We already knew that Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman were seeing Red, but now it turns out that Helen Mirren is too, as she’s just joined the cast of the upcoming action thriller. The Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) directed movie, which starts shooting in January, is based on WildStorm/DC Comic three book series, Red, that was first published in 2003 and 2004.
It tells the story of former black-ops CIA agent Paul Moses (Willis) who is now living a quiet life in retirement. However when the new director of the CIA learns about what Moses used to get up to, he panics and sends high-tech assassins after the trained operative, which forces Moses out of retirement along with some of his old colleagues.
There’s no news on what role Mirren will be playing, but her involvment has been announced to help drum up interest in the movie at the American Film Market, where movie producers show their films to potential distributors. It’s certainly turning into a classy cast and the film doesn’t look like it’ll be a typical comic book adaptation. Expect to see it in cinemas towards the end of next year. (Source: Screen International)