Casting Notes: Rendition, Factor X, Battle in Seattle, Lady From Shanghai, Burn After Reading

In short-form casting news:

Peter Sarsgaard will join Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon in CIA drama Rendition. - Variety

Terrance Howard (Hustle and Flow, Crash) in Factor X.  Based on the manhunt for the “BTK” serial killer - Hollywood Reporter

Andre 3000, Woody Harrelson and Ray Liotta to join Charlize Theron in Battle in Seattle, based on the 1999 riots in downtown Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization meeting - Variety

Nicole Kidman changes plans, removes herself from Lady From Shanghai, featuring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, director Wong Kar-Wai’s follow up to My Blueberry Nights - IFC blog

George Clooney, his third go-round with the Coen Brothers in Burn After Reading - Production Weekly

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