Emily Blunt boards The Girl on the Train

[Octoberist]

The Help and Get on Up helmer Tate Taylor appears to have found his lead for DreamWorks’ upcoming adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ runaway bestseller The Girl on the Train. According to a story today at The Wrap, Edge of Tomorrow and Into the Woods‘ Emily Blunt is eyeing the title role of Rachel.

DreamWorks picked up the rights to The Girl on the Train in 2014 and had Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary) begin the adaptation process even before the novel was published in January by Riverhead Books and sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It’s been the #1 book on the New York Times bestseller list for the 19 weeks since its release.

The novel follows Rachel, a woman who recently became divorced and who spends her daily train commute fantasizing about the perfect couple in a house she passes only to one day see something shocking that gets her caught up in a mystery.

Blunt can be seen coming up in Sicario, the new action thriller from Prisoners and Enemy director Denis Villeneuve, as well as the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman prequel, The Huntsman. The former is set for a big screen release September 18 while the latter is now in production, targeting an April 22, 2016 debut.

The Girl on the Train will be produced by Marc Platt and Jared LeBoff for Marc Platt Productions.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/447235-emily-blunt-eyes-tate-taylors-the-girl-on-the-train

I wonder if Emily's going to gain some weight for the role because in the book, her character has issue with her weight after her divorce.

 

[Doctor Jones]

This book always came off as a Gone Girl rip off to me. It doesn't help it's mentioned in all the reviews. I could be wrong, but at the very least that was how it's marketed.

 

[Octoberist]

It is. Just like when Harry Potter came out...or Hunger Games. All these wannabes.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Rebecca Ferguson Catches ‘The Girl On The Train’ http://deadline.com/2015/08/rebecca-ferguson-the-girl-on-the-train-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-1201500894/ …

Hot off playing the female lead in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Rebecca Ferguson is negotiating to star in The Girl On The Train, the Tate Taylor-directed adaptation of the Paula Hawkins novel. Ferguson will play the role of Anna. There are three main female roles in the thriller, and the first was landed by Emily Blunt

 

[kvz5]

Emily and Rebecca is one film. Two of my girl crushes! Now if only they'd add Keira Knightley, Marion Cotillard, or Eva Green.

This film is not real. It's just one elaborate expensive Captain Marvel audition.

 

[Black Narcissus]

You had my curiosity at Blunt. But now with Ferguson on board..Now you have my full attention and ticket paid.

 

[flickchick85]

Tate Taylor, blah. But with Blunt and Ferguson, I guess I'll have to check it out anyway. Hope this takes Rebecca out of the running for that Gambit role.

 

[kvz5]

Tate Taylor, blah. But with Blunt and Ferguson, I guess I'll have to check it out anyway. Hope this takes Rebecca out of the running for that Gambit role.

She's out.

Ferguson has taken herself out of the running on that film to instead take this plum role in a film that has been likened to Gone Girl for its thriller elements and that it is an adaptation of a publishing phenomenon.

 

[flickchick85]

She's out.

Nice!

 

[Loki882]

Emily and Rebecca in a film together? Gotta size up that Captain Marvel competition hey ladies. It'd be hilarious if Charlize Theron played the third one.

 

[Loki882]

I like Abbey Lee and Rebecca, but Lea Seydoux was always the best choice to play Belladonna (at least out of those three). Not only is she a good actress in her own right, but she's also French (and the Cajun culture is an important part of Gambit's character).

 

[Octoberist]

It's interesting that Emily got the title role because her character is suppose to be somewhat overweight. Not exactly past her prime but she's..not taking care of herself (due to something dramatic that happened in her life) where she's kinda losing her looking (in the book that is.)

 

[ross2287]

I didn't care for this book. Yes, it was marketed as the next "Gone Girl", but it was nothing like that, save for the fact that there really aren't any redeeming qualities of any of the characters (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). "Gone Girl" grabbed me and refused to let go and I finished it in four day. "The Girl on the Train", however, didn't grab me at all.

Part of the plot is that the titular girl is an alcoholic and she blacks out a lot. I would have enjoyed it more if the author had played that part up and really make her, and the reader, doubt everything she sees.

I'll probably catch the movie when it comes out on DVD.

 

[Fallen Angel]

http://deadline.com/2015/08/haley-bennett-the-girl-on-the-train-the-magnificent-seven-1201505051/

Haley Bennett has landed the role of Megan in The Girl On The Train, starring alongside Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson in the Tate Taylor-directed adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ runaway bestseller novel for DreamWorks. Bennett is coming off The Equalizer, and she is starring in the currently shooting The Magnificent Seven. She also stars in the upcoming untitled Warren Beatty film.

 

[kvz5]

And the trio is now complete!

 

[Octoberist]

Nice!

 

[kvz5]

Nothing interesting but here's an Emily Blunt interview:

http://www.indiewire.com/article/to...-put-on-the-strong-woman-short-list-20150912?

But you're not doing action for your next role in "The Girl on the Train."

Well, I’m about to play an alcoholic next. So, I guess I’m looking for that. Looking to play Boozebag McGee, in the next one I’m doing.

I love that book. We read it in my book club.

Oh, you did? I love that you have a book club. Yeah, it’s great. And it will be a very down and dirty version of it. And weird. And I really like the director’s take on it. I like that he’s not shying away from damaged women. Because if you think about it, that’s most of what people have responded to. It’s not really the thriller aspect of the book, it’s the representation of three damaged women, who are very real and a lot of women can associate with them. And again, you don’t see that on film. So I guess my main intention when I look for a role, I think it’s something that we don’t usually see in cinema.

When you’re reading the book, you meet Rachel first and you think the book is just about her, but when you realize it’s three women, it’s really exciting.

Yeah. Really exciting, and how intertwined they are, how different they are in damaged ways.

 

[flickchick85]

"Boozebag McGee."

 

[Fallen Angel]

Jared Leto, Chris Evans Circling 'The Girl on the Train' (Exclusive) http://thr.cm/FZnyQz

Jared Leto and Chris Evans are in talks to join the high-wattage cast of The Girl on the Train, DreamWorks’ adaptation of the Paula Hawkins best-seller.


Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson and Haley Bennett are already on board the project, which centers on Rachel (Blunt), a woman who's jobless and an alcoholic and who spends her daily train ride fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple living in a house that she passes.


Evans would play Tom, the ex-husband, and Leto would play the neighbor’s husband, but sources say one stumbling block to an eventual deal is scheduling for both actors.

 

[mclay18]

So Rita Vrtaski, Ilsa Faust, Steve Rogers, and the Joker all walk into a bar...

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

And just like that geeks became even more interested in this film.

Like my girl flickchick, I am side eying the hell out of the director choice. Not a fan.

 

[The Shape]

The director choice is suspect, but the cast is shaping up very nicely.

 

[mclay18]

The script must be really good if it's attracting the likes of Blunt, Ferguson and Leto.

 

[Fallen Angel]

EdgarRamirez in talks to join ‘The Girl On The Train’ http://tinyurl.com/os6lpq7

He’s got the Point Break remake and David O. Russell’s Joy coming out at Christmas and Gold with Matthew McConaughey next year, but it looks like Edgar Ramirez is stepping on another ride soon. The Carlos actor is deep in negotiations to join DreamWorks’ The Girl On The Train, I’ve learned. A final deal to get on board could come together before the weekend.

Ramirez would portray Dr. Kamal Abdric in the Tate Taylor-directed adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ bestselling thriller that came out this year. The therapist character is involved in an affair with the married Megan (Haley Bennett), and becomes a suspect in her disappearance – which is the heart of the novel and the film.

 

[flickchick85]

Damn, this cast keeps getting better and better.