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‘Abraham Lincoln’ Elected! Moretz for ‘Hunger Games’?
Update: Variety confirmed that Benjamin Walker (pictured) has SIGNED ON to star as Abraham Lincoln.
With every website fighting to break exclusives, it has come down to reporting on “front-runners” – you know, people that are supposedly in the lead to win the titular role of a film. Even worse, some sites are now reporting an actor or actresses desire to play a certain role.
Sigh
Variety is reporting that Benjamin Walker has emerged as the front-runner signed on to play the 16th president in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D for 20th Century Fox. Seth Grahame-Smith, who penned the tome which inspired the film, will also write the script. Timur Bekmambetov will direct and co-produce with Tim Burton and Jim Lemley.
In theaters June 22,2012, the story revolves around the president’s quest to rid the world of vampires, presented as part of the conflict behind the Civil War.
In more laughable news (that I’d still enjoy were it to become a reality), Let Me In and Kick-Ass star Chloe Moretz tells the LA Times that she’d love to topline Lionsgate’s Battle Royale-esque The Hunger Games. “Yeah, I read all of the books…I’d die to play Katniss. It’s such a cool role.” Good luck with that.
Hunger Games, in theaters March 23, 2012, is a screen adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novels about a grim future where teenagers are forced to fight to the death in a televised contest.
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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