In what appears, at least to me, strange casting, Kate Hudson has signed on for the upcoming adaptation of James Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me.
Thompson was a master of Noir and lived in the darkest of the dark, Kate Hudson often stars in C gr…D grade comedies with Matthew McConaughey and Dane Cook. To be fair, she was quite good in Almost Famous (Nine years ago).
Also coming on board with Miz Hudson is Bill Pullman (While You Were Sleeping, Independance Day), Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Superman) and Elias Koteas (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, upcoming Shutter Island).
Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba have already been announced, with Michael Winterbottom directing.
Filming should start in late March.
This seems like a huge WTF? moment to me. Hudson has done one film worth remembering and seems totally wrong for this. Ned Beatty has me intrigued. He's how old now? 70? Still great though.
Winterbottom, when he takes more than ten minutes to put a film together can make a good one… Let's hope. Affleck, good as he continues to be, still sounds like an odd choice to play Ford.
Casey seems to really be growing as an actor. I am curious about him, Hudson? Ugh.