Warner Bros. has announced that Academy Award
winner Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey and Tao Okamoto have been cast in the
upcoming Batman vs. Superman as newly created characters.
Press Release:
Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Oscar®-winning
actress Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey of “300: Rise of an Empire,” and Tao
Okamoto of “The Wolverine” have joined the cast of the upcoming Zack Snyder
untitled Superman/Batman film. The announcement was made today by Greg
Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue
Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner
Bros. Pictures.
All
three actors will play characters newly created for the film.
Snyder
stated, “Holly has always been one of my favorite actresses; she has immense
talent and is always captivating on screen. I had an opportunity to meet her a
while back and knew instantly that I had to work with her, so as we began
writing the script I made sure to create a role specifically for her.
“I
just had the good fortune to work with Callan on ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ and
was very impressed with his incredible talent,” the director continued. “He’s a
fantastic actor and I’m looking forward to having the chance to work with him
again. And, quite simply, Tao is a striking presence whose beauty is aptly
rivaled by her amazing abilities as an actress. I’m really excited to have her
joining us on this adventure.”
Hunter
received the Academy Award® and a Golden Globe Award for her starring role in
Jane Campion’s “The Piano.” She also garnered Oscar® nominations for her work
in “Broadcast News,” “The Firm” and “Thirteen.” She has starred in such films
as the Coen brothers’ “Raising Arizona” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,”
Steven Spielberg’s “Always,” Lasse Halström’s “Once Around,” Jodie Foster’s
“Home for the Holidays” and Brad Bird’s animated hit “The Incredibles.” Hunter
was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award® when she reunited with Campion
for the TV miniseries “Top of the Lake.” She next appears in David Gordon
Green’s “Manglehorn” and in Terrence Malick’s upcoming feature.
Australian-born
Mulvey stars in the current box office hit “300: Rise of an Empire,” produced
by Snyder. He also appeared in Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” and will
next be seen in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”
In
addition to “The Wolverine,” Okamoto also appeared in the video “The Wolverine:
The Path of a Ronin,” and in the Japanese television miniseries “Chi no
wadachi.”
Snyder’s
film stars Henry Cavill, reprising his role as Superman/Clark Kent, Ben Affleck
as Batman/Bruce Wayne, and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince. The film
also stars Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and
reunites “Man of Steel” stars Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane.
The
new film is currently being written by Chris Terrio, from a screenplay by David
S. Goyer. Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin
Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Wesley Coller, David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns
serving as executive producers.
The
film is set to open worldwide on May 6, 2016, and is based on Superman
characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, Batman characters created
by Bob Kane, and Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston, appearing in
comic books published by DC Entertainment.
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