Sunday, January 19, 2014

Robbie Joins "Zachariah" & Is Jane In Tarzan Reboot At WB

The Wrap says that The Wolf of Wall Street actress Margot Robbie  has been cast in the sci-fi thriller “Z For Zachariah


Based on author Robert C. O'Brien's book, the story follows a teenage girl who lives alone and maintains a farm in the only valley with breathable air in the wake of nuclear war. Her world is turned upside down when two strangers wander in from the forest
 
Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried Chiwetel Ejiofor have and Tobey Maguire also star. 

Craig Zobel will direct from an adapted script by Nissar Modi.

Maguire Matthew Plouffe, Thor Sigurjonsson and Joni Sighvatsson will produce the film.

Gary Ross Stephen Bannatyne, Claudia Bluemhuber Jim Seibel and Bill Johnson will executive produce.

After she wraps "Z" Robbie will go on to play Jane in the briefly stalled--now back on director David Yates re-imagining of Edgar Rice Burroughs "Tarzan" at Warner Bros. She won the role beating out  Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain.

"True Blood" star Alexander Skarsgård is due to play the loin cloth wearing  vine-swinger.
Jamie Foxx was being wooed for the third lead role--Civil War veteran and former mercenary George Washington Williams.--a part that Samuel L. Jackson will now play.Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained," "Inglourious Basterds") will play bad guy Captain Rom, a Belgian soldier who wants to capture Tarzan in exchange for diamonds.

Adam Cozad penned the most recent script draft.

Jerry Weintraub and Alan Riche will produce the film.

 Production takes place this Summer for a 2015 release.

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