With shooting set to begin next month, the cast for “JCVD” director Mabrouk El Mechri’s “The Cold Light Of Day” is coming together quickly.
Late last week it was reported that Henry Cavill had come aboard, and today Deadline has revealed that Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver have joined the cast as well. In the film, “Cavill plays a young American whose family is kidnapped on vacation in Spain. He’s got hours to find them, and unravels a government conspiracy. Willis is near a deal to play his father, who has secrets of his own. Weaver is in talks to play the villainess, a role that was originally written for a male actor.” Whoa, Weaver as a baddie? Awesome.
The film has a script by Scott Wiper (“The Wire,” “Ransom”) and John Petro, but another pass was given by Richard Price (“Clockers,” “Ransom”). The film is set up at Summit and will mark Mechri’s American debut.