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3 July 2008 12:24 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Thomas McCarthy has joined the cast of Roland Emmerich's disaster movie 2012. McCarthy, a supporting actor who has recently found success writing and directing indie features The Station Agent and The Visitor, will play the boyfriend of Amanda Peet's character. "As an actor, I've never worked on anything with this scale before, and I always go see these movies," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "And then there's the director part of me. I get really excited about (more)

By Simon Reynolds

1 July 2008 10:10 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Although he’s not the kind of guy you would normally expect to see in a big Hollywood action blockbuster, Thomas McCarthy has signed on to star in Roland Emmerich’s upcoming apocalyptic thriller “2012.”

The film focuses on a little group of people struggling with the large-scale cataclysm ensuing from the end of the world in 2012. John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover and Amanda Peet are already on board.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, McCarthy will play Peet’s boyfriend. Peet herself will star as the ex-wife of Cusack’s character, a limo driver who wants to become a writer.

McCarthy’s acting credits include small roles in “Michael Clayton” and “Flags of Our Fathers.” He’s also known for writing and directing “The Station Agent” and “The Visitor,” two of my favorite indie flicks.

Shooting for “2012” will kick off later this summer, with a release

Franck Tabouring

7 April 2008 6:10 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

Prom queens and street kings hold court this week at the multiplexes while the college professors of "Smart People" and "The Visitor" preside at the art houses.

"Body of War"

Talk show legend Phil Donahue hands over the mic to Iraqi war veteran Tomas Young in this hard-hitting documentary that contrasts Young's struggle to re-enter civilian life as a paraplegic and anti-war activist with archival footage of an overeager U.S. Congress and what the filmmakers view as their hasty decision to greenlight the invasion. Although the film, co-directed by Donahue and Ellen Spiro, was named best documentary of 2007 by the National Board of Review, "Body of War" has earned equal attention for its soundtrack led by two tracks from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, with all proceeds going to the non-profit organization Iraq Veterans Against The War. (Check out our interview with Spiro and Donahue.)

Opens in New York.

Neil Pedley

3 articles from 2008