Couple’s Retreat actress Malin Akerman wants to star in the new Avengers movie.
The sexy blonde is rumoured to be battling it out against Sex And The City 2′s Alice Eve for the lead female role in Joss Whedon’s new superhero movie, and while Malin insists it is just a rumour, she admitted she’d love the part.
Malin told E! news: “I saw that [on the internet] and I copied and pasted it to my agent, he was like, ‘Where did you get this?’. He called the studio and it was just a made-up rumour unfortunately.
“Maybe it’ll influence the studio to go ahead and be like, ‘Hey, how about Malin Akerman for the part?’.”
The actress attended the Maui Film Festival screening of Happythankyoumoreplease, an indie drama in which she plays a woman living with alopecia, and she shaved off her eyebrows for the movie.
She revealed: “It was interesting taking a shower because so much more water got in my eyes. You don’t realise how useful your eyebrows are.”
Happythankyoumoreplease, stars How I Met Your Mother’s Josh Radnor, and is also his writing and directing debut.
Malin said: “He’s so intelligent. You’re just stricken by his intellect. He’s well spoken and he has some amazing visions.
“My husband and I were chilling with him the other night. When we walked away my husband goes ‘Wow, that guy thinks a lot’. He really does.”
From the Press Association
Malin Akerman, Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker and Kate Mara have signed on to star in the indie drama CATCH 44 for first-time director Aaron Harvey. The film follows three Las Vegas woman (Akerman, Mara and one as yet uncast actress) who are approached by a stranger named Mel (Willis) and offered the opportunity to make some cash through a robbery. When they’re set up, they cross paths with a psycho hitman (Whitaker) and other colorful Vegas characters.
The project had previously been set up with Burt Reynolds and Maggie Grace starring in the Willis and Akerman roles. It’s unclear how Harvey was able to so quickly upgrade his cast but there must be something about the script that attracted the actors.
The film is being produced by Emmett/Furla who previously worked with Willis on 16 BLOCKS. Filming is set to begin on the film next month in Shreveport.
From Jo Blo
Today, May 12th, is Malin Akerman’s 32nd birthday! On behalf of all of her fans, Malin Akerman Source would love to wish her an amazing day today!
Paramount Famous Productions has made its first acquisition, taking all US and Canadian rights to Galt Niederhoffer’s Sundance premiere The Romantics.
The Team Todd, Plum Pictures, Benaroya Pictures and Four Of A Kind Productions film features an all-star ensemble of Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Anna Paquin, Malin Akerman, Adam Brody and Dianna Agron, with Candice Bergen and Elijah Wood.
The film will screen in Cannes and Simon Crowe of SC International is handling foreign sales.
Niederhoffer directed The Romantics from her own screenplay about a tight-knit group of college students who reunite for a wedding or two of their own.
Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, Michael Benaroya, Ron Stein and Daniel Hendler produced.
“The response to the film has been extraordinary and I am delighted to have Paramount Famous Productions as our domestic distribution partner,” Lundberg said.
“We are thrilled to be in business with the talented team at Plum Pictures and their partners,” Paramount Famous Productions president Louis Feola said. “We have been tracking several of Plum’s projects and The Romantics is a great way to start.”
John Sloss of Cinetic Media negotiated the domestic deals with Paramount Famous.
From Screen Daily
Myriad Pictures will commence international sales in Cannes on Elektra Luxx, Sebastian Gutierrez’s comedy follow-up to Women In Trouble.
The film recently premiered at SXSW and stars Carla Gugino, Timothy Olyphant, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Malin Akerman, Adrianne Palicki, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kathleen Quinlan, Marley Shelton and Lucy Punch.
The story chronicles the ongoing misadventures of porn star Elektra Luxx (Gugino), now pregnant, as she tries to segue into a normal existence.
Gutierrez wrote, directed and produced Elektra Luxx. CAA broked the deal for Gutierrez with Myriad vice-president of production Amanda Blue.
“We thoroughly enjoyed working with Sebastian on Women In Troubleand are very happy to be handling Elektra Luxx as well,” Myriad president and CEO Kirk D’Amico said. “He has assembled an absolutely amazing cast.
“Carla Gugino is just spectacular as Elektra. She portrays her character with such sweetness and humour it’s a pure joy to watch. We are really looking forward to presenting this film to buyers in Cannes.”
From Screen Daily
Malin has been named one of the “best celebrities to meet in person” by Cinematical! 
It’s hard for me to give you any sort of definitive list since I’m a member of the press, and once celebrities know this about me they automatically go into “my publicist trained me to be this way around you” mode. But I have met a number of celebs outside the usual press junket atmosphere, and till this day the nicest, most personable celebrity I’ve ever come across was Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland, Adventureland, Holy Rollers) … so keep that in mind in case you ever run into him; he’s good people. Other cool, down-to-earth personalities (that I’ve come across) include Robert Downey Jr. (and especially his wife, Susan), Kevin Smith, Jess Weixler, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Matt Reeves, Malin Akerman, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chuck Palahniuk, Morgan Spurlock and Seann William Scott. My opinion, in case you’re curious, is based on me being able to have an actual human conversation with these people.
Hannover House has picked up the rights and will release happythankyoumoreplease, the Dramatic Audience Award Winner at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on August 27 (via Variety). Written, directed and starring Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) the romantic comedy follows a New York writer and his friends who begin caring for a foster child who gets lost on the subway.
The new distributor, which is best known for its home video market, reportedly paid $1 million for the film and will open it in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas before expanding it to 20 more markets on Labor Day. happythankyoumoreplease, which feels like a cousin to (500) Days of Summer and Garden State, also stars Malin Akerman (Watchman), Zoe Kazan (Me and Orson Welles), Tony Hale (Arrested Development), Kate Mara (Shooter) and Pablo Schreiber (The Wire).
From Collider