Katharine McPhee is clearly upping the ante in her burgeoning film career The former Idol star just nabbed the lead in The Storyteller an upcoming psychological dramaMcPhee will play an assistant to a writer Wes Bentley who goes swiftly downhill after his father passes away As Bentleys character spirals downward his assistant starts to question whether his muse whos also the narrator of his stories is just part of his imagination says the Reporter Robert Angelo Masciantonio will direct McPhees latest scenes on the big screen are in the upcoming Anna Faris comedy The House Bunny Will the singer be able to make a dramatic transition Anna DimondUse Our Online Video Guide to see more of Ms McPheeMore Movie News149 Your Summer Movie Guide to the summers hottest flicks149 Bryce Dallas Howard in Talks for Terminator Role149 Box Office Enjoys Very Good Sex149 Gossips Ed Westwick and More Join Darko Sequel
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With her modest but pivotal role as Nola, pimp Terrence Howard's cornrowed pro in Hustle & Flow, Taryn Manning made folks sit up and notice. Now she's front and center in Oxygen's Banshee (premiering Saturday at 9:45 pm/ET), playing a tough-talkin' babe who steals cars with the greatest of ease. Alas, on one fateful night, she boosts the wrong ride, shifting into gear a deadly tale of revenge. TVGuide.com gave Manning a call — and caught this "tough gal" just as she was hollering down the hall to Mom.
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According to Variety, Allan Moyle will direct Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley and Taryn Manning in Weirdsville, a dark comedy about slackers who stumble across a satanic cult.... John Cusack will star in the indie drama Grace Is Gone, playing a father who embarks on a road trip with his two daughters after his wife is killed in the line of duty in Iraq.
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