In the movie, which is expected to wrap filming Friday, Kinnear stars as Bill, a novelist who is obsessed with his ex-wife, played by Jennifer Connelly.

Lily Collins (“Mirror Mirror”) co-stars as the couple’s college-age daughter who is pursued by fellow writing student Logan Lerman, while Wolff’s teenage character, also an aspiring writer, is in love with a troubled girl who’s into drugs.

Wolff, 17, who is best known for starring alongside his brother in the Nickelodeon series “The Naked Brothers Band,” said “Writers” is a good movie made better by talented cast and crew.

The Vancouver native has just been announced as Thalia Grace in the Percy Jackson film series.

According to Deadline, this was Paloma’s very first audition and attends high school in the area.

In the book, Thalia Grace is the daughter of Zeus who ran away from home at the age of 10. As she and her friends, Luke, Annabeth and protector Grover approached Half-Blood Hill, the monsters they were outrunning caught up to them. She sacrificed her life for her friends, and her father, Zeus, took pity on her before she died and transformed her into a white pine tree to prevent her death.

In other casting news, Nathan Fillion will play messenger God Hermes, and Anthony Head has replaced Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, the centaur who runs Camp Half-Blood

Source: Just Jared Jr

The Castle star will play Greek god Hermes, taking over the role from Dylan Neal who played him in the original film according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Fillion joins new recruits Mary Birdsong, Yvette Nicole Brown and Missi Pyle who will play The Fates in the sequel that will see Logan Lerman reprise his role as the titular Percy Jackson, while Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T Jackson and Jake Abel are expected to return as well.

As well as Castle, Fillion can be heard as Green Lantern in the direct to DVD film Justice League: Doom and has Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing in post production.

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“Writers” is touted to be a “funny and touching tale of a fractured family trying to rediscover one another over the course of a tumultuous year.” Kinnear is the successful novelist and Connelly plays his ex-wife. Collins plays their college student daughter, studying writing herself, who is pursued by a fellow aspiring writer (Lerman). Connelly and Kinnear have another son, who is a teen, so Wolff may presumably play him. King will cameo as – who else? – himself, and no word on who the other new additions will be playing. Filming is set to begin on March 12 in North Carolina.

Collins will be seen later this month as Snow White in revisionist fairy tale “Mirror Mirror” opposite Armie Hammer and recently wrapped up shooting on indie dramedy “The English Teacher” opposite Michael Angarano and Julianne Moore. She’s also in talks to play Juliet in comedy “Rosaline” and will will test for the female lead in Akiva Goldsman’s sci fi epic “Winter’s Tale” next week as well. Lerman will soon be seen in the highly anticipated adaptation of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, and will return for “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters”, reprising his role from the original Greek myth teen novel adaptation.

Source: Up and Corners

But now there’s been a roadbump: The film received a ‘R’ rating from the United States’ MPAA, which alienates many of the potential moviegoers who’ve read the book. So Summit intends to appeal the decision.

Rope of Silicon notes that the film was rated ‘R’ for “teen drug and alcohol use, and some sexual references.”

Larry Richman, a well-sourced movie writer, says the film’s director Stephen Chbosky has intended all along for the film to be rated PG-13.

Would you see the film even if it were rated R? Is it an issue Summit should be concerned with? Parents may not allow their kids to see it.

Emma Watson plays Sam, Logan Lerman plays Charlie, and Nina Dobrev plays Candance.

Source: Hypable

The first flick “Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief“, based on the book by Rick Riordan, was released in 2010 and starred Logan Lerman as Jackson, a teenager who discovers he’s the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.

Also starring Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson and Jake Abel, the second film, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters” sees Jackson and his friends head into the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece.

Variety reports that Douglas Smith, star of TV’s “Big Love”, has joined the cast although no word yet on who, or what, he might be playing.

Smith is a relative unknown to Hollywood audiences. The young actor played a young Brendon Fraser in 1999′s “Blast From The Past” and then various bit roles on TV shows. In the next year, the 26 year old has the sci-fi thriller “Antiviral” with Sarah Gadon and Caleb Landry Jones, and the amusingly-titled “The Boy Who Smells Like Fish“, alongside Zoe Kravitz.

Source: Up and Corners

Not all that long ago, in a house nestled in the Hollywood Hills, I did something that will make me the envy of tweenage girls all over the world: I interviewed 19-year-old actor Logan Lerman (of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and The Three Musketeers). We discussed everything from girls, to dating, to love, to sex. Yes, I’m well aware that all of these topics come under the same umbrella, but these are the things I’d want to read about in an interview with a cute actor I had a crush on!

Alexi Wasser: So, I’m going to ask you a lot of questions, some of which are completely inappropriate and none of my business. Feel free to say “pass” when you feel uncomfortable and don’t want to answer. OK?
Logan Lerman: OK.

Is Logan Lerman your real name or a stage name?
It’s my real name. Everyone in my family has the initials LL.

Like the Kardashians with KK. What’s the craziest fan story you have?
I had someone who kept showing up at a hotel and slipping notes under my door, along with pictures they drew of me.

Do you have Google Alerts?
No. Do people do that? I can just read what everyone says about me online? Well, I mean, that would be uncomfortable; that would just make me feel like a complete asshole.

Robert Pattinson has admitted to having Google Alerts in an interview…
Really? Has he?

He has. Are you on Facebook or Twitter?
I have a personal Facebook, but I’m not on Twitter.

As a male actor, do you suffer from body dysmorphia? Do you feel pressure to have a six-pack/eight-pack?
I don’t.

Do you have a six-pack? Can I see your stomach?
What? No! I don’t work out [laughs]. Next question.

Are you single?
I guess I’ll pass on that too.

What is the longest relationship you’ve ever been in? Eight months?
No, longer — two years.

What is a first date with you like? How do you woo a girl?
I haven’t been on many dates. I’ve had a few girlfriends, and those dates went well. I’ve never had, like, the ‘ideal date’, whatever that is.Do you love the Lakers? Have you sat courtside yet? Have you ever taken a girl on a date to a Lakers game?

I like the Lakers. They’re my team, but I’m not a fan of basketball. I don’t really know much about basketball. I did sit courtside about seven years ago — not on a date, with my brother. He’s a huge Lakers fan and I got the seats when I was really young, when I was working on a TV show — Jack & Bobby — and the network got me the seats. It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.

You’re on a first date. Who pays and why?
Oh, I would always pay. Even for my friends. Even for, like, a girl who’s just a friend. It’s just the way I was raised.

That’s fantastic. You’d be surprised what’s going on out there in the world of dating.
It’s terrible.

You’re a Capricorn — what does that mean? Are you into astrology at all? Why are girls so into astrology?
I have no idea, and I have no idea.

Would you ever date, or make out with, or have sex with, a girl who is taller than you?
[Laughs] That’s funny! That’s hilarious! Yeah, definitely! There are a lot of girls I’m attracted to who are taller than me.

Are you a virgin?
I’m going to pass on that. I mean…

If it existed, would you take the ‘man pill’?
If it existed? Um, I can’t imagine that would be healthy for you… Hmm, if there was one, and it was safe, yes, I would take it. That would be very convenient.

As an actor, girls throw themselves at you, and you’re going to have the opportunity to have more casual sex than most. Are you excited about this? Or do you think casual one-night-stand sex will make you feel empty? Do men have feelings too?
Yes, men have feelings too, and yes, that would make me feel very empty. It’s not what I look for. I like to get to know a person … If it’s something so sudden, it makes me uncomfortable. I don’t sleep around.

What’s a huge turn-off for you with people in general?
Well, everyone has his or her pet peeves, but mine are really random. There’s nothing I really look for in someone that would irritate me. But, like, someone who uses a piano as a table would irritate me. I have a really odd, random list of things that would bother me, and that’s one of them — using it to put down your drinks, or as a piece of furniture, instead of playing it.

Who do you want to work with more than anything?
Paul Thomas Anderson, the Coen brothers, Spike Jonze — filmmakers I really respect.

Did you originally sign onto The Three Musketeers because you misunderstood and thought the director was Paul Thomas Anderson [the actual director is Paul W.S. Anderson]? That happened to people I know with a directing duo called the Cohen brothers, but a different Cohen brothers.
[Laughs] No, that’s not why I took the film. A real deciding factor was my grandfather. As a young kid he had to leave his home in Germany and he only took a book or two with him … The Three Musketeers was one of them. He just loves the story, and I grew up watching the films with him because he loves the movies as well. You know, it meant a lot to him, and I really wanted to be a part of it. I want him to come to the premiere but it’s in London, and it’s hard for him to have the energy to fly…

Which role are you least proud of?
I’d love to be able to answer that… Give me a few years before I can answer that honestly.

In The Only Living Boy in New York, the upcoming modern take on The Graduate, your character has an affair with his father’s mistress, played by Olivia Wilde. Would you ever date an older woman in real life?
Yes. I’ve dated older women. I like older women. You know, it all depends on the person … I don’t have an age limit.

That’s great! You’re 19 — you should be dating older women and learning lots of new things.
Exactly.

What’s the worst thing about being interviewed?
Everything. I don’t know; it’s a weird thing. It’s very uncomfortable and you’re also constantly thinking about how you’re going to word something, or how something is going to be phrased. Having to think about that is a little… [He trails off because his phone vibrates — it’s his dad. He is a gentleman and presses ‘ignore’.]

So, you have an actual ‘momager’. What’s that like?
It’s a weird relationship; you can’t deny that. It’s odd working with your mother growing up. But I’m glad … because it made me much more… I feel more grounded. Her being present kept me from becoming… from avoiding that trauma that young actors tend go through. I appreciated having my mom around and all the sacrifices she made for my career: travelling with me as a kid, going to these locations, living in Memphis for three months. She was an economics major at UCLA. She worked in the art world in Los Angeles. She had a different life, doing all of her own things. To selflessly let me pursue my dream at a young age, and for her to help me and be there for me, is something I can’t thank her enough for. But it’s very difficult for a young person to be around their mother that often.

Are your parents together?
No, they’re divorced. But I’m very close with both sides of my family. They chose to live close to each other.

You’re still a kid, but when you’re older do you think you’ll want kids?
Who says I don’t have kids already?

Oh my fucking God! What? Do you?
No. But I’d love to have kids one day, of course.

Do you promise me you’ll never take drugs or smoke?
Sure.

At this very moment, are you figuring out ways to get my phone number so you can take me out on a date, without your publicist or the photographer hearing?
Ha! You read my mind.

Source: Oyster Magazine

The young star of the new Three Musketeers movie is all too cognizant of his statistically unlikely success, and appreciates every single opportunity he’s ever been given, from landing the starring role in the Vancouver-shot Percy Jackson and the Olympians, to playing opposite Orlando Bloom and Milla Jovovich in the latest take on Alexandre Dumas’ swordsmen.

“I realize this wasn’t even a realistic career option for me until about two years ago,” says Lerman, who plays D’Artagnan, the “fourth musketeer.”

“I was close to graduating from high school, and, at that point, acting was still really just a hobby for me,” he says. “I had no real plans, but opportunities were presented to me, and I decided to take them.”

Those opportunities were 2010′s Percy Jackson, which is currently gearing up for a sequel with Lerman in the lead once more, as well as Three Musketeers and a new movie for John Malkovich’s production company, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, with Emma Watson (Harry Potter) and Paul Rudd (Our Idiot Brother).

“I never imagined being able to be in movies like this,” he says, gesturing at the movie poster for Three Musketeers propped on an easel. “I think not having any expectations about the future was a good thing. I’ve always tried to look at it from a work perspective, and just embrace every moment and every job that came along.”

Lerman says he made the decision to defer university for a while to pursue his options, but he’s not ignorant of the consequences. “They say every year you put off university is like three years, if you want to go back, but for now, this seems like the right path.”

Lerman is 19, but he looks more like 16, as a result of his smooth white skin and baby-blue eyes framed by long black lashes. He grew up in Los Angeles, but he has the feel of a kid from the Midwest: straightforward, honest, wholesome and just a little bit shy.

“I am, I guess (a little bit shy),” he says, blushing.

It’s hard to equate this soft-spoken kid with the swashbuckling hero in leather pants he plays on the big screen, but that’s only further evidence of the young veteran’s acting abilities.

“I’ve never played a character who is so far from who I really am. D’Artagnan is not like me in any way, really.”

Self-assured and just a little cocky, this version of the fourth musketeer is one of the youngest D’Artagnans we’ve ever seen. He flirts with girls, challenges evil warlords to duels, and swings around on ropes with all the androgynous grace of Errol Flynn.

“This movie was a blast to make. I had so much fun making it,” says Lerman. “We were shooting in Germany, and it was the first time I left home to work by myself. So I got a chance to really explore a whole new place and be myself, but that didn’t mean going out and being crazy. That’s not who I am. I’m more interested in the cultural things a city has to offer. And I like to get to bed reasonably early.”

Lerman says his mother helped him craft his work ethic early, because she also doubled as his manager. “I wasn’t sheltered,” he says. “But my mom definitely made sure I wasn’t immersed in the world of making movies at a young age. I just enjoyed the work, and she let me do it, as long as I was having fun.”

Lerman says that, up until he landed Percy, he was pretty much like any other kid in his high school. “I’d take a project and work during the summer months, and then go back to school. It was pretty normal,” he says.

“This,” he says, pointing to the fancy curtains of the Shangri-La meeting room, “is not normal for me,” he says. “I mean, I’m doing it more often. I am travelling and doing press tours, which is becoming a bigger part of my life, but it’s not what I would call normal. Normal for me is going home and being with my family.”

Lerman says he’s always chosen stability over the sex appeal of risk and uncertainty.

“I kind of like to go along with whatever is happening, but I think I’m always aware of where I am,” he says. “Some people don’t have an open mind, and when I was younger, and travelling to different places, I think I found it hard to enjoy things. You know, I come from a great city where there are a lot of things happening, and if you end up in a small town where you don’t have all those things, you can feel the difference,” he says.

“Somewhere along the way, though, I think I learned to appreciate that difference. I realized people have different realities, and I learned to respect that. It really opened my eyes a little bit more to the most important things in the big picture,” he says.

“Respecting and understanding different people is pretty key. And as an actor, I think you need that. It’s about your comfort level, and whether or not you know you can do what’s being asked of you.”

Lerman looks across the table and pauses.

“I know it all sounds kind of obnoxious for someone my age to talk about the importance of experience and perspective,” he says. “But it’s true, and I’ve learned to embrace it.”

Source: Vancouver Sun

Vital stat: This 19-year-old grew up in the 90210 zip code (that’s Beverly Hills, for those completely living under a rock). Fact: He attended New York University for a minute where he studied creative writing. For now, his studies have been put on hold, which is sort of ironic since being a Hump Day Hottie is not the only honor that Logan has won this year. He was also declared Class President of our New Class.

Where you might have already seen him: Logan has a pretty extensive resume for such a young man, including, “What Women Want,” “Riding in Cars With Boys,” “3:10 to Yuma,” “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and the TV series “Jack and Bobby.”

Why you should take notice of him now: This week he stars in “The Three Musketeers,” where he’s teaming up with the legendary swashbucklers to defeat a new villain. But, that’s not the only role we’re getting excited for. He’s also set to star in the highly anticipated “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” as well as “The Only Living Boy in New York” and “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters.”

Source: Hollywood Crush

Fox has confirmed it is moving forward with the next installments in the Die Hard and Percy Jackson franchises, setting release dates for both.

A Good Day to Die Hard, which returns Bruce Willis in the title role, will hit theaters on Feb. 14, 2013 in order to take advantage of the joint Valentine’s Day and President’s Day weekend.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, based on the bestselling young adult book series, will open on March 26, 2013, the Wednesday before Easter Sunday.

Fox also dated Andy Finkman’s comedy Parental Guidance (previously titled Us & Them), starring Billy Crystal, Marisa Tomei and Bette Midler. The movie, produced by Crystal,Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark, is Fox’s Thanksgiving play in 2012, opening in theaters on Nov. 21.

The studio dated handful of other films, including Taken 2, which opens Oct. 5, 2012 (Columbus Day weekend); Gerard Butler surfing drama Of Men & Mavericks (Oct. 26, 2012) and Walking with Dionsaurs (Oct. 11, 2013).

Source: Hollywood Reporter