Here's a quick update on
Cameron Crowe's new picture
We Bought A Zoo which
we heard over the weekend had added
Scarlett Johansson as
Matt Damon's dying wife. It seems that wasn't entirely true -
Mike Fleming now clarifies that Johansson is instead playing Kelly, the head keeper of the broken down Zoo that Damon relocates his family too upon hearing the news that his wife is terminally sick and presumably the woman Damon will connect with whilst in mourning. Joining the cast this week is
Patrick Fugit (the now grown-up lead of Crowe's marvelous Almost Famous) and
Bleeding Cool are reporting that there's some talk of
Bill Nighy appearing as an old zoo worker. There's also an update on Elle Fanning who we know is playing Lily;
a 13-year old who works at the zoos restaurant, even though shes too young to work legally. She lives on the property, and her only parental figure seems to be Kelly, from whom Lily learns to be at ease with the animals. The young girl is immediately fascinated by the son of the zoos new owner, and she becomes very flirtatious
Flirtatious at 13? We know
Colin Ford is playing Damon's son,
Maggie Elizabeth Jones his younger daughter and
Thomas Haden Church is Damon's older brother. Production begins in March, for a Dec 23rd, 2011 release. I spoke pretty in depth about my feelings on the project
HERE.