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Daily Bite: Jonathan Rhys Meyers Joins ‘Stonewall’; Will Smith to Star in NFL Concussion Drama; & ‘Very Good Girls’ Trailer
04 Jun 2014 : Aisling Newton
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers Joins ‘Stonewall’
Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been added to Roland Emmerich's gay-rights film ‘Stonewall’ along with Ron Perlman (Tangled) and Joey King (Crazy, Stupid, Love).

Toplined by Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), the film tells the story of the riots in June 1969 after police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. Irvine plays Danny Winters who flees to New York and makes friends with a group of street kids who introduce him to the Stonewall Inn, a hangout for the local LGBT community. There, Danny catches the eye of the suave Trevor (Rhys Meyers) and also attracts interest from the joint’s manager, Ed Murphy (Perlman).

The flick also features Jonny Beauchamp (How to Make it in America), Caleb Landry Jones (Contraband), Karl Glusman (Starship Troopers: Invasion), Alexandre Nachi (Emotional Arithmetic) and Vlademir Alexis. Rhys Meyers was last seen in ‘The Tudors’, NBC’s ‘Dracula’ and is expected to make a return for the ‘The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones’ sequel, ‘City Of Ashes’. He is also attached to the Jim Sheridan new pic ‘The Secret Scripture’ and ‘London Town’. Perlman is currently filming Antoine Bardou-Jacquet’s comedy ‘Moonwalkers’ in Brussels, which also features ex ‘Love/Hate’ actor Robert Sheehan and ‘Harry Potter’s’ Rupert Grint. ‘Stonewall’, scripted by Jon Robin Baitz, has begun production in Montreal with Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman and Emmerich producing, and Kirstin Winkler and Adam Press executive producing.

Emmerick is also busy preparing for the next instalment of ‘Independence Day’ for Fox, which has a July 1, 2016, release date.

Will Smith to Star in NFL Concussion Drama
Will Smith is in talks to star in a currently untitled film about NFL concussions, based on the 2009 GQ article ‘Game Brian’ written by Jeanne Marie Laskas.

Peter Landesman (Parkland) is on board to write and direct the story which follows Dr. Bennet Omalu, played by Smith, the forensic neuropathologist who single-handedly made the first discovery of CTE in a professional football player and brought awareness to the public. Giannina Facio, Ridley Scott and Michael Schaefer will produce for Scott Free while David Wolthoff and Larry Shuman will produce for the Shuman Company.

The untitled feature is one of many Hollywood projects revolving around the concussion problem in the NFL. Parkes/MacDonald Productions are developing a project based on the book ‘League of Denial: The NFL’, ‘Concussions and the Battle for Truth’ and Isaiah Washington is set to star in the indie drama ‘Game Time Decision’, both of which focus on the concussion issue.

The news follows Smith's exit from the Legendary Pictures adaption of Marcus Sakey’s novel ‘Brilliance’, which was to begin production this summer.

‘Very Good Girls’ Trailer
Naomi Foner’s debut feature film ‘Very Good Girls’ stars Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen as best friends who fall for the same handsome, ice cream stand guy (Boyd Holbrook) at the beach.

The coming-of-age film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and is executive produced by Lee Clay, Peter D. Graves, Gale Anne Hurd and Hawk Kock. The film also stars Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Peter Sarsgaard, and Clark Gregg and features new music from singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis.

Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment will release ‘Very Good Girls’ this summer. Check out the trailer below:





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