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Saturday, June 12th, 2010

This is another article talking about Stana joining the new movie The Double. It has more information about the movie! Can’t wait for it!

Stana Katic (“Castle”) and Odette Yustman (The Unborn, Cloverfield) have joined Richard Gere, Topher Grace, and Stephen Moyer in writer Michael Brandt’s directorial debut project The Double. Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Imagenation Abu Dhabi are producing the sophisticated and elevated spy thriller based on an original script from Brandt and his writing partner Derek Haas (Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma).

Amritraj and Hyde Park Executive VP of Production Patrick Aiello will produce along with Haas and Industry Entertainment’s Andrew Deane. Imagenation Abu Dhabi Chairman Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei and CEO Edward Borgerding will serve as executive producers along with COO Stefan Brunner who will be an associate producer. Aiello brought in the project at Hyde Park and will shepherd production with principal photography beginning June 21st in Detroit, Michigan.

Story kicks-off with the mysterious murder of a Senator in Washington D.C. bearing the distinguished marks of a Soviet assassin, code-named Cassius, who was long thought to be dead. To hunt down the killer, a retired CIA operative (Gere), who spent his career going toe-to-toe with his Soviet nemeses, is teamed with a young FBI agent (Grace). Katic plays a feisty Russian prostitute who fiercely protects key information; while Yustman has the role of Grace’s character’s wife, a strong woman who raises a family while coping with her husband’s Bureau career.

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Stana Katic and Odette Yustman join ‘The Double’

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

“Castle” star Stana Katic and Odette Yustman have joined the growing cast of “The Double.”

The spy thriller, from Hype Park and Imagenation Abu Dhabi, is the directorial debut of scribe Michael Brandt, who wrote the script with his partner Derek Haas.

The story follows a retired CIA operative (Richard Gere) who partners with a young FBI agent (Topher Grace) to track down the killer of a senator.

Katic plays a feisty Russian prostitute who fiercely protects key information.

Yustman has the role of Grace’s character’s wife, a strong woman who raises a family while coping with her husband’s Bureau career.

“True Blood” star Stephen Moyer joined the cast earlier this week.

Production begins June 21 in Detroit. Hyde Park chairman Ashok Amritraj and executive vp production Patrick Aiello will produce with Haas and Industry Entertainment’s Andrew Deane.

Katic, whose feature credits include “The Spirit” opposite Samuel L. Jackson and “Quantum of Solace” with Daniel Craig, is best know for playing detective Kate Beckett opposite Nathan Fillion in ABC’s “Castle.” She is repped by UTA.

Yustman, who appeared on TV show “October Road,” appeared in the J.J. Abrams-produced monster movie “Cloverfield” and will be seen with Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver in Disney’s upcoming comedy “You Again.” Yustman is repped ICM and Evolution Entertainment.

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