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The industry already loves the new movie The Great Buck Howard even though its first day of shooting was yesterday.
We’d like to think the buzz comes from the story line but it is likely due to the high-profile cast attracted to the project.

The Hollywood Reporter gives it great play and piggy-backs the story with the development of Emily Blunt’s negotiations to play the female lead.

Tom Hanks, John Malkovich and Colin Hanks are already pegged as the stars of the film about "a luckless magician and his assistant who struggle to reinvigorate his career. Blunt will play a self-assured publicist hired by Buck Howard (Malkovich) to publicize an event that will put him back on the map."

Our energetic but often unavailable agent, Petunia Bougainvillea, said we still haven't heard from Sean McGinley, the movie's writer and director.

We offered to play any role available. From the sound of things, the female lead is now filled — not that we were going for it but we'd take it in a pinch.

Things happen quickly in Hollywood. We were amazed they were already filming even though the female lead wasn't finalized.

But we were very surprised to see a page at the New York Times web site allowing you to rate the movie.

Why wait until the movie is made to give an evaluation? That is so 1990's. We submitted our review for the editor's consideration. From our perspective, any movie about magic or magicians is a winner — or at least a presumptive winner.

We'll keep you up-to-date on the latest news on the production and certainly you'll be among the first to know if we get a role.

The Hollywood Reporter gives it great play and piggy-backs the story with the development of Emily Blunt’s negotiations to play the female lead.

Tom Hanks, John Malkovich and Colin Hanks are already pegged as the
stars of the film about "a luckless magician and his assistant who
struggle to reinvigorate his career. Blunt will play a self-assured
publicist hired by Buck Howard (Malkovich) to publicize an event that
will put him back on the map."

Our energetic but often unavailable agent, Petunia Bougainvillea, said
we still haven't heard from Sean McGinley, the movie's writer and
director.

We offered to play any role available. From the sound of things, the female lead is now filled — not that we were going for it but we'd take it in a pinch.

Things happen quickly in Hollywood. We were amazed they were already filming even though the female lead wasn't finalized.

But we were very surprised to see a page at the New York Times web site allowing you to rate the movie.

Why wait until the movie is made to give an evaluation? That is so 1990's.
We submitted our review for the editor's consideration. From our
perspective, any movie about magic or magicians is a winner — or at
least a presumptive winner.

We'll keep you up-to-date on the latest news on the production and
certainly you'll be among the first to know if we get a role.