Zac Efron is still in the process of going from teen heartthrob to fully fledged adult movie star. He’s had some success but hasn’t really done enough yet to secure his place on the a-list. While The Paperboy wasn’t well received, he got some good notices and now he’s got another proper grown up role in At Any Price from Goodbye Solo and Man Push Cart director Ramin Bahrani.
At Any Price follows a family farming business in the American Midwest. Dennis Quaid plays Henry Whipple, a life-long farmer who wants to pass the farm that has been in his family for generations on to his son, Dean (Efron). Unfortunately the son has no interest in agriculture and instead wants to become a race car driver. When the company business suddenly finds itself under investigation, however, the pressure that exists between the father and his boy threatens to explode.
The movie got good reviews on the festival circuit and will his US cinemas in April, although no UK date is set yet. [Read more…]
The Jackie Brown prequel Switch is having a bit of a Switch of its own, as actors Will Forte and Tim Robbins have signed up to replace Ty Burrell and Dennis Quaid in the movie, who’ve had to step away due to scheduling issues, according to 
Switch, based on Elmore Leonard’s prequel to Jackie Brown, has been in the works for quite a while, and it seems that the lengthy development has caused some casting changes. 
Jennifer Aniston in not a shitty rom-com shocker! You’d assume that if Aniston was in talks for a film called Switch, it’d be some sort of sequel to the god-awful movie she made not that long ago with Jason Bateman, but it turns out the title is just a coincidence, as she’s actually being lined up for a supporting role in an Elmore Leonard adaptation, which also happens to be called Switch. And according to