9/16/2014

Cara Delevingne Joins 'Paper Towns'; Ben Kingsley and Brie Larson Cross 'Brooklyn Bridge'



Now that John Green's book The Fault in Our Stars has mopped up $299M worth of audience tears (only a $12M budget, by the way), the author is a hot commodity in Hollywood. Already a couple of adaptations are on the way, but the next one is Paper Towns which has long had Nat Wolff (he played Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars) set for the lead role. Now British model and actress Cara Delevingne (Anna Karenina) will join him, taking on the role of Margo Spiegelman, the mysterious girl next door who goes missing, prompting her neighbor and crush Quentin (Wolff) to find her using clues he thinks she left behind. Directed by Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank), Paper Towns opens July 31st 2015. [TheWrap]

Earlier this year Daniel Radcliffe joined the period drama Brooklyn Bridge, playing engineer Washington Roebling, the man who oversaw the bridge's construction after his father suddenly died. Now he'll be accompanied by Brie Larson and Ben Kingsley, coming aboard the film written and directed by Doug McGrath. Koebling became obsessed with finishing his father's designs for the bridge, even at the cost of his own health and family. Kingsley's role remains unclear but Larson will play one of Robel's unexpected allies.