Immortals reunion klaxon! Luke Evans and Henry Cavill are looking to share the screen again, but this time they’re playing soldiers in Iraq War drama **Sand Castle.
Nicholas Hoult has been attached to this one for a while, and it looked like Toby Kebbell would be joining him in May of last year. But, as is so often the case in indie movie territory, delays and changes mean that Evans will be taking over his role.
Sand Castle is scripted by Chris Roessner, who spent two years serving in Iraq and went on more than 200 missions during his stint as a machine gunner in the war-torn country’s Sunni Triangle. The story will focus on Matt Ocre (Hoult), and platoon leader Sergeant Baker (Evans), as they and their troops attempt to protect a farming village called Baqubah in the crosshairs of some very dangerous enemies. At the same time, Baker has to keep his troops sane in the face of mounting casualties. As for Cavill, he’ll be the special forces captain running the operation.
Fernando Coimbra, who has directed episodes of Netflix’s Narcos and several films, is behind the camera for the film. The production is kicking off next month.
Evans will be seen in Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise, which will have a gala screening at the London Film Festival this weekend, sponsored by us. He’ll also show up in Disney’s new Beauty And The Beast (out March 17, 2017) and Message From The King, which doesn’t yet have a UK release date. Cavill, meanwhile, is the Superman part of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, finally arriving here on March 25 next year.