With a cast that includes Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, and its genesis in a Philip K. Dick short story,** The Adjustment Bureau** is already looking like one of the more intriguing science-fiction movies of 2010/11. And it just got even more intriguing with news that Anthony Mackie has signed on the dotted line.
Mackie, who's soon to slam onto our screens as a bomb disposal specialist in the visceral, Oscar-baiting The Hurt Locker, adds another slug of charisma to the sci-fi thriller. The Adjustment Burea****u sees an ambitious congressman (Damon) find his life turned upside down by the appearance of a mysterious ballerina (Blunt).
The Adjustment Bureau is the debut feature of George Nolfi, who is also scripting and shares a producer credit with Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro. Shooting starts in New York in late summer, once Mackie has finished treading the boards in a production of The Bacchae.