More players are added to the movie Unthinkable. The newest cast members include Brandon Routh, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan and Carrie-Anne Moss. They join Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen in the suspense thriller.
An American Muslim man (Sheen) claims to have three nuclear bombs planted throughout the United States in cities. Routh and Bellows are members of an FBI anti-terrorism team run by Agent Brody (Moss). A black-ops agent (Jackson) helps as they are assigned by an FBI director (Donovan) to interrogate an American Muslim.
I am looking forward to seeing Michael Sheen in this role — it should be good — far from playing Tony Blair.
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British actor Michael Sheen has a busy line up as he joins Samuel L. Jackson on the thriller Unthinkable and will also appear in Tim Burton’s re-imagining of classic children’s story Alice in Wonderland.
According to Variety, Gregor Jordan will direct Unthinkable; a story that takes a look at the ethics of torture after a terrorist threatening to detonate nuclear devices in the U.S. is questioned by a black-operations interrogator and an FBI agent, Carrie-Ann Moss.
Filming begins shooting this month.
Sheen will have a role in Alice in Wonderland, it’s not disclosed yet.
An important point that Variety noted about Michael Sheen: both films are a change in direction for Sheen, who has made a name for himself playing real-life characters to critical acclaim.
Sheen stars as British TV personality David Frost in Ron Howard’s upcoming Frost/Nixon. He portrayed former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in The Deal, which I wrote about and Screenhead sponsored a Giveaway, and The Queen, both of which were directed by Stephen Frears.
In The Damned United he plays legendary English soccer coach Brian Clough. The film is in post-production.
Sheen may also reprise his role as Blair in Morgan’s The Special Relationship, an intimate look at the former prime minister’s relationships with U.S. presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.
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MTV News reports that Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss has joined the cast of Unthinkable, a post 9/11 psychological drama also starring Samuel L. Jackson.
The film has Jackson playing a black-ops interrogator who attempts to interrogate terrorists while dealing with the pressure of three nuclear devices set to go off in three different American cities.
More cast additions are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. The film begins shooting next month.
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