Quickhits: Cassel Makes a Promise, Thieriot in Jumper and Wanna Watch the First Three Minutes of The Covenant?

Posted Aug 31st 2006 7:06AM

Odds and ends from Wednesday:

With a script from Steve Knight (Dirty Pretty Things) and David Cronenberg taking care of things behind the camera, I think it's safe to say I'm already looking forward to Eastern Promises. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Vincent Cassel has just signed on to play a man whose family owns a Russian brothel. The actor joins Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen.
Okay, the following news is from Tuesday, not Wednesday -- but I won't tell anyone if you don't. Max Thieriot has hopped onboard Doug Liman's Jumper, where he'll be playing a younger version of Hayden Christiansen's character. Pic revolves around a kid (Christensen) who has the ability to teleport and uses the power to track down the person who murdered his mother.
Don't you love it when studios throw the first few minutes of a film online and all they consist of are the opening credits? Hey, I'm all for a sneak peak of your film, but at least give me a nice, exciting scene. In saying that, Sony Pictures has been cool enough to debut the first three minutes of The Covenant over on the film's official website. Enjoy! [via Coming Soon]

'Fone Finds