Cineplex Magazine September 2012

dunsT +
moRTensen
make faces
On the Road castmates Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen
will reteam for the thriller Two Faces of January, based on
the book by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley).
The film follows a conman (Mortensen) and his wife (Dunst)
who, believing they’ve killed a cop, run away to Istanbul. Drive
writer Hossein Amini makes his directorial debut with the film,
which starts shooting next month in Greece and Turkey.
Radcliffe
GRows HoRns
Daniel Radcliffe will star as Ig Perrish in the
adaptation of the dark fantasy novel Horns
by Joe Hill (who is, in fact, Stephen King’s
son). The story finds Perrish growing horns
while searching for his girlfriend’s killer,
and the horns cause people around him to
do horrible things and reveal their ugliest
thoughts. Shooting starts in the fall with
horror director Alexandre Aja (Piranha,
The Hills Have Eyes) behind the camera.
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Helms Takes
VacaTion
Here’s a reboot we didn’t see coming
— New Line is bringing back the
Vacation franchise, and has tapped
Ed Helms for the lead role. He’ll play
Rusty Griswold, the now grown son
of Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase),
who takes his brood on a mishapfilled
vacation. No word if Chase
will return, but Horrible Bosses
writers John Francis Daley and
Jonathan Goldstein will direct.
Fassbender’s
killeR Role
The videogame adaptation Prince of Persia:
The Sands of Time may have underperformed
at the North American box office
($90-million) but it took in $244-million
overseas, making a big-screen adaptation of
the similar videogame title Assassin’s Creed
more appealing, especially since the talented
Michael Fassbender has agreed to star.
Not only will the Irish actor play the
lead character, a modern-day bartender
who relives the memories of his assassin
ancestors, he’ll also co-produce through his
film company, DMC. Filming starts this fall.