Hayden Christensen Is Ready To Jump Again
Hayden Christensen revealed that there are talks about a sequel ”Jumper.”
“We’re talking about it,” Christensen tells Sun Media about filming a sequel to his sci-fi action movie,”Jumper.”
“I know that they’re having those conversations, I hear about them,” Christensen says of development plans for Jumper 2.
When asked if he would indeed reprise his role, he offered, “Oh yeah, and I think I probably will.”
Doug Liman originally planned a movie trilogy based on Steven Gould’s novel. Liman spun out a liberal re-imagining of Gould’s more personal story about child abuse, which had jumping as a metaphor for escape.
“It was set up to become that, a trilogy, if it did well,” says Christensen. “And I think they’re happy with how it did so they want to make another one. But I don’t think they’re rushing to get into production.”
Doug Liman wants Russell Crowe in Valerie Plame film
Doug Liman, who has already cast Nicole Kidman as the film’s lead, wants Russell Crowe to play Plame’s husband Joseph Wilson.
Liman has revealed that he is lining up Russell Crowe to star in a film about outed CIA spy Valerie Plame. Plame was outed as a spy by The Washington Post in 2003 and forced to quit the CIA. Liman described the incident as “the lowpoint in American history”.
“I’d love Russell Crowe. If you’ve met Joe, he’s a really strong guy. I’ve never met an actor stronger than Russell Crowe” Liman says.
Liman originally had Crowe in mind to star in the Jason Bourne action series and admitted that the actor has an intimidating presence.
“I met with him for The Bourne Identity and I was terrified,” he said.
“The whole time I was in the room with him I was just scared of him. This is a scary dude! Joe is kind of like that.”
Nicole Kidman To Play In New Liman’s Movie
Nicole Kidman has been said to be chosen to play in a biopic about the betrayed CIA agent “Untitled Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joseph Wilson Biopic”. According to MTV News, the 40-year-old Academy Award-winning actress will be playing Valerie Plame, the wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson who used to serve as a federal agent.
The casting news has been leaked by director Doug Liman. He revealed the fact saying, “Nicole Kidman. She’s perfect if you’ve ever met Valerie.”
On working with the project adapted from Plame’s memoir “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House”, Liman said that he had his way to deal with the government objections added with the full support given by the former agent.
He said, “I have a really, really insane take on how to tell it. It’s so outrageous. Ultimately, I’d be doing something no one has ever done before. Therefore it’s automatically appealing to me. I’m just starting to explore whether (what I have in mind) is even possible to do.”
‘Jumper’ new Sci-Fi movie
‘Jumper’ is new movie from the director of the Bourne identity and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Doug Liman, with Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson and Diane Lane. ’Jumper’ will hit theaters on February 14th, 2008.
A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between ‘Jumpers’ and those who have sworn to kill them.
Davey (Hayden Christensen) lives alone with his father. But the truth is, it isn’t much of a home. When things get so bad that Davey decides to run away, his big question is, Where? And how will he live? The magical answer is anywhere Davey wants! Davey discovers he has the power to jump from one place to another. And as Davey explores his new power he learns that the world is literally his for the taking. But there are consequences too, as Davey will learn.
Watch ‘Jumper’ trailer after the jump
