Bloom, Cassel & Kurylenko in futuristic sci-fi movie THE CROSS

by Matt Holmes

Orlando Bloom will topline THE CROSS, a $24 million sci-fi escape story that sounds a little like LOGAN'S RUN and THE ISLAND. The movie is set way into the future and Bloom plays a guy who desperately wants to become the first man to cross a mysterious border. Vincent Cassel from EASTERN PROMISES and OCEAN'S TWELVE is the man who attempts to stop him. BOND girl Olga Kurleynko plays the lead female, presumably the girl Bloom takes with him on his journey. Andrew Niccol (LORD OF WAR, GATTACA) will write and direct. We shouldn't forget he also wrote THE TRUMAN SHOW, so you can expect this project to be as genre bending as it probably sounds. Though we need to hear a little more than that brief tease, although you can certainly put me down as being aroused. Just wish they had picked someone stronger than Bloom to lead. Variety say THE CROSS is structured as an Australia-France-Germany co-production and is being produced by Bluewater Pics in Sydney, Paris' Spangherabero Films and Berlin's Opal Film Produktion.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.