Following in the footsteps of Jamie Blackley , and starring opposite Chloe Moretz as her love interest in a new film adaptation of a young-adult novel, is another young British actor Alex Roe.
24 year old Alex plays Evan Walker in The 5th Wave, which has recently wrapped filming. Alex (represented in the UK by Aim), started acting as a child when he landed the lead role of Jay in one of Citv's last original drama series The Fugitives. and went on to star in the second and third series BBC Switch's popular teen drama The Cut. He has recently filmed a couple of American pilots including ABC Family's tennis drama Unstrung.
Directed by The Disappearance of Alice Creed's J Blakeson, with a script by Susannah Grant adapted from Rick Yancy’s novel, The 5th Wave is set in the aftermath of a series of deadly alien attacks on the Earth.
24 year old Alex plays Evan Walker in The 5th Wave, which has recently wrapped filming. Alex (represented in the UK by Aim), started acting as a child when he landed the lead role of Jay in one of Citv's last original drama series The Fugitives. and went on to star in the second and third series BBC Switch's popular teen drama The Cut. He has recently filmed a couple of American pilots including ABC Family's tennis drama Unstrung.
Directed by The Disappearance of Alice Creed's J Blakeson, with a script by Susannah Grant adapted from Rick Yancy’s novel, The 5th Wave is set in the aftermath of a series of deadly alien attacks on the Earth.
- 3/22/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
• It looks like Mike Epps may finally get the chance to play legendary stand-up comedian Richard Pryor after all. The comic has emerged as the front-runner to play the part in a biopic for The Weinstein Company directed by Lee Daniels (The Butler). Epps was previously signed on to play Pryor back in 2005 and met with the late comedian while he was still alive to prepare for the role, but that project fell through. Epps reportedly beat out actors Michael B. Jordan, Nick Cannon, and Marlon Wayans after Wayans had also been previously attached to another Pryor film, this one...
- 8/13/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
ABC Family’s tennis drama pilot “Unstrung” has cast Alex Roe as its male lead, joining the previously announced Chanel Celaya and Sofia Mattsson. “Unstrung” will explore the cutthroat world of professional tennis as brother and sister Luke and Ellie Holt compete to move up the ranks. Roe will play Luke, a once-in-a-generation tennis player ranked fifth in the world who discovers his father/coach is keeping a potentially life-altering secret from him. Roe’s previous credits include British series “The Jury II,” “Hollyoaks,” “Doctors,” “Holby City,” and “The Fugitives.” “Unstrung” is his first Us series. Elsewhere at the network, Samantha Logan has [...]
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- 5/6/2014
- by Christina Edwards
- UpandComers
Family Fang
Christopher Walken will join Jason Bateman and Nicole Kidman in "The Family Fang". David Lindsay-Abaire adaptated the novel by Kevin Wilson, and shooting is scheduled to kick off in July.
The story follows a pair of siblings from a performance artist family whose parents suddenly disappear. Walken plays their father. [Source: Screen]
Ville-Marie
Monica Bellucci will star in Guy Edoin's ensemble drama "Ville-Marie" about four different people's lives that eventually intersect at the Ville-Marie Hospital.
Bellucci plays a French actress on location in Montreal who attempts to patch up relations with her son while he strives to discover the true identity of his father. [Source: Screen]
The Longest Ride
Britt Robertson has scored the female lead role in George Tillman Jr.'s film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel "The Longest Ride". Scott Eastwood signed on to star in the film earlier this week.
The story follows a young college student (Robertson...
Christopher Walken will join Jason Bateman and Nicole Kidman in "The Family Fang". David Lindsay-Abaire adaptated the novel by Kevin Wilson, and shooting is scheduled to kick off in July.
The story follows a pair of siblings from a performance artist family whose parents suddenly disappear. Walken plays their father. [Source: Screen]
Ville-Marie
Monica Bellucci will star in Guy Edoin's ensemble drama "Ville-Marie" about four different people's lives that eventually intersect at the Ville-Marie Hospital.
Bellucci plays a French actress on location in Montreal who attempts to patch up relations with her son while he strives to discover the true identity of his father. [Source: Screen]
The Longest Ride
Britt Robertson has scored the female lead role in George Tillman Jr.'s film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel "The Longest Ride". Scott Eastwood signed on to star in the film earlier this week.
The story follows a young college student (Robertson...
- 5/6/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
ABC Family has the male lead for its tennis-themed drama pilot, which Jay Karas has come on board to direct. English actor Alex Roe’s first stateside role will be as a once-in-a-generation phenom in Unstrung, which is set on the pro tennis tour where brother and sister Luke (Roe) and Ellie Holt (Chanel Celaya) compete to move up the ranks. The Holts seem to have it all, but when Luke discovers that his well-meaning but controlling father and coach has kept a potentially life-altering secret from him, Luke’s world is upended. Roe’s credits include the UK series The Cut and The Fugitives. He is repped by Wme, Luber Roklin Entertainment and P.J. Shapiro. Karas’ credits include Parks And Recreation, Awkward and Chelsea Handler’s After Lately. His feature film debut, Break Point, premiered at SXSW. Karas is repped by Gersh, New Wave and Hansen, Jacobson. Related: 2014 ABC Family...
- 5/6/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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