Sharlto Copley Signs for Oldboy, then Jumps into an Open Grave

Steve Barton   |  

May 2, 2012

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Life sure is busy nowadays for District 9 and A-Team star Sharlto Copley. Read on for the latest of just what he’ll be up to next and when. Here’s a hint… it involves horror and villainous activity!

Deadline is reporting that Copley is heading to Hungary to begin shooting Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s Open Grave, and he has closed his deal to play the villain in Spike Lee’s Oldboy, a remake of the cult 2003 Korean revenge thriller from Park Chan-wook.

The actor will play the lead character in Lopez-Gallego’s follow-up to Apollo 18. Copley’s character wakes up in a pit full of rotting bodies with no idea how he got there, begins to have flashbacks of himself murdering people, and starts to believe he’s the killer. Charles Roven’s Atlas Independent is producing.

Copley has also been confirmed to play the villain Adrian Pryce in Oldboy. Pryce is a mysterious billionaire trying to destroy the life of Joe Douchett (Josh Brolin). The new Oldboy begins shooting in late September from a script adapted by Mark Protosevich, who will co-produce. Roy Lee and Doug Davison produce via Vertigo Entertainment with Lee’s 40 Acres & A Mule. Mandate president Nathan Kahane executive produces.

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