Josh Hutcherson joins James Franco's The Disaster Artist By Oliver Gettell Advertisement Save ellipsis More Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print Image zoom Michael Stewart/WireImage Thought Panem was bad? The Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson has joined the cast of The Disaster Artist, director-star James Franco ‘s movie about the making of the notoriously shoddy cult film The Room. Franco is working from a script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber , and his brother Dave Franco also will have a role. Shooting begins this month in Los Angeles. [The Hollywood Reporter]

has joined the cast of The Disaster Artist, director-star ‘s movie about the making of the notoriously shoddy cult film The Room. Franco is working from a script by and , and his brother also will have a role. Shooting begins this month in Los Angeles. [The Hollywood Reporter] Melissa Leo , Dianna Agron , and Margaret Qualley are set to star in Novitiate, a 1960s-set drama about a young woman who begins to question her Catholic faith while training to become a nun. Margaret Betts is making her feature directing debut on the film, which she also wrote. The cast also includes Julianne Nicholson , Stacy Martin , Rebecca Dayan , Morgan Saylor , and Maddie Hasson . Production will get underway in Nashville in January. [Variety]

, , and are set to star in Novitiate, a 1960s-set drama about a young woman who begins to question her Catholic faith while training to become a nun. is making her feature directing debut on the film, which she also wrote. The cast also includes , , , , and . Production will get underway in Nashville in January. [Variety] Jeffrey Wahlberg , nephew of Mark Wahlberg , is in negotiations for the lead role in Please Don’t Come Back From the Moon, an independent drama about a California desert town in which all the men have abandoned their families. James Franco and Vince Jolivette ‘s Rabbit Bandini production company optioned the 2005 novel by Dean Bakopoulos . [Deadline]

, nephew of , is in negotiations for the lead role in Please Don’t Come Back From the Moon, an independent drama about a California desert town in which all the men have abandoned their families. and ‘s Rabbit Bandini production company optioned the 2005 novel by . [Deadline] Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons) and Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) are starring in the British indie Starfish, based on the true story of a couple whose lives are upended when one survives a rare illness but has his four limbs amputated. Bill Clark is directing and wrote the screenplay, based on interviews with the real-life couple, Tom and Nicola Ray. Filming is currently underway across the pond. [Deadline]

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