The man who once played Jesus Christ is about to step into the shoes of a completely different kind of legendary historical figure. Jim Caviezel will fill the starring role in Flagship Films' "William Tell: The Legend," according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. The "fact-based retelling of the medieval legend" will follow Caviezel's Tell as he challenges the brutal rule of Hermann Gessler, to be played by Til Schweiger. The story comes from a script by Scott Reynolds and Nick Hurran; Hurran will also direct.
William Tell is commonly known as the guy who shot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow. As the legend goes, the expert marksman was arrested by agents of Gessler for refusing to bow in the monarch's name. Tell was then offered a chance at freedom, provided he could shot an apple off of his son's head with a crossbow. Read more...
Jim Caviezel and Samuel L. Jackson have played some pretty weighty roles -- the former as none other than Jesus Christ, and Samuel L. Jackson as ... well, everyone else. So it's about time they starred onscreen together, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, that's precisely what they're going to do for 'Blown." The film will be directed by Martha Fiennes, sister of Ralph.
Caviezel will play Will Matlock, a top MI5 agent who's spending just another day at the office investigating a global corporation, uncovers an imminent terrorist attack. It's not just any terrorist attack -- a plot to destroy the entire city of London. The man behind it? Samuel L. Jackson, who will be playing the attack's mastermind, Julius Lezard. (Jackson must have a contract that stipulates his characters have the coolest names in film.) Read more...
It's one of the most beloved cult television shows of all time, and it's about to get a high-profile remake. Now, "The Prisoner" miniseries has a new lead actress.
"I'm about to go to Namibia to shoot 'The Prisoner' with Ian McKellan and Jim Caviezel," revealed 27-year-old British beauty Hayley Atwell to MTV on Monday. "It's a remake of a very strange 1960's cult sci-fi classic with Patrick McGoohan."
For those of you who aren't down with Number Six, "Prisoner" told the story of a former British secret agent held captive in a mysterious village, as authorities tried to break his will. The trippy storylines often included hallucinations, mind control, and a lot of references to "hooks" and "crooks."
"It's [about] this guy who gets taken into this village and everyone’s got a number, not a name," explained the actress, who releases "Brideshead Revisited" with Matthew Goode later this month. "And it's about how he finds his way back, and what the village is. It's very ambiguous but completely different. I don't wear a corset in it, finally, in my career." Read more...
