- Kristen Bell is in talks to star alongside Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski in Whales, the based-on-a-true-story movie about a news reporter (Krasinski), who teams up with a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) to attempt to save gray whales trapped in a Jell-O mold. Bell would star as a reporter “aiming for the big time who thinks her greatest assets are her looks.” [THR]
- The Cleveland Show scribe Kirker Butler has optioned the rights to Ed Achorn’s Fifty-Nine in ’84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had, a book about baseball in the 19th century. I can’t wait to see who plays the talking bear! [THR]
- In a press release, the producers of Leap of Faith announced Raúl Esparza and Brooke Shields would star in the world premiere of the stage musical this September in L.A. Esparza will play a “flim-flam” reverend, while Shields will play the single mom who challenges Esparza’s character in a show based on the 1992 film starring Steve Martin.
Drew + Kristen + whales + I’m in. Brooke? I doubt anyone cares.
Annie’s mom??
No — model/record exec/one-time girlfriend of mobster Sonny Corinthos.
Plus one time she got to ride in a hot air balloon, and she has a swimming pool and her mom lets her eat sugar snacks on weekdays.
Is that the actual description of Kristin’s character? If it is, my Veronica Mars fans friends are going to continue to be extremely disappointed by her.
Is Kate Ward too young to remember the Steve Martin film of the same name this musical is based on, or does she just not think it’s important enough to mention?
I don’t understand. True story about whales trapped in a Jello mold? WTF?