ANSON MOUNT WILL BE KILLING FOR ANTHONY HOPKINS IN THE VIRTUOSO MOVIE WITH ABBIE CORNISH. EL CID CREATORS TO TURN CITY OF MARVELS NOVEL INTO NEW PERIOD SET SERIES

 THE VIRTUOSO MOVIE THRILLER

ANSON MOUNT IS KILLING FOR ANTHONY HOPKINS

While we are waiting for his new Star Trek series, Anson Mount has finished THE VIRTUOSO movie which also stars Anthony Hopkins and Abbie Cornish.

Anson Mount is taking the lead role

Lionsgate will release the film later this summer. Hopkins stars as The Mentor, the head of a sophisticated group of highly skilled assassins. And at the top of them all is a hitman (Mount) who is the very best at what he does – not merely a professional, but a true artist, a virtuoso. Tortured by a past job gone wrong, and to satisfy an outstanding debt to The Mentor, The Virtuoso accepts a new assignment – but he’s given no name or photo, only a code word and the information that his target will be in a rustic diner in a dying town. With several possible targets, including a deputy sheriff, an encounter with a local woman (Cornish) threatens to derail his mission and endanger his life.

  CITY OF MARVELS TV SERIES 

 FROM EL CID CREATORS

As Variety reports, the creators of Amazon Prime's El Cid epic TV series are planning to turn Eduardo Mendoza's acclaimed novel CITY OF

Oliver Martinez starred in the previous adaptation

MARVELS (La Ciudad de los Prodigios) into a six part mini series. Published in 1986 and translated into 14 languages, the book chronicles the protagonist Onofre Bouvila’s journey from small-time hustler to one of the richest people in Spain. The multi-generational story is set against the backdrop of Barcelona’s social and cultural evolution at the turn of the 20th century, as the city shook off its medieval past and reinvented itself as a vibrant modern metropolis. The rise of Barcelona as a mercantile power between the two World Fairs that it hosted in 1888 and 1929 was extraordinary and serves as the perfect backcloth for this story of political intrigue, corruption, murder and romance in the way that will resonate with audiences around the world.

ANTHONY HOPKINS, ANSON MOUNT, ABBIE CORNISH TO STAR IN THE VIRTUOSO NOIR THRILLER! MICHAEL JOHNSTON'S EPIC FANTASY BOOK SOLERI SELLS ADAPTATION RIGHTS!

   'THE VIRTUOSO' CASTS

ANTHONY HOPKINS, ANSON MOUNT AND ABBIE CORNISH

Anson Mount will lead the noir thriller

More new projects which will be presented to buyers at Cannes: Anthony Hopkins, Anson Mount and Abbie Cornish have been cast in noir thriller THE VIRTUOSO by Nick Stagliano.

The story of the movie revolves around a professional assassin (Anson Mount) who must track down and kill his latest target to satisfy an outstanding debt to his mentor (Anthony Hopkins). Unlike his other “jobs,” this assignment offers precious little information. He’s given no name or photo, only that his target will be in a rustic diner in a dying town at 5:00 PM. Bound by obligation, THE VIRTUOSO embarks on a manhunt to find his

Anthony Hopkins and Abbie Cornish will also star in the movie

prey and accomplish the mission. Any one of the patrons in the diner could be the mark, even the enigmatic waitress (Abbie Cornish) who, even if she’s not the prey, could prove to be a distraction that threatens to derail his task, and endanger his life.

    'SOLERI' EPIC SAGA

GETS ITS OWN ADAPTATION!

In fantasy genre news, Zoic Studios (The Twilight Zone, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), will adapt epic fantasy novel SOLERI for TV and

Soleri is the first part of a planned trilogy!

film, as Deadline reports. The book written by Michael Johnston follows the Soleri, god-like creatures who have ruled for thousands of years. However, no living person has seen the Soleri for centuries. When a dark portent appears in the sky, it sets into motion a power struggle that weakens the Soleri’s control of their empire. A weak king is made Emperor. Enemies abound, he must also face the dominion of his estranged wife, the Mother Priestess of the Cult of the Sun as well as their three children, the banished son, the overlooked daughter and the power-hungry princess, all divided by their loyalties, ruthless and wish a lust for the throne, all who have the ability to save or destroy the empire and civilization.

FELICITY JONES TO LEAD 'SWAN LAKE' FAIRY TALE MOVIE ADAPTATION! NEW 'GEOSTORM' TRAILER WITH GERARD BUTLER, JIM STURGESS, DANIEL WU, ED HARRIS

FELICITY JONES TO LEAD

'SWAN LAKE' MOVIE ADAPTATION

Here's a fairy tale for you at the end of the week: 'Variety' reports that Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) will turn famous SWAN LAKE

Felicity Jones will turn into a swan

tale, upon which the famous classic ballet was based, into a big screen movie! And he already found his lead: apparently Felicity Jones is already attached to star, moving from Star Wars to a more refined setting.

A bidding war has, allegedly, started among several major studios a few days ago when the project was brought onto the market. The story of SWAN LAKE follows Odette, a princess that is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse and that plot is the basis of a movie which is viewed as a possible tentpole project and which won't, actually, have any ballet in itself.

NEW 'GEOSTORM' TRAILER

WILL COOL YOU DOWN!

Meanwhile, a crazy new trailer has been released for Gerard Butler's action movie GEOSTORM which hits cinemas this October directed by Dean Devlin! The cast also includes Abbie Cornish, Daniel Wu, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Amr Waked and Andy Garcia.

When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide GEOSTORM wipes out everything and everyone.

1ST LOOK AT CHRIS HEMSWORTH AND CATE BLANCHETT IN 'THOR RAGNAROK'! CATASTROPHIC 'GEOSTORM' TRAILER WITH GERARD BUTLER, JIM STURGESS

1ST 'THOR RAGNAROK' LOOK

AT CHRIS HEMSWORTH AND CATE BLANCHETT AS THOR AND HELA

Now here's a delicious or shall I say thorlicious treat for you today: the first look at THOR: RAGNAROK epic adventure from the cover of the brand new 'EW' offering the first images of Chris Hemsworth in the lead role of the Asgardian hero and Cate Blanchett as the main villainess Hela, Goddess of Death freed from a prison after a whole millennia and ready to wreck some galactic havoc! As you can see the Norse prince and hero has a brand new haircut too, ready to fight not only Hela, but also the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) when they find themselves on a desolate planet called Sakaar where he ends up as a gladiator thanks to Hela's revenge. He gets surrounded there by all sorts of people with super powers who can easily match his abilities. The cover also shows Tessa Thompson as Asgardian warrior Valkyrie controversially portrayed by a Black woman even though she's a blonde Viking. The movie will also feature Karl Urban as Skurge and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

'GEOSTORM' TRAILER

GERARD BUTLER VS CHAOS

A whole set of natural catastrophes attacking different cities around the world clips have been released last night and you can see them all today together in the first trailer for GEOSTORM starring Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Daniel Wu, Ed Harris. It is out this October.

THE WORLD WILL BE DESTROYED
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong, the system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide GEOSTORM wipes out everything... and everyone along with it.