Entourages Kevin Connolly Joins Disneys Secretariat Film Along With Fred Thompson and A.J. Michalka

We have been keeping a close eye on the Secretariat project being that it is one we sort of lobbied to be made and after researching its process its one that had been sitting for awhile. Then a while back we got news that John Malkovich and Diane Lane are in the film. Now we [...]

Three New Actors Saddle Up For Secretariat

I hate horse racing, mostly because I love horses and hate how a career-ending injury is often times a life-ending injury for them. But still, I admit that movies based around horse racing can have a certain charm to them, especially when the film is about winning the elusive Triple Crown. With Randall Wallace (The Man in the Iron Mask) on board to direct, the upcoming Disney film Secretariat will be such a story, following the titular horse that won the Triple Crown back in 1973. And yesterday The Hollywood Reporter announced that three new stars were entering the film's stable: Dylan Walsh (The Stepfather), John Malkovich (Burn After Reading), and Scott Glen (W.). While Diane Lane (Hollywoodland) has been signed to appear as the horse's owner, Penny Tweedy, for quite some time, Walsh will be joining the cast as her character's husband, while Malkovich will play a "charismatic trainer who underestimates the power of Secretariat." As for Glenn, it's hard to tell how much he'll appear in the film as his character is only described as the aristocrat who lost the horse to Tweedy during a coin toss. And considering that Secretariat is scheduled to start shooting this week, around the same time that Glenn is getting ready to shoot his scenes for Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch, I'd say this his aristocrat character doesn't show up for long. Secretariat will be shooting in Lousiana and Kentucky.   Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Walsh, Malkovich and Glenn join Diane Lane in SECRETARIAT

Director Randall Wallace(We Were Soldiers) has tapped Dylan Walsh(Nip/Tuck), John Malkovich and Scott Glenn to join his cast for Secretariat. Scripted by Mike Rich(Radio/The Rookie), and based on the story of the horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown, Secretariat stars Diane Lane as the horse’s owner Penny Tweedy, the housewife who broke though a gender barrier [...]

John Malkovich Joins Disneys Secretariat Project

So we do not update it much but we did run a Development Hell story on an untitled Secretariat project set-up at Disney. It seems as if John Malkovich is joining the film which already as Dian Lane attached to star. Malkovich will play Lucien Laurin, the former jockey who became the trainer of the 1973 [...]

John Malkovich Jumps Onto Secreteriat

Sadly, this isn't about a sequel to the 2002 film Secretary. John Malkovich is joining Secretariat, the film directed by Braveheart writer Randall Wallace, about three people whose lives intersected, thanks to the champion horse Secretariat. (One of three horses to win the Triple Crown of the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Preakness Stakes.) If Seabiscuit didn't have the horseracing moxie you wanted, check out more details on this champ, after the break. Variety reports that Malkovich will play Lucien Laurin, the former horse jockey who became Secretariat's trainer. (Isn't he a little tall for an ex-horse jockey?)  Diane Lane has already been announced as Penny Tweedy, owner of Meadow Farm, a horse breeding business in Virginia that was founded by her father Christopher. THR reports that Dylan Walsh has also come aboard as Tweedy's husband, an attorney who wants his wife waiting for him at home. Finally, Scott Glenn will ...

John Malkovich Helping Diane Lane Run The Triple Crown

Secretariat seems like it's going to be Diane Lane's show, with the actress playing the owner of the famous horse, who broke horse racing's gender barrier and led Secretariat to win the 1973 Triple Crown. But no great actress can be great all on her own (or just with a horse), so a trio of menfolk have signed on to join her in the film. According to THR, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, and Scott Glenn have all joined the cast. Walsh ...

John Malkovich joins Secretariat

John Malkovich has joined the cast of horse drama Secretariat.

He's signed on to play Lucien Laurin the ex-jockey who ended up training the 1973 US Triple Crown-nabbing racehorse.

Randall Wallace has written the script and will direct the film, which focuses on the bond between the four-legged friend and his owner, Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), a housewife who knew almost nothing about the sport when she took over her father's horse farm.

[Source: Variety]

John Malkovich Rides on Secretariat

Though John Malkovich has a few projects in production, and a few more prepping to get started, Disney still found time in the actor's schedule for Secretariat.

John Malkovich for Secretariat
Directed by Randall Wallace, Secretariat will have Malkovich play Lucien Laurin, the former jockey who became the trainer of the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse. At the core of the film is the relationship between the horse and his owner, Penny Chenery (played by Diane Lane), a housewife who knew little about horse racing when she took over her ailing father's Virginia horse farm.

Three ride Secretariat

I'd usually try to slip in a few "Seabiscuit 2: Electric Boogaloo" jokes at another underdog race horse real-life movie, but this one just got itself Malkovich and John Glenn, and you just don't mess around with those guys. Or the bunny gets it. Both actors along with Dylan Walsh are joining the ever-gorgeous Diane Lane in SECRETARIAT, about a housewife who breaks into the male-dominated "sport" when she... Read More...

John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh and Scott Glenn Join Diane Lane in the Saddle for SECRETARIAT

John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh and Scott Glenn have joined Diane Lane in the Disney production of “Secretariat”, the movie based on the horse with the most prized semen in history.  Details after the jump. According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Malkovich has joined “Secretariat”, the horse-centric biopic that Randall Wallace (”The Man in the Iron Mask”, [...]