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Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone set for Woody Allen's new movie | Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone set for Woody Allen's new movie |
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Woody Allen muse-watch has gone into overdrive with the news – broken by Variety – that Emma Stone has signed on for a new Woody Allen movie. Stone is also the star of Allen's Magic in the Moonlight, a 20s set romance featuring Colin Firth, which is due for release later this year. | Woody Allen muse-watch has gone into overdrive with the news – broken by Variety – that Emma Stone has signed on for a new Woody Allen movie. Stone is also the star of Allen's Magic in the Moonlight, a 20s set romance featuring Colin Firth, which is due for release later this year. |
Details about the plot, period and supporting cast of WASP 2014 – all Allen's shoots have the working title Woody Allen Summer Project – remain thin on the ground, but Allen is expected to write, produce and direct. | Details about the plot, period and supporting cast of WASP 2014 – all Allen's shoots have the working title Woody Allen Summer Project – remain thin on the ground, but Allen is expected to write, produce and direct. |
Phoenix is an Allen first-timer but Stone coming back for seconds suggests she may follow in the footsteps of Scarlett Johansson, Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow as Allen's female lead of choice. The director has also worked frequently with Dianne Wiest and Judy Davis; earlier this year Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for her role as a vengeful socialite in Blue Jasmine. | Phoenix is an Allen first-timer but Stone coming back for seconds suggests she may follow in the footsteps of Scarlett Johansson, Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow as Allen's female lead of choice. The director has also worked frequently with Dianne Wiest and Judy Davis; earlier this year Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for her role as a vengeful socialite in Blue Jasmine. |
Stone's new film, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, has just opened big in the US. Phoenix's next off the blocks Inherent Vice, an adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel by The Master director Paul Thomas Anderson. | Stone's new film, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, has just opened big in the US. Phoenix's next off the blocks Inherent Vice, an adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel by The Master director Paul Thomas Anderson. |
Allen himself is also front of camera in a co-starring role for the first time in a decade in Fading Gigolo, John Turturro's comedy romance about a florist who turns to male prostitution. In an interview with the Guardian over the weekend, Keaton joined a chorus of colleagues defending Allen following an open letter from adopted daughter Dylan Farrow revisiting abuse claims from which Allen was cleared in the mid 1990s. | |
• Diane Keaton interview: 'I love Woody. And I believe my friend'• Woody Allen interviewed for Blue Jasmine: 'You see tantrums in adults all the time' | • Diane Keaton interview: 'I love Woody. And I believe my friend'• Woody Allen interviewed for Blue Jasmine: 'You see tantrums in adults all the time' |
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