Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is reportedly interested in teaming with Tom Cruise in the movie The Tourist, a remake of the 2005 French Thriller Anthony Zimmer. The remake will be directed by Bharat Nalluri.
The story is about a female Interpol agent that employs an American tourist in capturing a criminal with whom she had a relationship with.
Production for the movie is set for March next year.
Brosnan, Cage in Polanski thriller
Both Pierce Brosnan and Nicolas Cage are set to star in The Ghost, a political thriller under the direction of Roman Polanski. The movie is based on the Robert Harris novel that tells the story of a ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister. In the course of his work he discovers secrets that would endanger his life.
Brosnan is set to play the role of the prime minister and Cage is the ghostwriter.
Shooting for the movie will begin in Europe this fall.
Johnnie To getting into Red Circle
Awesome Hong Kong director Johnnie To is set to direct Red Circle. The movie is actually a remake of a 70’s thriller that starred Alain Delon entitled Le Rouge Cercle.
This remake is fast turning into one hell of a movie. Both Chow Yun Fat and Liam Neeson are currently in negotiations to co-star and To himself has said that he wants Orlando Bloom to be included in the cast. Consistent To collaborator Wai Ka Fai, is also part of the team. He is currently developing the script in close collaboration with To himself.
The movie will start production in June and will be shot in both Hong Kong and Macau.
LaBeouf to appear in new thriller
Shia LaBeouf continues to prove that he is the new IT guy in Hollywood by bagging another good role in a movie. He is set to appear in The Dark Fields, which will be directed by Neil Burger.
The movie, which was adapted from Alan Glynn’s book, is said to have the same atmosphere as both Fight Club and The Game. Both movies were directed by David Fincher. Burger’s last movie was The Illusionist starring Edward Norton.
The Dark Fields tells the story of an out of his luck loser who manages to get access to a secret drug that makes a person smarter. He becomes very successful but discovers that the drug has deadly and permanent side effects.
LaBeouf is also set to apepar in the new Indiana Jones movie, Eagle Eye and a segment of the New York, I Love You film anthology.
The Soup’s McHale to join Damon in new movie
I obsessively watch E!’s The Soup because I find host Joel McHale quite outrageously funny. I’ve seen Ayesha Tyler’s and Greg Kinnear’s run in the show and I tell you, both pale in comparison to the always funny McHale.
Now it looks like McHale is going to do a Kinnear — that is, initiate the jump from the small screen to the big screen. McHale is reportedly slated to appear in Matt Damon’s new movie along with other comic actors. The new movie, a comic thriller to be directed by Steven Soderbergh is entitled The Informant and will be made under Warner Independent Pictures, Participant Media and Groundswell Productions. The movie is based on the smash bestseller The Informant: A True Story. Actual filming for the movie is scheduled to happen anytime this month.
Bakula and McHale, who is in final negotiations, will play FBI agents working with agri-business insider Mark Whitacre (Damon) to stop a price-fixing scam. The film is based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story.”
Other new cast members known for their comedic turns are Mike O’Malley (CBS’ “Yes, Dear”), Andrew Daly (Semi-Pro), Adam Paul (Starz’s “Hollywood Residential”) and Melanie Lynskey (CBS’ “Two and a Half Men”). Comedian-actors Tom Wilson, Rick Overton and Tom Papa will round out the cast.
Scott Z. Burns adapted the book for the screen. Principal photography is set to begin this month.