The stars are staring to pile into the new untouchables project. We get news today that Gerard Butler is now on board. We get the scoop and following excerpt from comingsoon.net
Gerald Butler (300) will star in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables: Capone Rising, reports Variety.
He joins Nicolas Cage, who will play a younger version of Al Capone, the character made famous by Robert De Niro. “Capone Rising” is a prequel to De Palma’s 1987 classic The Untouchables, and will revolve around the early dealings between Capone and Irish cop Jimmy Malone, a role that garnered an Oscar for Sean Connery.
Butler was good stuff in 300. It is no surprise that his stock is rising after that role, and I suspect that it will continue to do so. His IMDB page certainly suggests that business is booming as of late. I am interested in learning more about the character he is set to play in the film.
I am usually not a huge fan of prequels, but Nick Cage as Al Capone has a ridiculous tractor beam on me. If they keep adding dudes of Butler level caliber, this may be something to celebrate rather than malign.
Christ.
Butler and Cage in the same movie? Are they trying to kill us?
“THIS…..IS…..CHICAAAAAAAAAAAGOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Oh dear, i try to be funny, lord i try.
And you succeed, man :) Actually, that made me laugh. not smile, but laugh.
As for Butler joining ‘Untouchables’ prequel – well, I guess that’s OK, as he’s mainstream Hollywood (should I say ‘A-list’?) now, post-300.
But Cage as Capone…come on. Not so far ago, he was even considered to be the new (then) Superman. That’s simply ridiculous.
I dunno, it all sounds to me pretty much in the veins of ‘Hannibal Rising’ (that pile of cr*p). Maybe I’m wrong…
Otherwise, Butler was really great in [the really great as well] 300. This movie was a big and pleasant surprise for me, I admit.
I even devoted an episode of my online comic to his character King Leonidas of Sparta. If you’re curious what is it about, you can see it here –
http://www.drunkduck.com/Midnite_Celebrity_Ghosttalk_with_Jon_Bonaparte/index.php?p=206376
HAROOH! :)
(if you saw it, you know what I mean)
Cage is getting up there isn’t he? I mean, should he really be playing the younger character of anyone? Butler totally works as a young Connery, but Cage? ah well, it will probably work.
Nord
Cage is getting up there isn’t he? I mean, should he really be playing the younger character of anyone? Butler totally works as a young Connery, but Cage? ah well, it will probably work.
Nord
Love me some Gerry Butler. Woot woot!
Am I the only one who thinks this project sounds rather bizarre?
“Untouchables: Capone Rising”? What’s next?
“Silence of the lambs: Hannibal Rising”? Oh, wait……
That’s what is it. He’s the younger Sean Connery character.
Perhaps Butler will play Sean Connery’s character younger. Would make sense.
“THIS…..IS…..CHICAAAAAAAAAAAGOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Oh dear, i try to be funny, lord i try.