What was once titled OBLIVION, now HORIZONS, has been in a frenzy, testing lots of young starlets for the sci-fi extravaganza with Tom Cruise.
The film, directed by Joseph Kosinski (TRON LEGACY), has seen Olivia Wilde (TRON LEGACY), Jessica Chastain (THE HELP), Brit Marling (ANOTHER EARTH), Olga Kurylenko (THERE BE DRAGONS) and Naomi Rapace (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) all testing against Tom Cruise.
Here’s the IMDB synopsis:
A court martial sends a veteran soldier to a distant planet, where he is to destroy the remains of an alien race. The arrival of an unexpected traveler causes him to question what he knows about the planet, his mission, and himself.
Collider is reporting that there are two important female roles in the film; Victoria who is a Cruise’s partner, professional and sexually (someone who will probably die is my guess), and Julia, who he was engaged to before the invasion of Earth. So all the above women have different features and body types so you can assume that not all the above named actresses are testing for the same role.
The film is a very loose adaptation of a graphic novel named Oblivion by Arvid Nelson. The film is written by William Monahan who won the 2006 Oscar for his adaptation of Hong Kong film INFERNAL AFFAIRS, renamed THE DEPARTED. HORIZONS should be heading into production the start of next year after Cruise is finished with ONE SHOT filming this Autumn.
