Casting: Isaac to certain death, Bates to bad Santa
Oscar Isaac ("Inside Lewin Davis") is in talks with Paramount for the lead role in the political thriller A Foreigner ( "Foreign » *), reports the portal Variety . Alfonso Gomez-Reyon (I, Earl and the Dying Girl) intends to lead the filming of the project, and the script was written by the winner of the Oscar Chris Terrio (Operation Argo).The film will be based on an article by David Grann A Murder Foretold ( A Murder Foretold ), published in the New Yorker .This is the story of a Guatemalan who faces corruption and organized crime while investigating a political assassination. When the hero realizes that his life is in danger, in case of his death, he shoots a video and sends it to friends. And soon the detective is really killed ... The thriller has been in development for several years, and Matt Damon was nominated for the helmship at one time.  The start date of filming is still unknown, as next year Isaac will be busy on the set of the eighth episode of "Star Wars". Soon Oscar will appear on the screens in the seventh film of the space saga, and next spring the premiere of the blockbuster "X-Men: Apocalypse", where the actor embodied the image of the main antagonist.  Katie Bates ("Misery") has signed on to film the sequel to " Bad Santa ", which will accompany Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox and Brett Kelly. Mark Waters (Mean Girls) will direct the project, while Johnny Rosenthal, Doug Allyn and Shauna Cross contributed to the script. And although the details of the plot of the comedy have not yet been disclosed, it is known that Bates will play Sunny Soke - the stubborn mother of the hero Thornton , who will not go into her pocket for a word ... Filming will begin next January.  Sam Riley (Maleficent) is preparing to join the cast of Ghost in the Shell , an adaptation of the popular manga of the same name, directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) ). In the center of the film will be a cyborg girl from the special forces (Scarlett Johansson), called, together with her colleagues, to hunt down the most dangerous criminals and extremists. They will face a villain nicknamed Laughing Man , intent on destroying the achievements of Hanka Robotics in the field of cyber technologies by any means. Riley just pretends to be the antagonist. In addition to Johansson , the actor's colleague on the set will be Johan Philip Asbeck. * -preliminary translation. The Topic of Article: Casting: Isaac to certain death, Bates to bad Santa. |
