A horrific chapter (Film News - 01/01/11)

This is it, the last piece of film news for 2010, altough we're publishing in 2011 (I hope everyone had a good night last night). Not much new going on, one resurrected project and a couple of casting rumours. I'll be posting later today about the schedule for January's events so keep your eye out for further info.

Pinkville

Oliver Stone's long planned movie about the My Lai massacre, for those of you who don't know this was the US's most disgraceful incident of the Vietnam conflict where anything up to 500 people were murdered by members of the 23rd Infantry Division. The film, which is said to focus on the cover up and subsequent investigation, was abandoned during the writers strike of 2007. Over the last week reports that Stone will be returning to Pinkville and will cast Shia LaBeouf in an as yet unnamed role have been proliferating.

I think this is a chapter in 20th century history that must be told, and oddly the firebrand Stone may just be the right director to make it.

Casting News

Onto less serious stuff Dame Judi Dench is in talks to join the cast of Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar and Javier Bardem has joined the long list of potential stars for The Dark Tower adaptation.

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