In a massive casting report that just went up on The Hollywood Reporter, they mention that actor Russell Crowe is "loosely attached" to play the villain in screenwriter and producer Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut Winter's Tale, based on Mark Helprin's 1983 novel, which is set up at Warner Bros. The story also mentions that the likes of Tom Hiddleston (Thor), Benjamin Walker (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), Bella Heathcote (In Time), Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and others have been doing reads for Goldsman in hopes to get one of the two other key roles. Read more movie news and watch trailers at Maumau Web TV's blog posts or watch The Best Free movies on its 11 great channels.