Creepy Casting

Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 9th, 2008

THR reports that Dominic Monaghan (Lost) and Freddy Rodriguez (Six Feet Under) have been cast in Swiss writer-director Barthelemy Grossmann’s (13 m2) upcoming horror thriller, Fortuna.  The film is one of many that are done in light of the recent state of our economy.

“Set in 2100, Fortuna envisions an Earth where a collapsed economy and climate crises have eliminated the middle class, leaving a few very wealthy and the teeming masses in severe poverty. To give hope and avoid revolt, the elite create Fortuna, a mysterious game where one in a thousand wins a big payday and joins the upper classes. But their hidden goal to “reduce poverty” by 30% over 50 years comes with a deadly price tag.”

Grossmann will also star alongside Monaghan and Rodriguez, playing desperate men who compete in the game that begins lensing on November 10. The film, privately funded by producer Laurent Zilber and co-produced by Scott Duncan, will shoot over a six week span.

It’s being rumored on Latino Review that Ryan Gosling may be playing the role of Hal Jordan in DC Comics’ upcoming theatrical feature of The Green Lantern, one of DC Comic’s most popular superheros of all time.  Previous reports have stated the producer Donald De Line has eyes set for rehearsals to begin in February and shooting begin Spring 2009.