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Take "Coffee Town," for instance. From the CollegeHumor Media geniuses behind "Nicolas Cage's Agent" and other Internet classics, the project's log line thus far is a version of the "Slackers fight back against shifting societal mores that would force them to stop slacking" story line. But the cast is great so far. Glenn Howerton from "It's Always Sunny," Steve Little from "Eastbound & Down," and Ben Schwartz from "Parks and Recreation" are attached to the project. Casting is being handled by Juel Bestrop of Juel Bestrop Casting, as well as her associates Josh Einsohn and Brittany Jones, who are receiving CD billing for this project. Shooting gets under way next month in Los Angeles.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, New York–based casting director Geoffrey Miclat has relocated to L.A. to cast the Clint Eastwood–Amy Adams drama "Trouble With the Curve," about an aging baseball scout who takes his daughter on one last scouting trip before he loses his sight. You can already picture the 2013 Oscar campaign. Odds on when the first "Early Oscar Buzz for Eastwood, Adams" story gets published? If this project, set to shoot in Atlanta, gets off the ground in March as scheduled, my money is on April.
Finally, there's "Snow Piercer," an intriguing project from Korean director Bong Joon-ho. Based on a French graphic novel, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic future in which the earth has been plunged into a new ice age, and all the survivors ride around on a train. The train—like most trains—is divided by class, which is fine for a trip through the Chunnel but probably kind of annoying for the people stuck in coach perpetually. Chris Evans is attached as the lead, and casting directors Johanna Ray and Jenny Jue of Johanna Ray & Associates are doing the rest. This project is scheduled to shoot in March in Prague.