Zac Efron and Amber Heard have been cast in ‘Autobahn’, a thriller in which the actor plays an American backpacker caught in the mix of a German drug ring.

The ‘Paperboy’ actor will play the lead role in the new action thriller directed by Eran Creevy, while the ‘Rum Diary’ actress has been cast as his love interest, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film centers on an American backpacker in Germany who is hired to be a getaway driver for a gang of drug smugglers but when a job goes wrong, he decides to go on the run to escape his mobster employers, who hotly pursue him.
The film’s script was written by F. Scott Frazier and Creevy and it will be financed and distributed by IM Global, who announced the movie at Cannes Film Festival.

Producers on the project include Ben Pugh, Rory Aitken, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Chris Cowles and Chris Fenton.
Efron is currently filming the comedy ‘Townies’ with Seth Rogen and ‘Bridesmaids’ actress Rose Byrne, while he will next be seen in romantic comedy ‘Are We Officially Dating?’ and John F. Kennedy assassination drama ‘Parkland’.

When Zac Efron hurts, we hurt.

Fortunately, though, the handsome Townies star is on the mend. Thursday on Live With Kelly and Michael, Zac explained he was feeling better after sustaining a painful hand injury last week.

“I broke it a couple days ago on set,” he related, showing Kelly Ripa and guest host Carrie Ann Inaba his very swollen right hand next to his regular-size left one.

The 25-year-old star said the injury occurred “during filming, it was during a stage fight with Dave Franco.”

“I had to go back to work so I couldn’t really wear a cast,” he added. “So they [the medics] put like a titanium plate in it and a bunch of screws.”

“I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” he said. “My hand in theory is back to normal, it just looks really gross.”

Aw. There is nothing gross about that man!

Source: E! Online

Several new (and higher quality) promotional stills for The Paperboy have been added to the gallery. Don’t forget to pick up The Paperboy in stores on DVD and Blu-ray now, if you haven’t already!

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Make sure you check out the official website for Zac’s upcoming movie At Any Price at SonyClassics.com. Several new promotional stills from the film’s website can now be found in the gallery.

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“Girls” star Adam Driver’s big screen takeover continues. THR reports Driver is in talks to join Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Kathryn Hahn and Corey Stoll in Shawn Levy’s family comedy “This is Where I Leave You”, in a role originally earmarked for Zac Efron. Scheduling with the film and his commitment to “Girls” may be an issue , so this is not a done deal just yet.

Source: Up & Comers

It has been reported that Argo actor Rory Cochrane has joined the cast of the movie Parkland, which already has an impressive cast, including Are We Officially Dating? actor Zac Efron.

Parkland centres around the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, with the movie being named after the Dallas Parkland Memorial Hospital, where JFK was taken, before later being pronounced dead. Parkland will focus on the chaotic events that took place at the hospital on November 22, 1963, when it was revealed that the President had been shot and would be rushed into that hospital.

As well as starring Rory Cochrane and Zac Efron, the rest of the impressive cast of Parkland includes Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti, Tom Welling, James Badge Dale, Marcia Gay Harden and Jacki Weaver. Parkland is written and directed by Peter Landesman, while Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will produce alongside Exclusive Media pair Nigel Sinclair and Guy East.

Source: FansShare.

Zac Efron has signed on to play a leading role in the upcoming supernatural thriller, The Falling, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter.

Details on the plot of The Falling are few and, indeed, even the title is said to be tentative. The outlet hints that the film’s plot will revolve around an otherworldly being.

Efron most recently starred in The Lucky One and The Paperboy and is currently shooting his latest, Are We Officially Dating? opposite Jessica Lucas and Imogen Poots.

Akiva Goldsman is attached to produce the project at Warner Bros. alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell.

Source: comingsoon.net

The Dhs400 million shoot for ‘Arabian Nights’ has been delayed until the autumn to avoid the gruelling UAE summer heat.

The film, which will feature actors Sir Anthony Hopkins, Zac Efron and WWE wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, will now go ahead in October after its Abu Dhabi producers warned the director that filming in the summer could be disastrous.

“They do not understand what the conditions are like here,” said Akram Sabry, general manager of Sky Events Management, which is producing the film.

“I told them that it’s not like in America. Temperatures here reach 45 degrees or more. They would not be able to film.”

Sabry said that pre-production work has now been completed and Hollywood director, Chuck Russell, will be flying into Abu Dhabi in two weeks to oversee the work.

“His crew has already been here and we wor­ked out the pap­er­work,” said Sabry. Despite delays, final filming approval has been granted by twofour54, the Abu Dhabi media hub that is overseeing the project. The film is based on the classic Arab tale about a princess who wins her freedom by telling fantastic tales of Sinbad, Aladdin and other characters. Filming will take place in the desert and Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace hotel will also be used.

It is hoped the film will be released in late 2014.

Source: 7 Days