Dates/Contact Information for Filming in Louisiana

Just a quick post about filming in Louisiana from NOLA.com:

“THE HOST Chockstone Pictures’ feature film The Host starring Saoirse Ronan will shoot February 13, 2012 to April 20, 2012 in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Please direct resumes to host.resumes@gmail.com or fax resumes to 225.952.9030.”

Please do not bombard this email or fax unless you are interested in participating in the film, whether it is for acting or working on the set.  I am sure there will be a different contact for extras, so please just be courteous if you decide to contact them.  Thank you!

Please be aware that this website is not the official website for the film.  We cannot put you in touch with Stephenie Meyer or anyone involved in the production of the film.

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Posted on January 26, 2012 by Sarah in Movie News | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Saoirse Ronan Visits Volunteer Lifeboat Crew While Filming ‘Byzantium’

An article on ‘Afloat: Ireland’s sailing and boating magazine’ published an article yesterday with pictures of Saoirse Ronan and a volunteer lifeboat crew. Apparently while filming ‘Byzantium’, she made a surprise visit to the boat crew to learn about what the charity does. You can view the original article here.

This doesn’t really apply to our movie of interest, but I do think it’s interesting that, with filming for ‘The Host’ starting in less than a month, that she is still finishing up ‘Byzantium’. Seems like there won’t be much of a break between projects for our lead actress.

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Posted on January 24, 2012 by Johanna in Saoirse Ronan | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Diane Kruger Talks The Host at Fashion Show

Diane Kruger (pictured here with Cameron Diaz) who will be playing The Seeker in The Host was at the Atelier Versace fashion show in Paris.  She spoke to Women’s Wear Daily about The Host:

“‘I play The Seeker. It’s a love triangle, of course, but it’s about aliens coming into human bodies and taking over,’ she explained. ‘Earth has been occupied by all these aliens and The Seeker is trying to find the last humans.’”

Source: Women’s Wear Daily, Photo By Stéphane Feugère

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Posted on January 23, 2012 by Sarah in Diane Kruger, Movie News | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Boyd Holbrook Is Kyle O’Shea

Boyd Holbrook will be playing Kyle O’Shea in The Host, alongside Jake Abel as Kyle’s brother, Ian.  Boyd was born September 1, 1981.  He has had parts in the TV series, The Big C, and will be in the upcoming series, Hatfields & McCoys.  He also had a part in the film, Milk, with Sean Penn.

I am also going to say that he used to be a model since a quick Google image search of his name makes this apparent.

Do these two actors look alike enough for you?  I can’t wait to see them standing next to each other in the film.

Source: Variety

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Posted on January 21, 2012 by Sarah in Boyd Holbrook, Jake Abel, Movie News, Photos | Tagged , | 22 Comments

Chandler Canterbury is Jamie Stryder

Jamie Stryder will be played by Chandler Canterbury.  Chandler was born December 15, 1998 and is quite an accomplished actor at his young age.  He has been in Knowing, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Repo Men.  I most recently saw him in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit on which he appeared in a couple of episodes.  Hopefully, you will be able to see him in A Bag of Hammers.  It premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) last March, and I was privileged enough to see it and to interview Chandler and the rest of the cast.  I am very excited to see him as Jamie Stryder.  If you are at all interested, you can see the Q and A with the cast of A Bag of Hammers (including Chandler) at SXSW here.

Can you see Chandler playing the younger brother to Saoirse Ronan?  I noticed sites are using pictures of him that are older and making him look like he is a little boy, so please keep that in mind.  The above photo is less than a year old.

Source: Variety

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Posted on January 21, 2012 by Sarah in Chandler Canterbury, Movie News, Photos | Tagged , | 9 Comments