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The Great Organ Failure Continues
Has Fox Searchlight been living in a cave or are they determined to make the first financially successful organ harvesting sci-fi thriller? In a shocking move, they’ve announced a new film that literally takes on the exact some plot as Logan’s Run (it’s forthcoming remake), The Island (a Logan’s Run rip-off), Repo! The Genetic Opera and the forthcoming Repossession Mambo. While the cons are glaring, there are a few pros that include the film being directed by the do-no-wrong Mark Romanek (why didn’t you do Wolfman, why!?) and Keira Knightley taking on the starring role. Read on for the details.
Keira Knightley (Domino, Pirates of the Caribbean) will star in the sci-fi thriller Never Let Me Go for Fox Searchlight.
Mark Romanek (“One Hour Photo”, music videos for Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, among others) will direct the cloning-themed pic, which will also star Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan.
The story revolves around a trio who grew up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world until they discover they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation. The film is set to lense in April in London and Norfolk, England.
Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich are producing through their London-based DNA Films banner. Alex Garland, who penned the screenplay, is producing as well. Film 4 is also involved as a producer.
DNA, which has a longstanding partnership with Searchlight, has teamed with the specialty label on a number of films including “The Last King of Scotland” and Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine” and “28 Days Later.”
Knightley is attached to star in several films, including “The Beautiful and the Damned” and the Columbia Pictures remake of “My Fair Lady.”
Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.
Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!
Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.
Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.
Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.
That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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