Last month, it was reported that British actor Ben Whishaw (
Skyfall,
Cloud Atlas) was being eyed for the role of the hacker 'Lurker' in 20th Century Fox/Dreamworks'
Robopocalypse, a science fiction thriller based on Daniel H. Wilson's novel of the same name. Now, speaking with
I Am Rogue while promoting
Cloud Atlas, Whishaw is asked about his involvement with the Steven Spielberg-directed film, which is expected to begin production early next year.
"I am [appearing in Robopocalypse]. I don't really want to talk about it because I haven't had one hundred percent confirmation that it is happening, but I have met him. We're due to make it. Maybe it's a contractual thing because it's taken a while, but I think we're due to do it in London."
As for whether or not he has read the script yet, Whishaw says that he hasn't yet.
"I've read the book. I gather it will be quite different from the book. But this was the problem; the script was sort of taking a while to get right."
Chris Hemsworth (
Marvel's The Avengers) and Anne Hathaway (
The Dark Knight Rises) are both said to be in negotiations for the lead roles in
Robopocalypse, which is set to hit theaters April 25th, 2014. Below is a plot synopsis for the story:
In the future, robots have been created to serve Mankind. Archos, the 14° version of an advanced Artificial Intelligence developed by the U.S. government, continuously deleted for displaying hostility towards humans, escapes from being destroyed and soon becomes a virus, downloading itself into every piece of A.I.-controlled technology in the planet, leading to a worldwide robot uprising where the humans caught in the chaos struggle to survive.
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