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Starring Trio of Jumper Cast Selected!

As reported by Sci Fi Wire, the main three characters for the upcoming Jumper movie have been selected:

	As Davey, actor Thomas Sturridge Thomas has played roles in the movies “Vanity Fair” (staring Reese Witherspoon), “Being Julia”, and “FairyTale: A True Story”. Most recently, he has completed the movie “Like Minds”, a thriller surrounding the case against a minor accused of killing his schoolmate.
	As Griffin, actor Jamie Bell Jamie has had roles in several movies, including “Nicholas Nickleby”, “The Chumscrubber”, and, most notibly, the lead in “Billy Elliot”. He has also filmed a music video for the group Green Day for their song “Wake Me Up When September Ends”. His most recent projects include the two movies “Hallam Foe” and “Flags of Our Fathers”.
	As Millie, actress Teresa Palmer For such a young actress, Teresa has seen a wide range of movies so far. She was in 2005’s “Wolf Creek” (horror), worked in the upcoming “Two Thirty 7″ (drama), “Guests” (thriller), “December Boys” (romance), and finally, brining it back full-circle, she’ll play a major roll in the sequel to the Sarah Michelle-Gellar horror hit, “The Grudge”. With the exception of “Wolf Creek” of course, the rest of the movies are all set to release in 2006.

Profile: David Goyer (Writer)

David Goyer, from the beginning of his writing career, always had a knack for bringing the surreal world of comic books and fantasy worlds to life.

Even when he was a younger student, he made deals with his English teachers to write one original work each week instead of the normal classload to write what he wanted and stretch his creativity. Later in his school career, he wanted to go to Michigan State and become a homicide investigator, but was stopped prematurely by a group of his teachers pushing him more towards the school he eventually ended up at - U.S.C. Film School.

He worked his way through, finally honing his skills and confidence until his graduation in 1988. Though times were tough for writers around the time, one of his screenplays still was made into a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie (Death Warrant) kick-starting his movie career.

The Death Warrant script was followed by several more scripts of the same kind of “lowbrow fare”, but he was quckly brought back up into the spotlight with his scripts for The Crow: City of Angels and Dark City. Of course, one of the scripts that Goyer was most well-known for about this time was Blade, staring Wesley Snipes. He made his directorial debut in another work he wrote, ZigZag while working with the sequels in the Blade franchise - Blade II and Blade Trinity.

Most recently, however, Goyer worked with the screenplays for one of 2005’s biggest hits - Batman Begins. With the success of that movie, he’s been tapped to work up a sequel, just announced, along with several other in the “superhero” genre - Ghost Rider, The Flash, and Captain America.

For more information, check out his profiles on:

Profile: Doug Liman (Director)

Doug Liman, born in July of 1965, graduated first from Brown University in 1988 and then from the USC School of Cinema-Television in 1992.

Some of his earliest work includes the direction of movies like “Swingers” and “Go”, quickly followed by major hits like “The Bourne Identity” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”. He’s played himself on several TV shows, mostly doucmentaries about the movies he was directing on. His work isn’t just on movies, though - he branched out in 2003-2004 for a stint directing on the popular TV show “The O.C.” and more recently in 2006 directing the TV series “Heist” (which is just now hitting the airwaves).

His list as executive producer is equally as long, and includes other movies such as “See Jane Run”, “Cry_Wolf”, and a TV series based on the movie of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (in pre-production).

Current projects include the aforementioned “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” TV series, the third in the Bourne series, “The Bourne Ultimatum”, and “The Killing Floor” - a thriller surrounding the stalking of a literary agent with events surrounding the aparement he now occupies.

For more information on Doug Liman, check out his profiles on:

Lou Taylor Pucci auditions for role of Griffen

Following up on a lead from the Internet Movie Database forums, it seems that the actor Lou Taylor Pucci has auditioned for a lead role in the upcoming movie - the role of Griffen, a new character opposite Davey.

Pucci has had staring roles in several independant movies such as The Chumscrubber and Thumbsucker. He will also play a part in the upcoming film Fast Food Nation alongside several well known actors/actresses that is currently in post-production. He will also be in a video for the Green Day song “Jesus of Suburbia”.

For complete info on Pucci, check out his own site or his listing on the Internet Movie Database.

Maybe in Minnesota?

Here’s the contents for another (past) casting call from a Craigslist post in Minneapolis:

OPEN CALL FOR NEW REGENCY FEATURE FILM “JUMPER”- LOOKING FOR LOCAL TALENT:
WE ARE LOOKING FOR MALES 15-23, AND FEMALES 15-20. WE ARE SEEKING THREE ROLES:

DAVID: a 15-18 yr.old Caucasian male, trouble maker, smart ass, sitting on a mountain of rage.
GRIIFIN: for the role of a 19-23 yr.old male, paranoid and wild, he has been on his own since he was 8, he trusts noone and is driven by rage.
MILLIE: for the role of a 15-18yr.old female, Caucasian, sweet, small town girl.

WHERE: AKERLIND AND ASSOCIATES CASTING, 400 N.3RD AVE. (1.5 BLKS. OFF OF WASHINGTON AVE.)

WHEN: WE ARE CASTING ALL WEEK, WE HAVE AN OPEN CALL MONDAY FEB.20TH FROM 10-12AM, IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THAT PLEASE CALL OUR STUDIO TO SET UP A TIME TO COME IN BEFORE FRIDAY FEB.24TH.

Note, the deadline for this call was February 24th so it is no longer viable. Please do not contact anyone mentioned above.

A Chicago Casting Call

Unfortunately for any aspiring actors/actresses out there, the deadline’s past on this one, but I found the following post on a Chicago message board that had info about the casting call for the movie:

TENNER PASKAL & RUDNICKE CASTING AND JOSEPH MIDDLETON CASTING CONDUCTS OPEN CALL FOR “JUMPER”

Chicago, IL – February 4, 2006 – Tenner Paskal & Rudnicke Casting along with LA Casting Director Joseph Middleton are holding an Open Call for the New Regency Feature Film “Jumper”. The film is being directed by Doug Liman (”Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, “The Bourne Identity”) and was written by David S. Goyer (”Batman Begins”, “Blade” trilogy) and Jim Uhls.

We are looking for both professional and non-professional teens for lead roles. Specifically looking for two male roles between the ages of 15 and 23yrs old and one female role between the ages of 15 and 18yrs old. (see breakdowns below) Teens should be of all types, be outgoing and understand normal teenager angst.

Teens need to bring with them a non-returnable picture with name, birth date, height, weight, and contact number and no more than one guardian. The open call will be held om

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006
from 1PM to 6PM

at the

Chicago Academy for the Arts
1010 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL.

Breakdowns:

[ DAVID ]
15-18 YEAR OLD CAUCASIAN MALE, TROUBLE MAKER, SMART ASS. SITTING ON A MOUNTAIN OF RAGE WHICH HE MASKS WITH SARCASM.

[ GRIFFIN ]
19-23 YEAR OLD, SLIGHTLY OLDER THAN DAVID. GRIFFIN HAS BEEN ON HIS OWN SINCE HE WAS EIGHT. PARANOID AND WILD, HE TRUSTS NO ONE AND HE IS DRIVEN BY REVENGE.

[ MILLIE ]
15-18 YEAR OLD, CAUSCASIAN FEMALE, A SWEET, SMALL TOWN, GIRL NEXT DOOR. DAVID’S LOVE INTEREST AND BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST INTRODUCED AS THE CONFIDENT POPULAR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO IS GOING TO CHART HER OWN COURSE UPON GRADUATION.

Sounds like they’re heading in the right direction…I don’t think, especially with the folks at the helm, that there’ll be any danger of this turning into a “teen movie” kind of situation. The story doesn’t exactly lend itself to that anyway…

Note, the deadline for this call was February 4th so it is no longer viable. Please do not contact anyone mentioned above.

The Toronto Sun Reports

There’s a new bit in the Toronto Sun that I found released on MArch 10th, 2006 about the movie:

JUMPING TO TORONTO: Speaking of running away, hopefully director Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith) didn’t have his heart set on sampling the foie gras poutine at famed Montreal eatery Au Pied de Cochon.

Jumper, directed by Liman and based on Steven Gould’s novel about a teen with teleportation powers, will be shifting its shoot from Montreal to Toronto in order to avoid a potentially ugly dispute between two film technician labour unions in Quebec.

Quebec’s main film tech union, the Alliance Quebecoise des Technicians de l’Image et du Son (AQTIS), was prepared for a showdown with the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), which is trying to make inroads in representing film crews in Quebec.

Not surprisingly, each union is blaming the other for Jumper teleporting to Ontario.

Barring a last-ditch bid to bring the production back to La Belle Province, Jumper will begin shooting here in the coming weeks. No cast has been announced.

Making the (Movie) Leap

It’s always interesting to see that a book you like is going to become a movie. For a lot of people, it’s a “wow, that’s going to be so cool” experience. I’m a bit more jaded than that on the subject (one too many bad sci-fi adaptations, I guess) but so far, this move from the page to the screen seems like it’s on the right track. The screenwriters have already brought us some great flicks so far, and with the great material to work from (thank you, Mr. Gould) there’s hope yet.

So, to start things off right around here, I wanted to get some feedback from those of you out there that have managed to find this site and want to share some thoughts on the books themselves.

So, a few questions: Have you read either “Jumper” or “Reflex” by Gould? What were your takes on it? Did it captivate you or were you frustrated trying to keep up?

Post your reviews/comments below…

A quote from Gould

From his site (Feb 15th, 2006):

Heard a bit about the MOVIE. Looks like they’ll be filming in Canada and they’re working on the final tweaks of the script. Final is a funny term but I believe the saying goes, “Screenplay’s are never finished, they’re surrendered.” And of course, there’s the magic that happens when a director and actors collide with the script and the setting. Then CGI and the edit. Music. All of them can radically change the tone and feel of the resulting work.

I can hardly wait.

He also mentions in an earlier post (Feb 1st, 2006) that having the combination of David Goyer and Jim Uhls working on the screenplay is “he literary equivalent of winning the lottery”.

The story so far…

Current Status:

directed by Doug Liman (of The Bourne Identity, Swingers, Go, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith)
screenplay by David S. Goyer and Jim Uhls
produced by Lucas Foster and Simon Kinberg
production set to start in the “spring of 2006″
distributed by 20th Century Fox
to be released in 2007
genres include: sci-fi, adventure, action
filming in Toronto, Canada
set to be the first in a trilogy
Jumper was first published in February of 1992
Reflex was first published in December of 2004

Movie Description:

A smart kid with a tough family life discovers that he has the ability to teleport. Empowered, he leaves home for NYC. While using his abilities to track the man he blames for the death of his mother years earlier, he draws the attention of both the NSA and a possibly nefarious guy his own age who has the same abilities and enters into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with both.

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