Thursday, May 24, 2012

Hopkins Eyed For Red 2 Bad Guy

Anthony Hopkins is in talks to join the cast of the as yet Untitled Red Sequel  says Heat Vision.


Robert Schwentke helmed the original Red starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Brian Cox, Karl Urban Mary-Louise Parker and Morgan Freeman--following over-the-hill special ops agents forced out of retirement.

Hopkins would play Edward Bailey, a scientist who has been committed to an asylum and is the villian of the pic

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Byung-Hun Lee also star.

Jon and Erich Hoeber are writng the screenplay to the follow-up for new director Dean Parisot. The franchise is based on Warren Ellis' three-issue comic book series.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian will produce the pic.

An August 2nd 2013 release has been set.

Hopkins' involvement here depends upon his obligations to Thor 2 which will go in production this August in London.

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