There’s got to be something in it all.Īlhough Legendary isn’t commenting on the casting, Zwick‘s history as a filmmaker - Glory and The Last Samurai, specifically - leads me to think that Cavill will end up playing a popular role: the noble white man who helps weak minorities in accomplishing a specific task. Whatever you need for your plot, I guess.) Cavill, the first big “get” on the project, is something of a wild card at the moment Immortals, for one, is not the kind of film you judges actors on, and, what’s more, we shouldn’t see any Man of Steel footage until - at the earliest - a teaser attached in front of The Dark Knight Rises. Written by the director and Marshall Herskovitz - also based on an idea from Legendary head Thomas Tull and Max Brooks - The Great Wall pulls back the curtain on “the mystery behind how China’s Great Wall was constructed.” (From my own recollections, the Great Wall’s construction isn’t much of a mystery. Variety tells us that Cavill is in talks for The Great Wall, an Edward Zwick-directed story of how China’s most impressive landmark came to be. Each new wall section built by any single ruler would take approximately ten to 20 years to construct.
This is technically accurate, since it was actually constructed as a series of several walls built separately over that time by various ruling dynasties.
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With this in mind, a historical epic (from a generally respected director, no less) might not be the worst path. See a detailed Henry Cavill timeline, with an inside look at his TV shows, relationships, awards & more through. The poster says the Great Wall took 1,700 years to build. The epic action film will star Henry Cavill and Benjamin Walker.
So, after June 2013, his career choices will have that all-too dangerous public spotlight shining right above now would be a perfect time to plan for the future. An essay by Fran Hoepfner on Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Free Solo, as excerpted from the latest issue of Bright Wall/Dark Room.
Should Man of Steel do the business it needs to do, Henry Cavill is a household name in roughly 16 months’ time.