Casting: Thornton - under the hat, Elba - in the villains
As it became known to the portal Variety , Billy Bob Thornton and Common signed up to take part in the filming of the thriller " Hunter-Assassin " , in which Gerard Butler got the main role.The director's chair was given to Martin Campbell, and Peter Craig adapted the plot of the novel Firing Point by George Wallace and Don Keith. The events of the film take place under the polar cap at a time when, due to the actions of the USA military leader, the world is on the brink of a nuclear war. And only the crew of an elite ship, cut off from modern communications, is able to prevent the start of full-scale hostilities. Butler will play Captain Joe Glass , Thornton will play Admiral Charles Donegan , and Common - Rear Admiral John Fisk .   Among the most recent works of Thornton are the drama The Judge and the mini-series Fargo ( Fargo ), and at the moment the actor is engaged in the filming of David Gordon Green's film Our Brand - a crisis". Commona was recently seen in the film "Selma", for the song for which he won the Oscar . Idris Elba is in talks to play the villain in the Star Trek triquel, which will be directed by Justin Lin. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and Anton Yelchin will return to their roles in the blockbuster. Plot details have not been disclosed at the moment, and Pegg and Doug Jung are preparing the script.  We have previously reported that Elba got the lead role in the crime drama "Trap". The actor's future projects also include the thriller Alive Alone and The Jungle Book. Leah Michele ("The Losers" / Glee ) and Kate Upton ("The Other Woman") starred in the William H. Macy comedy The Layover . The film was written by David Hornsby and Lance Krall ( It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ) and produced by Keth Kjarwal and Aaron L. Gilbert.   The actresses will playbest friends who go on vacation to solve their own problems. Their plans are disrupted by a warning of an impending hurricane, and the girls, by the will of fate, find themselves in St. Louis. But even here they do not have to be bored, because they become competitors in the struggle for the attention of one man. The Topic of Article: Casting: Thornton - under the hat, Elba - in the villains. |
