GOSLING AND DEL TORO
GO HOUSE HUNTING?
Olivia Munn will play mutant Psylocke in next summer’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Psylocke possesses telekinetic powers and is able to move objects, astral project and shoot “psycho-blasts” with her mind. Director Bryan Singer is now wrapping up production on this final film in the current X-Men trilogy, which is set in 1983 and ties up storylines started in X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past.
PHOTO BY MAARTEN DE BOER/GETTY
Ryan Gosling is in negotiations to star in director Guillermo del Toro’s Haunted Mansion, another pic based on a Disney theme park ride. Del Toro announced the film back in 2010 only to have it stall. Look for production to ramp up if the very picky Gosling comes on board.
MUNN’S MUTANT ROLE
JACKMAN TURNS TO THE BIBLE Apostle Paul casts actor Hugh Jackman as Saint Paul. Paul was not one of the original 12 apostles but was converted by Christ in a vision and travelled the land preaching the gospel of Jesus. He is credited with writing 14 of 27 books in the New Testament. Jackman, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will co-produce the film; no word who’ll direct.
CHRISTENSEN
PLAYS POLO Hayden Christensen returns to big-budget filmmaking with Marco Polo. The Star Wars prequel actor will portray the 13th-century Italian explorer who famously opened up trade routes with China. Rob Cohen (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) directs the fantasy-action film.
44 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | JUNE 2015
PHOTO BY MICHAEL BUCKNER/GETTY
n BY INGRID RANDOJA
PHOTO BY MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY
CASTING CALL
