Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) is set to pen the latest draft of the Splinter Cell screenplay, taking over for Eric Singer (American Hustle). Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) was recently tapped to direct the video game adaptation with Tom Hardy attached to star as Sam Fisher, a highly-trained special operative in a fictional black-ops operation called Echelon, and it seems he’s remained aboard as a new director has now come around. [Deadline]
Byung-hun Lee, Storm Shadow from the G.I. Joe movies, has joined the cast of Alan Taylor‘s Terminator: Genesis in what is described as a “key role”, though no other details were revealed. Also joining the cast are Michael Gladis (“Mad Men”), Sandrine Holt (“House of Cards”) and Dayo Okeniyi who will be playing Miles Dyson, the son of the Cyberdyne exec played by Joe Morton in Terminator: Judgement Day. Production is beginning soon. [THR]
Finally, and most interesting to me, Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos (Alps, Dogtooth) has set up an impressive cast for his next outing, The Lobster. The latest to join the cast is John C. Reilly along with lesser known names including Ashley Jensen, Michael Smiley and Jessica Barden. These three join the already impressive list of actors including Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, Léa Seydoux, Olivia Colman, Ariane Labed and Angeliki Papoulia in what will be Lanthimos’ first English language feature. The plot? It’s an interesting one…
An unconventional love story set in a dystopian near future where single people, according to the rules of the Town, are arrested and transferred to the Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into the woods. A desperate Man escapes from the Hotel to the Woods where the Loners live and there he falls in love, although it’s against their rules.
If I had to wager a guess we’re looking at a 2015 Cannes Film Festival entry. [The Playlist]
