Blake Lively to experience THE SIDE EFFECTS.

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Exactly, Lively is Oscar material compared to Tatum.

 

[protocida]

Lively's only big budget leading role was in Green Lantern, which was considered a failure. As much as Channing Tatum might be "bad", he's a big star.

 

[Project862006]

side effects is'nt exactly a big budget film

 

[protocida]

It's expensive enough to make them worried.

 

[Raiden]

Lively's only big budget leading role was in Green Lantern, which was considered a failure. As much as Channing Tatum might be "bad", he's a big star.

What movies made Tatum into this "big star"? Dear John? G.I.Joe? Step Up?

 

[Project862006]

It's expensive enough to make them worried.

cost around 30 million according to Deadline

Haywire cost about the same with its 26 million budget and they cast a mma star lol

 

[matrix_ghost]

cost around 30 million according to Deadline

Haywire cost about the same with its 26 million budget and they cast a mma star lol

Action movies can draw bigger audiences then some drama flick.

 

[Destructus86]

I think this movie will do great......after some nudie pics from her phone accidently get released to the public again.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't think that Lively is good enough or interesting enough to lead a film but I certainly don't think that she is anywhere near as bad as some think she is.

 

[Project862006]

i agree she is'nt jessica alba or anything lol

 

[matrix_ghost]

I think this movie will do great......after some nudie pics from her phone accidently get released to the public again.

Wait what

 

[Sawyer]

Honestly, is Steven Soderburgh mentally challenged or something?

 

[kvz5]

Given the source, take with a grain of salt:

The thing is, the last few years, Soderbergh has gotten his kicks out of working with, shall we say, less than expected actors. He used porn star Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience, MMA star Gina Carano in Haywire, and we’ve all been scratching our heads at his sudden man crush on Channing Tatum (Side Effects will be their third movie together). That Soderbergh would be drawn to Lively, an actress searching for legitimacy and with a lot of nay-sayers, is not surprising. And she was already on board when Ellison agreed to co-finance. So why did Ellison then pull funding?

I’m told that Ellison wants Annapurna to have an exclusive reputation and only wants to work with the elites. This is borne out by her current slate, which includes two films from PT Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow’s Hurt Locker follow up about the raid on bin Laden, a biopic about Julian Assange, and she was involved with the Coen brothers’ True Grit. Soderbergh would fall into that category, but Lively is a little, um, downmarket. Given the timing, it appears that Ellison came aboard and likely thought she could get rid of Lively. When Soderbergh wouldn’t budge on casting (he is very particular about that), Ellison took her toys back and went home.

 

[kvz5]

Variety:

Rooney Mara set for Soderbergh's 'Side Effects'

'Dragon Tattoo' star to replace Blake Lively

By JUSTIN KROLL

Fresh off getting her first Oscar nomination for performance in "The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo," Rooney Mara has found her next project coming on board to star in Steven Soderbergh's "Side Effects."

She replaces Blake Lively and joins a cast that now includes Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Pic revolves around a young woman who is taking high amounts of prescription drugs to deal with anxiety and depression surrounding the upcoming release of her husband from prison.

Open Road is on to distribute and Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Jacobs and Scott Z. Burns with Burns penning the script.

The pic is not only the first film Mara has come on board since the release of 'Dragon Tattoo,' its the first pic she has joined since she finished filming the project last June.

Sources say Mara had been weighing a handful of offers over the last couple months but wanted to make sure she picked the right project following "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

Some of the offers Mara had been weighing in that time included roles in Lionsgate's "Pride Prejudice and Zombies" and the untitled Kathryn Bigelow/Mark Boal kill Bin Laden project.

The thesp came close to going with the Bigelow project instead but due to scheduling conflicts surrounding the promotional campaign on "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" had to pass on the role that eventually went to Jessica Chastain.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" has already grossed more than $97 million domestically and should pass the $100 million marker by next weekend.

Mara is repped by WME.

Contact Justin Kroll at [email protected]

 

[protocida]

Gotta' feel bad for Blake Lively.

 

[RKO]

I'm excited Rooney was chosen. But why does Soderbergh keep on casting Channing Tatum. Lol

 

[chamber-music]

Swap Tatum for someone else and you would have a pretty solid cast with Mara, Law and Zete-Jones.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Swap Tatum for someone else and you would have a pretty solid cast with Mara, Law and Zete-Jones.

Thank you!!

Lively probably dodged a bullet, but hopefully things turn out well for Mara having to act opposite him.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I hope that when 21 Dump Street flops and Magic Mike becomes Soderbergh's least successful film since Full Frontal, Tatum will finally be viewed as the cinematic anthrax that he deserves to be.

 

[protocida]

^ Wow.

 

[Destructus86]

I hope that when 21 Dump Street flops and Magic Mike becomes Soderbergh's least successful film since Full Frontal, Tatum will finally be viewed as the cinematic anthrax that he deserves to be.

I was totally pissed about 21 Jump Street. They took what could have been a great cop film and turned it into YET ANOTHER crappy party flick.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yup. I was a fan of the old 21 Jump Street and while the concept was admittedly a little silly, they didn't have to turn the whole thing into one big stupid joke.

 

[chamber-music]

I actully thought Channing Tatum was good in A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints but Hollywood is trying way to hard to make him the next American leading man and there are far better young American actors out there than him

 

[Sawyer]

Yup. I was a fan of the old 21 Jump Street and while the concept was admittedly a little silly, they didn't have to turn the whole thing into one big stupid joke.

More like admittedly a little awesome.

 

[Raiden]

I actully thought Channing Tatum was good in A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints but Hollywood is trying way to hard to make him the next American leading man and there are far better young American actors out there than him

Chris Hemsworth isn't American (he's Australian), but I think he's a way better actor than Tatum, and I hope he'll get more roles outside of Thor after he finished with Thor 2.