2/18/2014

Haley Joel Osment Joins 'Entourage'; Matthias Schoenaerts Heads to 'Belgica'



* Is Haley Joel Osment making a comeback? Having recently co-starred in Will Ferrell's miniseries The Spoils of Babylon, and currently appearing in Amazon's Alpha House, Osment has now landed a supporting role in the Entourage movie. Doug Ellin is directing the continuation of his HBO series, with Osment joining stars Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Scott Caan, and Billy Bob Thornton. [Deadline]

* Belgian director Felix van Groeningen made quite a splash with his Flemish bluegrass drama, The Broken Circle Breakdown, and may walk away with some Oscar gold in a couple of weeks. But he's already looking ahead to his next project, titled Belgica, and he's nabbed a fellow countryman in Rust and Bone star Matthias Schoenaerts. This one's a pretty personal story for van Groeningen as it's based on the life of his father and "the rise and fall of two brothers who have nothing in common but who join forces to take up the reins of the Belgica, a microcosmic bar in which minor and major human comedies are played out, from racism and camaraderie to fraternity and rivalry." [Cineuropa]