Deadline is reporting that Chloe has been cast as Isabelle in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Asa Butterfield, Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Kingsley are also attached to the film, which is an adaptation of the novel by Brian Selznick.
Here is the plot summary of the book, according to Common Sense Media:
When Hugo’s father, a clockmaker, is killed in a fire, he’s taken in by his uncle. They live together in a hidden room inside the walls of the Paris train station, where it’s his job to maintain the station clocks — until one night he disappears. Now Hugo is alone, still living inside the station walls, stealing to survive, and still maintaining the clocks so no one will know his uncle is gone.
Hugo also works on an automaton, a mechanical man, that his father was trying to restore. He steals parts from a toyshop in the station. When he is caught, the mean store owner takes away his father’s notebook and threatens him with arrest. But the old man’s hidden past and Hugo’s are intertwined, and the secret message hidden in the automaton’s workings is only the beginning. Includes Acknowledgments, Credits, and References.
The film is slated for a 2011 release. You can check out the film’s IMDb page here.
Kick-Ass premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on Friday, garnering impressive reviews from critics. You can read several new reviews about Chloe’s performance here.
Chloe attended the Kick-Ass panel on Saturday morning, as well as a signing at Vans promoting the new Kick-Ass shoes.
You can also check out a couple of videos from SXSW below.
There’s also a video from the Vans store signing here.
