As tired of action movies as he is, actor Bruce Willis never fails to impress in the headlines. That said, the star of The Expendanles 2, Red and Red 2, G.I. Joe: Retailation and its fourthcoming sequel as well as all Die Hard movies with number six on the way, is reported to be tapped for a lead in a new crime thriller titled Captive, a film initially put together for Arnold Schwarzenegger to star last year.
Produced by Marina Bespalov, Randall Emmett and George Furla, Alexandra Milchan, Michael London and Janice Williams, Captive sees Willis‘ portrayal of an average-income real estate developer whose limited wealth is mistaken by kidnappers who have thrown him into an armored-truck prison cell hidden in a landfill in Brazil, initiating his frantic fight for escape and survival while an expert detective searches for him. Simon Brand will direct from a screenplay and story by Benjamin van der Veen and Kario Salem, and Nicolai Fuglsig, the latter who serves as exective producer with Eva Marie Daniels and Scott Lambert.
Willis is also currently lined up to appear in director Brian A. Miller’s upcoming crime thriller, The Prince, with Jason Patric, John Cusack, Curtis Jackson (a.k.a. 50 cent) and Ninja Assassin star Rain. The film comes out later this year.
More casting news comes in the wake of actor Gerard Butler who is currently starring in Alex Proyas’s next film, Gods Of Egypt which shoots later this Spring. In addition, fans of the star of 300 will also see the actor on screen reprising the role of Bhodi in director Ericsson Core‘s upcoming reboot of filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow’s dynamic 1991 blockbuster cop thriller, Point Break, with a new script by screenwriter and producer Kurt Wimmer. Opposite then-lead actor Keanu Reeves who starred as undercover detective Johnny Utah, the role of Bhodi was previously played by late actor Patrick Swayze starring as the adrenaline-driven bank robber in search of the ultimate surfing rush; Core‘s film will instead center in the world of extreme sports.
Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi and Chris Taylor are also producing, with further casting news pending.
Butler will also be serving as star and producer, joining returning cast members actors Morgan Freeman and
I, Frankenstein star Aaron Eckhart and actresses Radah Mitchell and Angela Bassett for
London Has Fallen, the sequel to last year’s surprise hit,
Olympus Has Fallen with a script by Katrin Benedikt and Crieghton Rothenberger.
In addition, reports are now confirming that Showtime TV series Homeland actor Rupert Friend will be headlining Alexsander Bach‘s directorial debut as the title role in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming production of Agent 47. Written for the screen by Skip Woods and Michael Finch, the new film re-adapts the Square Enix gaming property previously introduced in 2007 by Xavier Gens for then-lead actor Timothy Olyphant in Hitman.
The announcement reaffirm’s the film’s production since late actor Paul Walker was confirmed to star long before his tragic death in November last year while on holiday break from halfway finishing
Fast And Furious 7;
Walker‘s scenes are confirmed to stay in the film to see through the
retirement of his character as the start of the third trilogy in the franchise, in addition to his upcoming role in his last completed action thriller remake,
Brick Mansions alongside co-star and traceur extroadinare David Belle.
Finally, reports also confirm that actor Evan Jonigkeit will be appearing in director Bryan Singer’s upcoming film, X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Jonigkeit will reprise the role of the mutant, Toad, previously played by actor Ray Park in Singer’s first live-action rendering of X-Men in 2000.
Releasing on
July 18, 2014 from 20th Century Fox,
X-Men: Days Of Future Past is based on the storyline presented in issues #141 and #142 where the assassination of a senator leads to a grim, desolate future where mutants are hunted by government-implemented Sentinels.
Jonigkeit will join
Ian McKellen,
Hugh Jackman,
Patrick Stewart,
James McAvoy,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Michael Fassbender,
Ellen Page,
Shawn Ashmore,
Peter Dinklage,
Omar Sy,
Halle Berry,
Daniel Cudmore,
Fan Bingbing and
Evan Peters, with actress
Anna Paquin‘s scenes
reportedly not included.
Click HERE to check out two new set photos released on Thursday.
Singer is currently
in talks to direct the film’s follow-up
X-Men: Apocalypse, which is on track for a
May 27, 2016 release date.
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