Not to push our other recent updates further down the page (check out our extensive Nick and Norah premiere and after party images in the gallery! and our updated extensive bio and other information!) but apparently Kat is negotiating a possible new movie role!
Kat Dennings, who stars in “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” which bowed in theaters this weekend, is in negotiations to join Woody Harrelson and Sandra Oh in “Defendor.”
Written by Peter Stebbings, who also is making his directorial debut, the film centers on a regular guy (Harrelson) who believes he has a secret superhero identity. Dennings will play a teenager he befriends, while Oh is cast as his psychiatrist.
Principal photography begins next month in Toronto on the film, which is being produced by Darius Films principal Nicholas Tabarrok.
Harrelson is repped by CAA, Dennings by CAA and Management 360 and Oh by UTA and Principal Entertainment.
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Kat Dennings (NICK AND NORA’S INFINITE PLAYLIST, HOUSEBUNNY) has signed on to play the role of Kat in the new feature film DEFENDOR, joining Woody Harrelson (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT) and Sandra Oh (SIDEWAYS, GREY’S ANATOMY). Harrelson will be playing Arthur, a regular man who believes he has a secret identity as the superhero DEFENDOR. Sandra Oh plays his psychiatrist and Kat Dennings plays a teenager living on the streets whom Arthur befriends.
The picture is being produced by Darius Films’ principal Nicholas Tabarrok (COOPERS CAMERA, WEIRDSVILLE, THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF GUY TERRIFCO). DEFENDOR is written and will be directed by Peter Stebbings in his feature film directing debut. Principal photography begins in November in Toronto .
“It’s an incredible cast for an indie” enthuses Tabarrok. “We pretty much cover the gamut – from Kat the most in-demand, up and coming young star to Woody, one of the best actors of his own generation to Sandra a superb actress from the hottest show on TV. We assembled a fantastic group of talent”.
Last month, Tabarrok was named one of Variety’s Top Producers to Watch. His production company, Darius Films, premiered its two most recent films at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (COOPERS CAMERA and DOWN TO THE DIRT) continuing its history of financing and producing indie films which go on to play some of the great festivals around the world where they are often sold for distribution. “DEFENDOR is financed with the US domestic still available, so yah, with this cast I think it’s likely this will be a hot property on the buyers list come festival time” says Tabarrok.
The DEFENDOR deals were brokered by Tabarrok and Mick Sullivan at CAA for Dennings, Jeremy Plager at CAA for Harrelson and Marsha McManus of Principal Entertainment for Oh.
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Principal photography apparently begins next month. I hope everyone else is as excited about this as we are! It looks like a cool premise. As always, keep checking here for updates and we’ll let you know as soon as we have more information or a confirmation on Kat’s role. The second source seems to be alone so far in saying she’s actually signed.
