Daily Casting Report – 11/17/2004
Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined “The Ivy Chronicles.”
Michael Goldenberg (Peter Pan, Contact, Bed of Roses) is replacing screenwriter Steven Kloves (The Harry Potter Series) to adapt “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.”
Meiert Avis (Far from Home) will direct “Wannabe,” which stars Pell James (Uptown Girls), Steven Straight (Sky High), Ashlee Simpson (The Hot Chick, TV’s “7th Heaven”), and Shannyn Sossamon (the Rules of Attraction, 40 Days and 40 Nights).
Keanu Reeves (The Matrix Series, The Devil’s Advocate, Speed) has joined “The Night Watchman,” with director Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever) in a script penned by James Ellroy (novel – L.A. Confidential).