Just this past week, we heard about additional cast that have signed on for Steven Soderberg-directed KNOCKOUT, a bunch of famous male actors who are going to make the lead star, MMA hottie fighter Gina Carano, look more kick-ass than she already does. Now The Playlist got some more info, Channing Tatum has joined the cast and Antonio Banderas is in talks to join this spy/revenge thriller project as well..
Let’s do a quick role roundup, just to refresh our memories, plus now we get to know a bit more about the characters
Gina Carano plays Mallory Kane, a tough girl a solid background and was raised around military honor and academia. She leaves the military to go to work for a Blackwater-esque company to make better money and then is eventually betrayed by one of her teammates. She seeks to uncover who has set her up to take the fall for a job that goes bad and involves a murder.
Michael Douglas plays a government figure who ultimately proves to be an ally
Ewan McGregor plays the owner of the Blackwater-type special ops team (and once a romantic interest to the lead) is involved in making Kane take the fall
Michael Fassbender plays a member of Kane’s commando spy unit, an untrustworthy teammate.
Dennis Quaid plays Kane’s father.
Channing Tatum will play one of the elite specialists on Carano’s team named Aaron, “a military gearhead-type who’s sent to try and bring her back in once she’s been double-crossed and gone rogue; trying to figure out who exactly is setting her up”.
Antonio Banderas will play the head of a Black-ops European unit.
The composer of Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven movies, David Holmes, will be writing the score. Turkey is now NOT part of the location plan anymore. Fiming will take place primarily in Barcelona, Dublin and New Mexico. Production is expected to start in February and Lionsgate wants KNOCKOUT to hit theaters for August.
Here’s a funny fact that the website discovered.. turns out, all those male supporting roles were initially offered to several action movie stars but guess what.. “they were not very comfortable in a supporting role where a woman beats them senseless” Damn those action stars go too much pride.
