JoBlo reports that Jonah Hill and James Franco have joined Seth Rogen's directorial debut Jay & Seth Vs. The Apocalypse. Co-written by Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express) stars Jay Baruchel and Seth after a horrible end of the world event. It's been mentioned the film would be comedic version of The Mist.
Hill is currently branching out to leading comedic roles in The Sitter and 21 Jump Street. The latter project helped contribute to his recent drastic weight loss. Franco has been a longtime friend of Seth's since their time together on the show Freaks & Geeks. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has been rumored as well along with a cameo from Will Smith.
ShockTillYouDrop reports a rumor that Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe could take a role in the end of the world comedy Jay & Seth Vs. The Apocalypse. The film from the minds of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Superbad) the film centers around two friends played by Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel, who are seemingly the few survivors of a global apocalypse. There had been talk of many celebrity cameos with most of them playing their own corpses, like Will Smith. It's unknown if Radcliffe would play a survivor or a corpse. ThePlaylist adds it's expected to start production in February with Seth and Evan directing the film together.
Based on the novel by Susan Hill and adapted by Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, X-Men First Class, Stardust) the The Women In Black follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), who is ordered to travel to a remote corner of the UK and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in an old and isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover its tragic secrets, and his unease grows when he discovers that the local village is held hostage by the ghost of a scorned woman set on vengeance.
Deadline reports Ciarán Hinds (Munich, Rome) and Janet Mcteer have joined Daniel Radcliffe in the film.
Hammer Films who is making the film is best known for the renaissance of horror film making back in the 60's-70's. They're coming back with cool looking films like The Resident and Let Me In.
