Since actor Benedict Cumberbatch left Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak to maybe star in The Lost City of Z and/or the new Star Wars installment, a hole was created, which has now been covered.
According
to Legendary, actor Tom Hiddleston (Thor, The Avengers, War Horse and Midnight
in Paris) is set to play the character that Cumberbatch left, and star opposite
actress Jessica Chastain. Both actors are going to play siblings in what del
Toro described as being a “classical gothic romance ghost story” and “very
set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story. It
will allow me to play with the conventions of the genre I know and love, and at
the same time subvert the old rules.”
Press Release:
CRIMSON
PEAK
Tom
Hiddleston has signed on to star in Legendary Pictures’ haunted house thriller
CRIMSON PEAK directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Legendary
will produce and be a participating financing partner on the movie with
Universal Pictures retaining an option to also finance at a later date. The
film, which is set to begin shooting in January 2014, also includes Jessica
Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Charlie Hunnam.
Hiddleston’s
past credits include WAR HORSE, Marvel’s THE AVENGERS, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, and
DEEP BLUE SEA. He will next be seen in Marvel’s THOR: THE DARK WORLD, ONLY
LOVERS LEFT ALIVE and MUPPETS MOST WANTED. He is repped by WME in the U.S. and
Hamilton Hodell in the U.K., as well as Peikoff Mahan Law and he is managed by
Authentic.
Legendary
most recently released PACIFIC RIM directed by Guillermo del Toro, the Jackie
Robinson biopic 42, and MAN OF STEEL with Warner Bros. Upcoming highlights from
Legendary’s slate include SEVENTH SON; WARCRAFT; and Legendary’s upcoming
GODZILLA project, based on Toho Company’s famed character.
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