Cast for Silent Hill movie
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:38 am
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Sounds interesting to me. Usually game to movie adaptations are crap, but Silent Hill is much more sophisicated in it's presentation than other games, particularly Resident Evil. The cast, director, and writer alone has me interested.Silent Hill Movie Casting
Boromir joins game-to-film adaptation.
April 27, 2005 - Lord of the Rings thesp Sean Bean has joined the cast of the forthcoming game-to-film adaptation of Silent Hill, according to today's Hollywood Reporter. The trade scoops that Bean will be the male lead in the movie version of the hit Konami game. He'll play the husband of the female lead (Radha Mitchell) in the story of a mother and daughter looking into the secrets of an abandoned town. The child will be played by Jodelle Ferland (Tideland).
Variety adds that Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates and Tanya Allen have also joined the cast in unspecified roles.
Brotherhood of the Wolf helmer Christophe Gans is directing the flick from a script by Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, Rules of Attraction). Gans and Nicolas Boukhrief contributed to the story.
Bean recently starred in National Treasure and Troy. He'll next star in Michael Bay's sci-fi flick The Island which hits theaters in July. He's also set for the thriller Flightplan, opposite Jodie Foster.
Silent Hill started shooting in Toronto this week. TriStar Pictures will distribute the film. A 2006 release is planned.