The casting news for this project just keeps getting better: ScreenDaily.com is reporting that Helen Mirren has joined Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in the screen adaption of the graphic novel Red by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. Shooting is scheduled to begin in January 2010 with a release date of November 2010. Brothers Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber (Whiteout) wrote the screenplay.
About Red: Paul Moses (Bruce Willis) is a man with too much blood on his hands. For years, masquerading as a low-level clerk, he has travelled the world as a CIA agent, coldly and mercilessly killing America's enemies. Now, Moses is old, retired, and wants nothing more than to grow old and die in peace. But when a new, politically-appointed CIA director (Morgan Freeman) discovers Moses' existence and history, he gives the order for Moses' death, setting a chain of events in motion that nobody could have predicted.
According to ScreenDaily.com, Mirren's specific role is currently unknown, though it's likely that she'll play the role of Willis' former handler, a character that is largely heard over phone calls rather than seen. Whether the role is elongated for the film remains unclear, as does Mirren's attachment to that particular character.
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