From the maker of Equilibrium: Ultraviolet

[arjue]

I stumbled across this just then, and I thought it might interest you lot.


from www.chud.com :

Well, I guess it's safe to spill the beans.

It's official, Milla Jovovich has been cast as the lead in Kurt Wimmer's UltraViolet. Variety unloaded the news, news we've been sitting on, in an article about this film as well as her next foray into the world of cinematic mediocrity known as Resident Evil.

Milla will play a vampire with no shortage of ass-kicking potential who's forced into protecting a young boy amidst the tumult of war in the not-too-distant future and from what we've been told, Kurt's seriously springboarding into much more elaborate action for his follow-up to the beloved Equilibrium. Expect no shortage of coolness, but it's a good while away before the film hit screens. Milla's apparently really getting into shape, and the role.

Here's a word from Kurt himself about the project, a CHUD.com exclusive:

"Yes, it's true, we have cast Milla. Though shooting's a ways off, with all the prep necessary for this film, we've started physical training with her already so we can hit the beach at a sprint. Acting ability was always a given but I was relieved to find that she has excellent fundamental kicking and punching skills as well as a basic coordination that's allowing her to pick up sword and kali-stick basics along with wu shu isometric forms relatively easily. Though it's sometimes also the case with men, I think it's even more common with women that no matter how much training you give them, you'll never be able to convincingly transform them, both in terms of physicality and in terms of attitude, into warriors. It's tricky business - Linda H. Sigourney, maybe a few others - the list of success isn't very long. But when I watch the tapes of our sessions with Milla, sword arced over her head, I can see in her eyes - she's a killer."

Honestly, I'm not a fan of Milla. Well, aside from the natural Kuffs spawned male impulses to carry her off to my cave. She's talented, but so far there hasn't been a role where I stood back and said "OK, I know why she's getting these big gigs... aside from the Besson stuff, which made perfect nepotistic sense.".

This should do it. If Kurt's sold, why shouldn't we be?

I haven't seen Equilibrium yet, but even without Kurt Wimmer, this movie would still have had potential. Possibly a classic action film in the making, depending on what he does with it.

[Despair]

I posted few bits of info on this project before, and I am very interested in what Whimmer can do. EQ was a great film, and I am looking forward to Ultraviolet, and I hope that it will have a better luck at the theaters. Hopefully, Whimmer wont deal with MiramAxe again. While Millia wouldnt be my first choice for vampire warrior, she has some potential, and I did liked her in RE.

Arjue, you should check out EQ, if its available in Australia. Most of the people I knew liked it alot, so you might enjoy it as well.

[arjue]

I haven't been able to find it, but I'll keep my eyes open.

[Dolemite]

Yeah, arjue, Equilibrium was awesome. Be sure to track down a copy. As for Ultraviolet, I already spooged over it in Despair's original thread. I won't make a similar mess here, I'll just re-state that this movie sounds amazing and that I can't wait to see it. As pointed out before, it sounds like a futuristic Bloodrayne or something.