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Neil Patrick Harris Scores Supporting Role in ‘Beastly’
With his newly revived career, Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle) is set to star alongside Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer and Mary-Kate Olsen in CBS Films’ Beastly, which is aiming for a July 30, 2010 release. In Beastly, a modern retelling of “Beauty and the Beast,” Harris is playing a blind tutor who helps and bonds with a teen (Alex Pettyfer) who is shellshocked from being turned into a hideous young man. The movie is in preproduction in Montreal.
Keith C. Blackmore’s book series Mountain Man is headed to the screen, with Deadline reporting today that Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”) is on board to star in the film adaptation.
The actor will also produce the upcoming zombie movie.
“Mountain Man tells the story of Gus, a lonely post-apocalyptic survivor facing isolation and the ever-present specter of a zombie attack, who struggles with alcohol abuse and suicidal thoughts until he discovers another survivor, a captivating woman who poses another threat altogether.”
John Lee (False Positive) will direct Mountain Man from a script by Matt Deller.
“John is a brilliant creative mind. We’ve been looking for the right thing to do together since we filmed Pee Wee’s Big Holiday and it’s finally here,” 3:59’s Joe and Nick Manganiello told Deadline. “Very excited to get to work on such weird, wild project with him.”
Film Bridge International is launching sales on the project in Cannes.
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