With Lincoln now in US cinemas, Steven Spielberg can go full steam ahead with Robopocalypse. In the last few months he signed Chris Hemsworth for the lead and it was revealed Anne Hathaway was in talks to join him. Now the actress has confirmed that she’ll be part of the film.
She’s told Empire, “If Robopocalypse happens I will be in it, and I believe its quite real, though you never want to hang your hat on anything.”
While she makes it sound like there’s a lot of uncertainty over whether Robopocalype will happen, it’s likely that’s more due to the inherent unpredictability of the movie business rather than any knowledge that Spielberg’s film might implode at any moment.
On being cast, Hathaway says, “Whenever Im taking time off, I always joke to my team that Im on vacation unless Steven Spielberg calls. And I was on vacation and Spielberg called. So I was like, OK, put my money where my mouth is.”
The last we heard the plan is for the movie to begin principal photography in early 2013, with a release date already set of April 25th, 2014. Exploring the fate of the human race following a robot uprising, Robopocalypse has been adapted for the screen by Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), based on the novel of the same name by Daniel H. Wilson.