Source: The Hollywood Reporter
April 4, 2008
Ving Rhames and Rosamund Pike have joined Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell in the sci-fi thriller The Surrogates for Disney.
Jonathan Mostow is directing the film based on the graphic novel by Robert Venditti and artist Brett Weldele of Top Shelf Comix. Michael Ferris and John Brancato (the Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines duo) wrote the script.
Mandeville Film's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing along with Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks.
Ned Vaughn (Frost/Nixon) was also previously cast in the film, which is set in the future where humans live risk-free lives through robot surrogates that are eternally young, perfect-looking versions of themselves.
Rhames plays a charismatic cult figure who disdains the use of surrogates and tries to lead an uprising against the "new world order."
Mitchell plays the professional partner of Willis' character, a cop that through his surrogate investigates the murders of others' surrogates.
Pike plays his wife.
Production is set to begin in late April on the film, which will be released through Touchstone.
Shooting is scheduled to start on April 28 in Boston for a November 20, 2009 release.
Probably bad news (at least I can't remember when moving a movie from November to September was a good sign):
The Surrogates
The Jonathan Mostow-directed sci-fi thriller starring Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell has moved up from November 20th 2009 to September 25th. The move leaves the third weekend of November lacking a major tentpole release; a date that should be filled quickly.
SURROGATES
This Jonathan Mostow-directed sci-fi flick about a future in which humanity interacts with the outside world via android doubles isn't due until September 2009, but I want to see it now. Bruce Willis plays a cop who must re-enter society as his flesh-and-blood self to investigate a string of murders (the first homicides in fifteen years). It's one of the best trailers of the day!