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So this writer has seen maybe four episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” and finds it dumber than a bucket of hair, however, I’m sure they’re all nice people, so we guess we’re happy for Johnny Galecki (he plays the most socially adept of the show's chief nerdlingers) who, according to Deadline, has landed a big screen role in the New Regency sci-fi film that used to be called “Im.Mortal” but isn’t any more.
Galecki, aside from small roles in the likes of “Vanilla Sky” and “Hancock,” is better known for TV work, especially his recurring role as Darlene’s boyfriend on “Roseanne,” and here joins an interesting, previously-reported-on cast including Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake (Galecki will play Timberlake’s best friend), and "Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser -
The film concerns a future where time has become currency so if you’re rich you can live forever (more story details here), a plot that, in its dystopian futurism evokes "Gattaca," a rather underrated sci-fi film which was also written and directed by this film’s writer/director, Andrew Niccol. If he’s on that kind of form, with this cast, and shorn of its gimmicky title, we’re cautiously optimistic, though Niccol did make the blandly dystopian gimmicky-titled sci-fi hybrid mess that was "S1m0ne," so maybe make that ‘optimistically cautious.’ Shooting starts imminently.
Rapidly rising actress Olivia Wilde is the latest star to be cast in Andrew Niccol first directorial effort since 2005's "Lord Of War" with the ageist sci-fi thriller formerly titled, "I'm.mortal."
In an interesting twist, Wilde will play the mother of the film's protagonist despite being four years younger than the actor in the actual role; none other than "The Social Network" star Justin Timberlake. How is this possible, you ask? The story is, of course, set in a world where time has become a currency with the rich achieving immortality and never aging past 25. Wilde's appearance will be something of reunion for the two, since both previously appeared in Nick Cassavetes' 2006 crime-drama "Alpha Dog."
Lead Timberlake plays a rebel from the ghetto who is falsely accused of murder and is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage, to be played by Amanda Seyfried . "Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser also co-stars as Seyfried's father in a similar predicament to the Wilde-Timberlake situation; Cillian Murphy will play a law enforcer known as a 'timekeeper' and Collins Pennie, his right hand man.
Wilde's addition adds further steel to the cast and tops off what is already shaping up as the biggest 12 or so months of her career with Joseph Kosinski's "Tron: Legacy" and Paul Haggis' "The Next Three Days" due for imminent release. She then has the ensemble butter-carving comedy "Butter" and Jon Favreau's comic-adaptation "Cowboys & Aliens" due on the horizon. She's certainly come a long way since that lesbian cameo in "The O.C."
Shooting on Niccol's film should begin any time now with Strike Entertainment trio Eric Newman, Marc Abraham and Kristel Laiblin producing. 20th Century Fox will distribute the pic. [TheWrap]
Despite "Australia" being something of a misfire, we're always keen to see what Baz Luhrmann is cooking up -- we may not be unconditionally in love with all his films, but few directors working in big-scale cinema are doing what he does. For some time, Luhrmann's been circling a number of projects: while he flirted with "My Fair Lady," the main contenders have been an unknown historical epic, a musical, possibly a collaboration with "Slumdog Millionaire" composer A.R. Rahmann, and an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
MTV spoke to our favorite Australian Roger Sterling-lookalike at the premiere of "The Social Network," and he confirmed that he'd narrowed his decision down to two projects, 'Gatsby,' and the mysterious musical, which seems to be set in New York. Luhrmann told them "I've got the script for both of them and I'm making that decision in four to six weeks, no longer than six weeks."
Coincidentally, Production Weekly ran with some casting rumors for 'Gatsby' via Twitter yesterday -- namely Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway and Amanda Seyfried as Daisy Buchanan. DiCaprio makes sense, although there's a suavity to the character he's never quite displayed (Ryan Gosling would be perfect), but as always, the names are probably at this point not much more than names on a wishlist. Luhrmann was non-committal when he spoke to MTV, telling them that "You know I think of casting all the time, but I put that to the side and I complete the text. Obviously there are natural choices and there is a natural top of the list, but I really refuse to say anything until we have the text right." With that in mind, we're certainly not going to take the casting rumors with anything other than a colossal pinch of salt at this point.
That said if the intel is on the right track, both DiCaprio and Maguire do have open calendars in 2011 (with former shooting Clint Eastwood's "Hoover" early in the year) when we presume 'Gatsby' would shoot -- if that's what Luhrmann decides to do. And as DiCaprio and Maguire are good pals, it would certainly lend an extra element to the film.
"Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser -- whose character on the AMC drama has taken somewhat of a backseat to the Don Draper show this season -- is the latest star to join Andrew Niccol's upcoming sci-fi thriller formerly, and horribly, titled "I'm.mortal" (evidently no new title has been settled upon).
The project marks Niccol's first effort since 2005's "Lord Of War" but promisingly sounds more in the vein of his excellent debut feature "Gattaca." Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake and Cillian Murphy are already on board for the story set in a world where "time has become the currency. The rich are immortal, while the rest struggle to stay alive."
The story begins when "a rebel from the ghetto is falsely accused of murdering a wealthy man for his time, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Together, this duo rages against the system, living minute to minute. They discover that love is more powerful than all the time in the world." It's a high-concept sci-fi that sounds somewhat corny in description but we're sure the logline of "a man struggling to become an astronaut in a world dominated by genetic manipulation" undersold "Gattaca" too.
The talented young cast is another reason we've got on eye on this project with Timberlake and Seyfried set to portray the leading rebel/hostage duo, Murphy to play a law enforcer known as a "timekeeper" and Kartheiser as Seyfried's father; a man forced to choose between the daughter he loves and the oppresive time system that has made him rich. Also joining the quartet is Collins Pennie ("Fame," "Fired Up," "Prom Night") who'll play Murphy's right hand man.
No word yet on when production is scheduled to begin, but we figure it should be very soon. 20th Century Fox will distribute the pic which has Strike Entertainment trio Eric Newman, Marc Abraham and Kristel Laiblin producing. [Variety]
So this writer has seen maybe four episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” and finds it dumber than a bucket of hair, however, I’m sure they’re all nice people, so we guess we’re happy for Johnny Galecki (he plays the most socially adept of the show's chief nerdlingers) who, according to Deadline, has landed a big screen role in the New Regency sci-fi film that used to be called “Im.Mortal” but isn’t any more.
