'Dexter' Will be Joining Gerard Butler in 'Game'
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Casting
CHUD is reporting that Michael C. Hall (star of Six Feet Under and Dexter) has signed to play the bad guy in the techno-thriller, Game, for Crank creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The film is "set in a dystopian future of implanted nano-devices, where the ultimate online simulation environment is humans remote-controlling other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming. The lead character, played by Butler, is a worldwide sensation, and the top-ranked warrior in a game called "Slayers." With his every move tracked by millions, he battles to regain his identity and bring down the entire system". Hall will play the game's creator and head honcho and is described as the "guy pulling the strings". Now it could just be me, but that sounds like one heck of a cheesy premise -- yet the addition of Butler and Hall could maybe help raise the quality of the material, if only slightly.Neveldine and Taylor are also behind the upcoming thriller Pathology starring Milo Ventimiglia from NBC's Heroes, headed for theaters on November 30th. Plus, there is still the promise of a sequel to Crank -- although it seems there has been more talk than actual progress on that particular project. Butler had signed on for the film back in May, and he is currently working on Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla and the fantasy film, Nim's Island -- followed by a role in the Untouchables prequel, Capone Rising, so there is no shortage of work coming his way. Hall is still hard at work on Showtime's Dexter, but I would guess he has plenty of time since that's what a season hiatus is for. Game will be produced by Lakeshore and is tentatively scheduled to begin shooting this January.
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10-09-2007 @ 7:14PM
anonymous said...
Actually, this film is set to start filming next month in New Mexico. They just had a huge casting call for it two weekends ago. Here is the press release from the New Mexico Governor's office:
http://www.governor.state.nm.us/press/2007/august/082807_01.pdf
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10-10-2007 @ 1:27AM
Eric said...
Sounds great to me, totally a 70's Corman film feel with 2007 set pieces.
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10-10-2007 @ 2:40AM
PIslander said...
"Rocknrolla" finished filming a couple months ago, and Gerry Butler has either finished, or nearly finished filming "Nim's Island", getting ready for "Game" to start filming in a month or so.
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