Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones are joining Ben Affleck to star in The Company Men, an independent drama tommyleejoneskevin_costnerabout the impact of corporate downsizing has on casualties and survivors.

John Wells wrote the script and will direct. Filming starts in April in Boston.

Affleck plays a corporate crackerjack whose Porsche and six-figure salary becomes extinct after he gets laid off. Costner plays his brother-in-law, a well-thought of drywall installer who gives him a construction job.

Jones plays a senior partner in the firm, a honorable man who struggles with the avaricious transgressions of his partners.

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Costner to be Durham Again

Bull_Durham_movie_poster The New York Post reports that Kevin Costner plans to don his role of Crash Davis from the 1988 baseball-themed romantic comedy Bull Durham again.

The sequel is expected to see Costner, Tim Robbins and Susan Saradon return, with the latter playing the married owners of a Major League Baseball team Costner’s character manages. His love interest is also being considered, with Kristen Kerr to be one of the major contenders.

No timeframe for the sequel was given, though it is known that Costner recently met with director Ron Shelton to discuss the project.

Popularity: 1% [?]

‘Swing Vote’ Trailer

Swing Vote stars Kevin Costner with a strong ensemble cast and introducing Madeline Carroll.  The movie seems similar to Citizen Ruth. A movie about a reluctantl citzen thrust into the national spotlight in a political-themed comedy.  It opens in this summer in August.

Popularity: 1% [?]