lane will be playing the role of the schools drama teacher, and it looks as though he is enlisted by Moore’s character to help the struggling playwright. There is still no word on what role Kinnear will be playing.

The movie will begin shooting in New York next month with television director Craig Zisk taking the role of director on his first film.

This film really is shaping up to have quite the cast. Hopefully some more details about Kinnear character will come soon.

Inbetweeners Writers Working on New Film

News has surfaced that the writers behind the smash hit Inbetweeners Movie are currently working on a new film project.

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley who were behind the comedy gold that was Jay, Simon, Will and Neil’s escapades in Malia, which went on to be a massive hit at the UK box office, grossing £39.4 million to date, are working on a new comedy film called Mortal.

Yes it is a shame it isn’t another Inbetweeners movie but, it’s from the same comedy creators, so it’ll be worth a watch.

So far the writers have written the first draft of the script, which finds two brothers travelling to the coast of northern Scotland with their two friends so they can spread the ashes of their recently deceased father.

Now this does sound a little bit sombre compared to the constant hilarity of The Inbetweeners, but with these two behind it I’m sure there will be a few classic comedy moments, if not many.

Christopher Young is also on board to produce, so it’s just the cast and director they need to nab. Maybe the cast of The Inbetweeners? We can only hope.

Oyelowo Joins Jack Reacher Film

Actor David Oyelowo is in talks to join the cast of new film One Shot.

If he nabs this role it will be the his highest profile part yet, after staring in two minor roles in two of the biggest hits of the summer, The Help and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

He would also be staring alongside Hollywood acting royalty; Tome Cruise.

The film, which is an adaptation of the Lee Child’s book, is being both written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. The film will feature the iconic character Jack Reacher from Child’s book series.

Cruise will be playing the role of Reacher, which is quite amusing considering he is described as a hulking bruiser. Better hit the gym Tom.

The film will find Reacher investigating the case of a sniper who is suspect of killing five people at random in a small city in Indiana. But as you may have guessed once he starts looking into the case and digs deeper and deeper, he discovers that not everything is what it seems, and soon the guilt of the man in custody soon comes into question.

Oyelowo is gunning for the role of a homicide police officer that is also investigating the shooting.

The film also features Rosamund Pike as Helen Rodin, a defence lawyer.

With filming kicking off next month it should hit cinemas in 2013.