hollywoodreporter.com - 11/21/2008
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Talk about upping your profile. Anna Kendrick, who has a small part in "Twilight" as one of Kristen Stewart's human friends, has nabbed the coveted female lead in Paramount's "Up in the Air," opposite George Clooney. "Juno" director Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner have adapted the comedy from ...
variety.com - 11/24/2008
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variety.com —
Actress to star opposite George Clooney Vera Farmiga
is taking to the skies. The "Departed" thesp will...
star opposite George Clooney in Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" for Paramount Pictures and Montecito. Story centers on a human resources exec whose ...
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Vera Farmiga flies to Reitman's 'Air' - Entertainment ...
variety.com - 11/24/2008
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variety.com —
Actress to star opposite George Clooney Vera Farmiga
is taking to the skies. The "Departed" thesp will...
star opposite George Clooney in Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" for Paramount Pictures and Montecito. Story centers on a human resources exec whose ...
(more)
Vera Farmiga flies to Reitman's 'Air' - Entertainment ...
moviesblog.mtv.com - 11/25/2008
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Twilight Actress Hits The Big Time
Cinema Blend News —
Twilight Actress Hits The Big Time I found myself feeling bad for the kids who play Bella's friends in Twilight given that they were generally ignored in favor of a smoking hot vampire. But it turns out one of them wasn't just sitting around and waiting for Bella to hang out with her again. Anna Kendrick, who plays Jessica in this weekend's movie, has landed the lead role in Up in the Air , opposite none other than George Clooney. The Hollywood Reporter says Kendrick beat out big-name actresses like Ellen Page and Emily Blunt for the role, playing a woman who "finds ...
Jason Reitman Picks His Next Juno
Cinematical —
... The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Kendrick, who played one of Bella's friends in the poetic vamp tale, beat out other actresses like Emily Blunt and Juno herself, Ellen Page. Go figure! In the film, Kendrick will play "a young woman who finds herself pulled into the orbit of a "career transition counselor" (i.e. professional firer) careening through the airless world of business travel." Oh, and that "career transition counselor" will be played by ...
'Twilight' actress goes 'Up in the Air'
The Screening Log —
... Anna Kendrick is set to star opposite George Clooney in Jason Reitman's upcoming adaptation of Walter Kirn’s novel “Up in the Air.” ...
I loved "Thank You For Smoking" & "Juno"...so let's talk "Up In The Air" & Anna Kendrick
Strange Culture —
I can hardly believe I'm going to write a blogpost with the word Twilight. But who cares, I'm doing it...and not just to get search hits. But pictures above is Anna Kendrick, one of the actresses in the hit sensation Twilight. Kendrick plays Jessica Stanley, but to me, far more interesting is the character she has just been cast to play. The Hollywood Reporter says that she has been cast to play the lead role in Jason Reitman's next film Up In the Air. I personally I am really hopeful about the career of Jason Reitman ...
In the works: Opposite George Clooney.
IFC.com - Indie Eye —
... ] The Hollywood Reporter claims Anna Kendrick, the policy debating femme fatale from "Rocket Science," "has nabbed the coveted female lead." [Hollywood Reporter] Presumably Kendrick, who's still playing a convincing high schooler, won't be vying for Clooney's romantic affections. ...
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Empire has released the first poster for Up in the Air , the next comedy from Thank You For Smoking and Juno director Jason Reitman . The film stars George Clooney as a corporate downsizing expert who travels all over the country looking for ...
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