Deschanel to star in ‘Happening’

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by Specter |

Zooey Deschanel has inked to star with Mark Wahlberg in M. Night Shyamalan’s 20th Century Fox thriller “The Happening.” Helmer’s “Unbreakable” and “Sixth Sense” producer Barry Mendel will produce with Sam Mercer.

Deschanel’s credits include the upcoming “Surf’s Up,” “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” with Brad Pitt, “Bridge to Terabithia,” and “Failure to Launch.” Thesp comes form a show biz family; father is cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, mother is actress Mary Jo Deschanel, as is sister Emily.

You may also remember her from her roles in “Elf” and “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”  I, for one, am getting more and more excited about this cast!

[Variety.com]

9 Responses to “Deschanel to star in ‘Happening’”

  1. shyamalaniac says:

    love her. can't wait for this! i think the scariest thing about this movie is we have to wait a whole year for it!!! :smile:

  2. Gustavo says:

    She's a beautiful and talented woman. Good news!

  3. Dr. Malcom Crowe says:

    This is reasonably exciting news. I really loved Zooey's performance in Elf, and she's in a lot of promising upcoming projects. Zooey's really one of those girls that looks great as a blonde and a brunette, I wonder what Night will have her be in this?

  4. dan_arbro says:

    I really wish someone would activate my forum account :( I've e-mailed the webmaster several times… including the original e-mail that says the webmaster will approve of your account or what have you….

    …this depresses me…

  5. Specter says:

    I've actually received no e-mails…

  6. Dr.Hill42 says:

    YAY! She's very beautiful and a talented actress.

  7. werebearxxx says:

    omg, this is amazing. she is great and very very hot.

  8. MNightFan430 says:

    Wait a sec… Who from “Lady in the Water” is going to be in this film? Remember, Night uses people only twice. From the looks of it it's goping to be an all new cast!

  9. MNightFan430 says:

    Oh wait… :laughing: I guess when Night finished “Unbreakable” he used a whole new cast for “Signs”, except for the minor characters…Ok I'm good now! :smile:

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