Kate Winslet Joining Chiwetel Ejiofor in John Hillcoat's Triple Nine

Last year we learned that Chiwetel Ejiofor and Casey Affleck were slated to take on Triple Nine, the crime thriller from director John HIllcoat (Lawless, The Road). Now the project finally has a female lead with Variety reporting that Kate Winslet has joined the film about a group of thieves who plan to kill a young LAPD officer to divert the police away from a daring heist they’re perpetrating across town. The title refers to the code used when a police officer needs assitance. We're assuming Winslet is taking the role Blanchett once had, because it was said the actress' schedule may not work for when production was slated to begin.
No word on whether or not Christoph Waltz or Michael B. Jordan are still involved, and the latter might end up being too busy with Fantastic Four if rumors are to be believed. As for Winslet, if she has Blanchett's role, she'll be on the opposite side of the law as a notorious mobster's wife who is the mastermind behind the whole heist. Ejiofor is the one who rounds up the crew to pull it off though. This sounds like it could be a hell of a crime thriller, and maybe an Oscar contender when the time comes.
UPDATE: Deadline has word that Open Road Films will distribute Triple Nine sometime in 2015, and they've also revealed the cast has also added "Breaking Bad" and Need for Speed star Aaron Paul, Fast & Furious franchise star and future Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, Warm Bodies love interest Teresa Palmer and End of Watch co-lead Michael Pena. In addition, Michael B. Jordan has been confirmed for the role he was previously reported to take. Still no word on if Waltz is still involved, but we'll find out soon.

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The Book Thief Sophie Nelisse Joining Glenn Close fo Gilly Hopkins

After making a splash with a fantastic performance in The Book Thief, young Sophie Nelisse has lined up a new adaptation, this time of a book geared towards kids. Variety has word that Nelisse will lead The Great Gilly Hopkins, an adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning book of the same name by Katherine Paterson. The book follows a wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old named Gilly (Nelisse), moved from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all. But when placed in the home of Maime Trotter, the most unorthodox foster mom yet (Kathy Bates), Gilly fights her way out, but her life takes an unexpected turn.
Nelisse will also be surrounded by some impressive talents like Glenn Close, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer. They'll all be directed by Stephen Herek, who's heyday was in the 90s with films like Mr. Holland's Opus, The Three Musketeers and 101 Dalmatians (which saw Close as Disney's iconic Cruella de Vil). The film is currently being sold at the Berlin Film Market by WestEnd Films with shooting beginning in April. The last Paterson book to hit the big screen with The Bridge to Terabithia, and there should be a big enough audience interested in seeingthe book come to life on the big screen. Thoughts?

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