12/07/2011

Sure Shots: Benjamin Bratt; Lovelace; Beau Garrett



* Benjamin Bratt(Law & Order) will co-star opposite Dwayne Johnson in Snitch, the crime drama inspired by true events and chronicled in a Frontline documentary. Bratt will play a drug dealer in the story of a father(Johnson) who goes undercover to get dirt on a crime boss in order to reduce his son's jail sentence. Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal, and Michael K. Williams will star in the film to be directed by Ric Roman Waugh(Felon). [Variety]

* Juno Temple, Sharon Stone, and Wes Bentley are set to get a little dirty as part of Lovelace, one of the two biopics centered on Deep Throat star, Linda Lovelace. This one, by directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman(Howl) stars Amanda Seyfried as the legendary porn actress, and Peter Sarsgaard as her douchebag pimp/agent/husband, Chuck Traynor. Stone will play Dorothy Boreman, Lovelace's mother. Juno Temple is her best friend, while Bentley is her second husband, Larry Marchiano. [Variety]

* Beau Garrett(Turistas) has joined the cast of the indie rom-com, Lust for Love, from writer/director Anton King. The story centers on a man who is dumped by his girlfriend, but then enlists her best friend(Garrett) to help win her back.  Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman(Dollhouse), and Caitlin Stasey co-star. Garrett recently had a small part as one of the sexy Sirens in Tron: Legacy.  [Variety]