“Dancing” pro Derek Hough is following his sister Julianne’s lead from the ballroom to the silver screen.
The three-time “Dancing with the Stars” champion will take temporary leave of the ABC hit to shoot a “Romeo & Juliet”-esque film about star-crossed lovers from rival dance clubs, Access Hollywood confirmed.
Hough will star in “Cobu 3D” opposite Korean pop star BoA, Deadline.com first reported.
“Save the Last Dance” scribe Duane Adler wrote “Cobu’s” screenplay and has also signed on to direct the project, according to Deadline.
In a statement to Access, “Dancing with the Stars” executive producer Conrad Green said he expected Hough’s return to TV by fall.
Hough’s sister, Julianne, twice won the reality dancing competition and has taken time off from the show to pursue her country music career and, most recently, to film the upcoming Paramount remake of “Footloose.”
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Will Johnny Depp Agree to a Role in Jonah Hill's New '21 Jump Street' Remake?
'Get Him the Greek' star Jonah Hill wants Johnny Depp to get back to his roots.
Depp rocketed to fame in the late-'80s on '21 Jump Street,' one of the original series to air on Fox during the years when the network was just starting out. Now that Hill has written a new take on the hit show about cops working undercover in a high school, he's been issuing a 'Depp Wanted' casting call to bring the A-list star on board.
Not that Depp, 47, will recognize much about the new film version -- according to 27-year-old Hill, "It's an entirely new imagination of what '21 Jump Street' is." He added, when describing his script to MTV News recently, "We're not doing a spoof whatsoever."
When asked for an update at Friday's Critics' Choice Awards, Hill confirmed that filming will begin April 11 in the Big Easy. "I'm excited. I've never been to New Orleans before." But has Depp's participation been locked up?
Hill said late last year, "Hopefully, he does it...It would be awesome if he did," and in a separate interview, Depp soon followed up by saying, "It could be very funny...I'm in, I'm in."
But on Friday, Hill wasn't saying whether Depp's enthusiasm about a cameo had actually led to a deal.
Channing Tatum is confirmed to co-star, yet Hill was coy about naming any other names: "It was really important to get the main two characters together, and then now we gotta fill out the rest of the cast," he told MTV.
Back in 2009, Hill took a crack at describing his remake, expected to be a rated-R comedy, saying, "What happens is, they get caught up in the high school-ness as opposed to the police work....And whenever they get too caught up in the high school drama, police work comes in. And whenever they get too caught up in the police work, high school drama comes in."
Depp rocketed to fame in the late-'80s on '21 Jump Street,' one of the original series to air on Fox during the years when the network was just starting out. Now that Hill has written a new take on the hit show about cops working undercover in a high school, he's been issuing a 'Depp Wanted' casting call to bring the A-list star on board.
Not that Depp, 47, will recognize much about the new film version -- according to 27-year-old Hill, "It's an entirely new imagination of what '21 Jump Street' is." He added, when describing his script to MTV News recently, "We're not doing a spoof whatsoever."
When asked for an update at Friday's Critics' Choice Awards, Hill confirmed that filming will begin April 11 in the Big Easy. "I'm excited. I've never been to New Orleans before." But has Depp's participation been locked up?
Hill said late last year, "Hopefully, he does it...It would be awesome if he did," and in a separate interview, Depp soon followed up by saying, "It could be very funny...I'm in, I'm in."
But on Friday, Hill wasn't saying whether Depp's enthusiasm about a cameo had actually led to a deal.
Channing Tatum is confirmed to co-star, yet Hill was coy about naming any other names: "It was really important to get the main two characters together, and then now we gotta fill out the rest of the cast," he told MTV.
Back in 2009, Hill took a crack at describing his remake, expected to be a rated-R comedy, saying, "What happens is, they get caught up in the high school-ness as opposed to the police work....And whenever they get too caught up in the high school drama, police work comes in. And whenever they get too caught up in the police work, high school drama comes in."
James Franco’s Newest Role: Crazed Serial Killer
He’s played a hiker who amputates his own arm, a mover and shaker of the Beat generation, and now, James Franco is slated to play an evil serial killer.
Page Six says that Franco will also direct the movie version of Phillip Carlo’s “The Night Stalker” during a hiatus from earning his doctorate at Yale (among his many other pursuits). The screenplay was co-produced by Chris Cornell and Nicolas Constantine of the band Soundgarden, in turn based off a book by Phillip Carlo. The band members have also proved to be multi-talented; Constantine penned the screenplay.
The story is about a Southern California man named Richard Ramirez who, in 1985, went on a murderous rampage. Ramirez was later convicted to 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, and eleven counts of sexual assault.
“Phil Carlo painted such an amazing portrait of Richard Ramirez,” Constantine said. “Sure, Ramirez was a monster—but Phil investigated how he became that monster, and that’s what this film is about.”
But Constantine wasn't confident that the ubiquitous Franco would want to direct a film like this, as the subject matter is so sinister.
“I had no idea if he would it it, though, since it’s pretty dark subject matter.” After seeing three short films that Franco directed, Constantine had a better understanding of Franco’s work.
“[The films] confirmed James definitely had this dark side, and it definitely sealed the deal for us.”
Page Six says that Franco will also direct the movie version of Phillip Carlo’s “The Night Stalker” during a hiatus from earning his doctorate at Yale (among his many other pursuits). The screenplay was co-produced by Chris Cornell and Nicolas Constantine of the band Soundgarden, in turn based off a book by Phillip Carlo. The band members have also proved to be multi-talented; Constantine penned the screenplay.
The story is about a Southern California man named Richard Ramirez who, in 1985, went on a murderous rampage. Ramirez was later convicted to 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, and eleven counts of sexual assault.
“Phil Carlo painted such an amazing portrait of Richard Ramirez,” Constantine said. “Sure, Ramirez was a monster—but Phil investigated how he became that monster, and that’s what this film is about.”
But Constantine wasn't confident that the ubiquitous Franco would want to direct a film like this, as the subject matter is so sinister.
“I had no idea if he would it it, though, since it’s pretty dark subject matter.” After seeing three short films that Franco directed, Constantine had a better understanding of Franco’s work.
“[The films] confirmed James definitely had this dark side, and it definitely sealed the deal for us.”
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