Mickey Rourke In War of the Gods

Mickey Rourke has signed on to star in Tarsem Singh’s War of the Gods.

Rourke has been cast as the villain, King Hyperion and will star opposite Henry Cavill and Freida Pinto.

The story about a Greek mythological battle, follows a young warrior Theseus who leads his men into battle with the immortal Greek gods to defeat evil and the powerful elder gods of the Titans in order to save mankind.

Pinto will portray Phaedra, an oracle priestess who must join Theseus, played by Cavill, on his quest to prevent the cataclysmic war from erupting.

The Greek mythology epic is directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall) from the script written by Jason Keller.

Keller wrote the most recent draft of the script and the original screenplay was written by Christian Gudegast.

Production is set to start in April 2010.

Rourke will be seen next as the Russian villain in Iron Man 2 opposite Robert Downey Jr.

Nicole Kidman Joins Woody Allen’s New Movie

Last December Nicole Kidman told that her role in Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia” may be her last and that she is not interested in making films any more.

But now she has joined the cast of Woody Allen’s newest still-untitled film. So, apparently Kidman still is in the game. She will join an impressive cast – Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins.

After successful “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Whatever Works,” which will be released in June, Woody Allen will start a new project in London this summer, but no one knows what this is about at all.

Antonio Banderas Joins New Woody Allen Film

After successful “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Whatever Works,” which will be released in June, Woody Allen starts a new still-untitled project.

Antonio Banderas has signed on to star in the film, joining the already-announced Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts.

Freida Pinto, “Slumdog Millionaire” discovery, has also signed up for Woody Allen’s latest film. His film will mark the first post-”Slumdog” project for the Indian-born model-turned-actress.

This will be Banderas’ first collaboration with Allen.

Plot details have been kept under wraps for the film.
The film is slated to start production this summer in London.