BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Kurylenko Stars In Marshall's "Centurion"...

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Actors Olga Kurylenko, Michael Fassbender and Dominic West will star in director Neil "The Descent" Marshall's "Centurion," for "Slumdog Millionaire" producer Christian Colson of Celador Films.

The thriller, set during the Roman invasion of Britain circa A.D. 117, followss the story of 'Quintus Dias', sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, who marches north with the 'Ninth Legion' under 'General Virilus', with orders to defeat the Picts and their leader 'Gorlacon'.

Colson will produce for French-owned, U.K.-based Pathe Distribution.

Marshall, who also wrote "Centurion," made "The Descent" for Pathe and Celador.

Pathe International will start pre-sales of "Centurion" at next month's European Film Market, which runs during the Berlin International Film Festival...