Rooney Mara

[gitsie007]

I loved Rooney's Salander. She did an excellent job.

[Ginger]

I doubt a sequel is going to happen. The studio doesn't want to do it unless David Fincher directs, and he's got another movie he'd rather do. They also want the budget to be much lower than the original, which is unlikely if Fincher directs. And the script needs to be rewritten because nobody likes it.

There's also the issue of the second and third books not being as good as the first, which the readers know, and a lot of the readers didn't even go see the first one like they were supposed to.

[mochakitty]

Rooney Mara to Play Tiger Lily in Warner Bros.’ ‘Pan’

Warner Bros. has tapped Rooney Mara to play Tiger Lily in its Peter Pan origin tale “Pan.”

Hugh Jackman and Garrett Hedlund are also on board with Joe Wright set to direct.

Sources say an open casting is being held to fill the role of Pan, as the character is between 10 and 12 years old.

Jason Fuchs penned the script with Greg Berlanti, Paul Webster and Sarah Schechter producing. Courtenay Valenti is overseeing for the studio.

The film will be a new take on the classic story. It is set during World War II and follows an orphan named Peter who is kidnapped by pirates and brought to Neverland, where he discovers he’s destined to save the land from the pirate Blackbeard.

The world being created is multi-racial/international – and a very different character than previously imagined.

The studio took on an exhaustive search in finding the right girl to play Lily looking at other actresses such as Lupita Nyonog’o and “Blue is the Warmest Color” thesp Adele Exarchopoulos before going out to Mara for the role.

WB dated the film for July 17, 2015, and sees it as a franchise that can appeal to the “Harry Potter” and “The Lord of the Rings” fanbase.

Mara just started production on the Todd Haynes pic “Carol” starring Cate Blanchett and was most recently seen in Warner Bros.’ “Her.” She is repped by WME and Management 360.

[petitesuite]

I am judging the person who thought it was a good idea to say the movie was multi-racial in the same press release announcing they've cast three white people. The Tiger Lily character is pretty damn racist, but somehow I don't think whitewashing is the best solution here.

[tortuga]

Mar 12, 2014 21:46:36 GMT -4 petitesuite said:

I am judging the person who thought it was a good idea to say the movie was multi-racial in the same press release announcing they've cast three white people. The Tiger Lily character is pretty damn racist, but somehow I don't think whitewashing is the best solution here.

But they LOOKED at Lupita! They gave a cursory nod to the most recent oscar winner! Get these people a Hersholt Humanitarian Award!!!! [/sarcasm]

[Coffeecakes]

Rooney girl, back the fuck up from this role.

[OnyxRose]

Yup, sounds about right.

Why would she even say yes to this? It's not like she's hard up for work.

[Hamatron]

Wow. Three white people. What a diverse and multi-ethnic cast.

I guess I don't know about the re-imagining of the role, but it sounds like a total landmine for cultural appropriation, insensitivity, and other offensive things.

[mouey77]

This sounds really bad all around, but I also think the new Annie trailer looks like a complete disaster, not the least of which is the awfulness of Cameron Diaz as Miss Hannigan. Is there anyone with an imagination in Hollywood?

[OnyxRose]

Miss Hannigan is boozy, Cameron is boozy...I could see where they were going with it.