Veteran actor, and voice of some of your favourite commericals and TV, Morgan Freeman has signed on to join the Joseph Kosinski directed Oblivion. Based on the Radical Publishing comic book series also created by Kosinski, Freeman will star along side Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko in the Universal Pictures feature.
Based on the comic series and scripted by William Monahan and Karl Gajdusek, the film is currently undergoing rewrites thanks to Little Miss Sunshine screenplay writer Michael Arndt. For those of us that have never read Oblivion, the film is as follows:
But now by mostly people it is known as OBLIVION.
‘Oblivion’ will be released on July 19, 2013.
Now, Deadline reports that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) has signed on to co-star in the film as Sykes, a battle-hardened, physically imposing, intelligent and extremely athletic military technology and weapons expert, in the film that sees Tom Cruise as a soldier stationed on Earth, the surface of which has been destroyed by aliens. When he discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off a chain of events that cause him to question everything he knows.
Based on the comic series and scripted by William Monahan and Karl Gajdusek, the film is currently undergoing rewrites thanks to Little Miss Sunshine screenplay writer Michael Arndt. For those of us that have never read Oblivion, the film is as follows:
In a future where the Earth’s surface has been irradiated beyond recognition, the remnants of humanity live above the clouds, safe from the brutal alien Scavengers that stalk the ruins. But when surface drone repairman Jak discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off an unstoppable chain of events that will force him to question everything he knows.Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko are to star alongside Tom Cruise in Joseph Kosinski's sci-fi OBLIVION. The project was previously titled Oblivion, then Horizons, but is currently without a name. Variety report Tron Legacy director Kosinski has finally found his leading ladies, after Jessica Chastain was forced to quit due to scheduling issues.
But now by mostly people it is known as OBLIVION.
Now, Deadline reports that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) has signed on to co-star in the film as Sykes, a battle-hardened, physically imposing, intelligent and extremely athletic military technology and weapons expert, in the film that sees Tom Cruise as a soldier stationed on Earth, the surface of which has been destroyed by aliens. When he discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off a chain of events that cause him to question everything he knows.
