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Ben Affleck Will Sell You Cheap Stereo System, and More...

September 29, 2011 / argo, ben affleck, casting, dennis christopher, django unchained, ellen page, image, jai courtney, news, one shot, the east

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- Ben Affleck's Argo has been given a release date of September 14, 2012. Also, this is what Affleck is going to look like in that movie, presumably as he insists, "Is nice stereo system! Big bass for rap music! Why you not buy?"

- Ellen Page will play jealous ex-girlfriend to Alexander Skarsgård in The East, a thriller that stars Brit Marling as a mole infiltrating an anti-capitalist anarchist group led by Skarsgård. The film comes from a script by Marling and director Zal Batmanglij, whose name you should know because it has "Batman" in it. You should probably know every name that contains "Batman."

- Deadwood's Dennis Christopher is the latest to join Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. He'll be playing Leo Moguy, lawyer to Leonardo DiCaprio's evil slave master, so definitely expect this guy to die.

- In One Shot, the film in which Tom Cruise is trying to prove a sniper innocent, Spartacus: Blood and Sand's Jai Courtney will play a different sniper who is trying to kill T. Cruise. Are these guys pandering to snipers or what?

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