Alexander Skarsgard Frontrunner For TARZAN And Samuel L. Jackson Wanted For Role
Variety reports that Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) is in talks to take the title role in David Yate’s (Deathly Hollows) Tarzan. A bunch of names had been previously linked for the role which included Henry Cavill, Charlie Hunnam and Tom Hardy. Samuel L. Jackson is also being looked for the role of Williams, a Civil War vet turned mercenary who helps Tarzan on his adventure. I have to admit this sounds a bit more interesting than a straight up remake of a film we’ve seen many times before.
“Years after he’s re-assimilated into society, he’s asked by Queen Victoria to investigate the goings-on in the Congo. Tarzan teams with an ex-mercenary named George Washington Williams to save the Congo from a fierce warlord who controls a massive diamond mine.”
Joesph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling & Alexander Skarsgard Wanted For The Man From UNCLE
Steven Soderbergh’s big screen adaption of the 60’s spy show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is moving closer to production at Warner Bros. The only issue is that George Clooney who was attached dropped out recently and the studio is without a lead. TheWrap names actors like Joesph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, Dark Knight Rises) and Ryan Gosling (Drive, Gangster Squard, Logan’s Run) being mentioned on a possible studio wishlist, along with Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood, Generation Kill). The hope is that the movie will become something similar to Lethal Weapon, becoming a solid buddy action comedy. I think both Ryan and Joesph are prime for a leap like this since both actors are solid in comedies and action focused films. Here’s hoping the studio is able to wrangle their caliber to the project with Soderbergh’s involvement alone.
Alexander Skarsgard Joins Taylor Kitsch In Battleship
HeatVision reports that Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood, Generation Kill) will play a Naval officer and Taylor Kitsch’s (John Carter of Mars) brother in Peter Berg’s Battleship. I’m very interested in the prospect of an alien invasion film set on the high seas.
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