Welsh spunk Luke Evans is set to play Bruce Reynolds, the masterminded behind the Great Train Robbery, in a two-part TV mini-series to air later this year. Reynolds hatched the plan for the 1963 mail train heist, at the time Britain’s biggest ever robbery with a haul worth £41 million in today's money. One part follows the thieves, the other the … [Read more...]
Chris Evans Talks “Captain America” Sequel
September 18, 2012 by
Showing up at the Toronto Film Festival the other week to promote "The Iceman", actor Chris Evans spoke with Collider about how the upcoming sequel "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is progressing. Evans confirmed that filming begins March next year and that he's read up on the Winter Soldier arc in which Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) has been … [Read more...]
Love Is “Splintered” For Evans & Monaghan
September 8, 2012 by
Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan are set to star in Justin Reardon's 'anti-romantic comedy' feature "A Many Splintered Thing" at Wonderland Sound & Vision and Voltage Pictures says Deadline. The story follows a young man disillusioned by love who meets a breathtaking but engaged young woman at a charity dinner where he is pretending to be a … [Read more...]
Casting: Evans, Bardem, Cohen, Polley
May 10, 2012 by
Fast Six He was previously offered, but now Luke Evans ("The Raven," "Immortals") is in negotiations (and close to a deal) to play a villain in the upcoming "Fast Six" at Universal Pictures. Evans would play the leader of a rival crew of hoods trying to pull off the same heist as Vin Diesel and Paul Walker's crew. The actor is currently in New … [Read more...]
Luke Evans Up For “Fast Six” Villain?
May 2, 2012 by
Welshman Luke Evans could be stepping into shoes left free by his "Blitz" co-star Jason Statham. The "Immortals," "The Raven" and "Tamara Drewe" actor is said to have been offered the villain role in Justin Lin's "Fast Six", a part previously offered to Statham says Twitchfilm. After landing the part of Apollo in "Clash of the Titans" three years … [Read more...]
Chris Evans Is A “Snow Piercer”
January 15, 2012 by
Chris Evans is in negotiations to star in the indie drama "Snow Piercer" for Moho Films says Variety. Set in a world covered in snow and ice, the story follows a train full of travelers who struggle to co-exist. "The Host" director Bong Joon-ho helms the film from a script he co-wrote with the original "Oldboy" director Park Chan-wook, the latter … [Read more...]
Casting: Evans, Heard, Bettany, Akira
November 22, 2011 by
The Iceman Chris Evans has replaced James Franco in Ariel Vromen's film adaptation of Anthony Bruno's 1993 crime drama novel "The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer" Michael Shannon plays Richard Kuklinski, the imposing mob hit-man who bragged of committing more than 100 gruesome murders. Evans will play his mentor and shooting … [Read more...]
Hughes, Evans Drive Into “Motor City”
August 3, 2011 by
Albert Hughes ("The Book of Eli") has reportedly signed on to direct the revenge thriller "Motor City" for Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures says Twitchfilm. The story follows a small time crook who is framed and sent to jail, only to go after those who put him there after he is released. What's different about this 2009 Black List making script … [Read more...]
