Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Oblivion’ Adds Olga Kurylenko And Andrea Riseborough
Tron LegacydirectorJoseph Kosinskihas seen a few things change with his filmOblivionover the last year. The title, for one: the film started out asOblivion, then wasHorizonsfor a while, thenObliviononce more, and is now untitled.
The film left Disney andwent to Universal, whereTom Cruisesigned onto play the lead, a soldier stationed on a future Earth, whose discovery of a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod sets off a chain of events that cause him to question everything he knows.
For some time,Jessica Chastainwasattachedto play the other lead female roles, the wife of the main character. But scheduling conflicts came up with Katheryn Bigelow’s Osama Bin Laden film, and Chastain has moved on. Kosinski, however, has finally settled on his two female leads:Olga KurylenkoandAndrea Riseborough.
First up, here’s the plot of the film:
In a future where the Earth’s surface has been irradiated beyond recognition, the remnants of humanity live above the clouds, safe from the brutal alien Scavengers that stalk the ruins. But when surface drone repairman Jak discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off an unstoppable chain of events that will force him to question everything he knows.
Varietyreports the casting and the untitled status of the film. Olga Kurylenko was one of the actresses whotestedfor the wife role in August of 2011, alongside Chastain and Brit Marling, Noomi Rapace and Olivia Wilde. Now she has ended up with that role.
Later in the year Hayley Atwell, Diane Kruger, and Kate Beckinsale alltestedfor the other female lead, the mysterious woman in the pod, which now belongs to Riseborough. The is the first time that Riseborough has been a part of the talk about this project; she’s in Madonna’sW.E.right now, is in the upcomingShadow Dancer, from James Marsh, and will show up alongside James McAvoy inWelcome to the Punch.
The film is scheduled to start shooting some time in the first quarter of 2012.
