


Jamie Cambell Bower tweeted last night about his productive day making music.
Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz are in negotiations to star in “Deathgames,” an indie action movie from Motion Picture Corporation of America.[Source: HeatVisionBlog]
Jonah Loop, a visual effects supervisor on such pics as “Collateral” and “A Perfect Getaway,” is making his directorial debut with the film, which begins shooting next month in Louisiana. MPCA’s Brad Krevoy and Mike Callaghan are producing with Mark Williams.
The story centers on a young man (Lutz) who is kidnapped and forced into the savage world of a modern gladiator arena, where men fight to the death for entertainment of the online masses. Jackson orchestrates the games, overseeing them from his computer lair with the help of twin ladies who see to his every desire.
“Deathgames” is the first project to come out of MPCA’s $50 million film fund, and the $10 million production is out to other actors. The company is in post on “Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2″ and was behind last year’s Kevin Bacon HBO drama “Taking Chance.”
Jackson, repped by ICM and Anonymous Content, plays Nick Fury in “Iron Man 2,” which opens May 7, then will appear opposite Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in the action comedy “The Other Guys,” set for an Aug. 6 bow.
Lutz, who appears in the upcoming remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” next week begins shooting the Dermot Mulroney-directed romantic comedy “Keep It Together” opposite Mandy Moore. “Together” also is shooting in Louisiana, and the Innovative-repped actor will segue from that straight to “Deathsport.” In June, Lutz moves to “Immortals,” Relativity’s Greek myth fantasy in which he plays Poseidon.
Loop, repped by ICM, also is producing “Arena” at Summit.
Alex finished with a magic trick. He tried to fold our plastic money up but ended up using paper. He folded it up into a type of three sided square. He placed it on a girl’s shoulder and asked her to say “wing wing” five times. She did so and he picked up the paper and held it to his ear and said “hello?” It was seriously hilarious, but doesn’t translate to words very well!
21-year-old Lily made her silver screen debut last year as the daughter of Bullock’s character in “The Blind Side.” Prior to that, Lily’s work found her in two episodes of “90210″ and as a host for Nickelodeon’s “Kids Pick the President” in 2008.In “Abduction,” Collins will play the girlfriend who aids Lautner’s search for his real parents after discovering his baby picture on a missing persons website.[Source: YahooMovies.
Lautner and Collins will begin work on the dramatic thriller once reshoots for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” wrap. (Even though the film hits theaters June 30, Twi-hards need not fret — last-minute reshoots are a normal part of the filmmaking process, and a rep from Summit assures fans none of the film’s vital scenes need any work.)
Before she turned to acting, the rock-star daughter penned fashion columns for Seventeen and Teen Vogue. In 2008 she blogged about coming home to find the cast of “Twilight” doing a photo shoot for InStyle magazine in her backyard. Fate may have been teasing the two future costars: Lautner wasn’t present at that shoot, but Collins did meet Robert Pattinson and Stewart while they posed for pics outside her house.