Malin Akerman is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Nicolas Cage in Medallion, a Nu Image/Millennium Films action thriller directed by Simon West.
The story, with shades of Taken, follows a father — a former master thief — who has only a few hours to find his daughter when she is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a New York medallion taxi cab.
Akerman will play Cage’s former girlfriend and former bank robber who agrees to help him save his daughter.
David Guggenheim wrote the script. Matthew Joynes and Jesse Kennedy of Aurelius are producing as is McG via Wonderland Sound and Vision. James Holt (Men Who Stare at Goats) is also producing.
Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short and Cassian Elwes are exec producing. Wonderland’s Mary Viola is also exec producing.
The movie will shoot in New Orleans starting in mid-March.
Akerman’s recent credits include Watchmen and Couples Retreat, and she is one of the stars of Josh Radnor’s feature directorial debut, HappyThankYouMorePlease, which opens in March. She is repped by WME and Sanders Armstrong Caserta Management.
Malin Akerman is currently at the 19th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in Los Angeles! I have just added the first photos of her from the event – 3 in total – into our photo gallery. More will be added as they’re released!
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Yesterday, Malin Akerman was photographed at the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica. Later on in the night, she was photographed at the Montblanc Cocktail Party. I have just added 19 photos from both events into our photo gallery!
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Malin Akerman Source > Public Appearances > From 2011 > The LG Cinema 3D HDTV Lounge Backstage At The 2011 Spirit Awards
Malin Akerman Source > Public Appearances > From 2011 > Montblanc Cocktail Party Co-Hosted By Harvey And Bob Weinstein
Yesterday, Malin Akerman was photographed at the GBK’s Oscars Globes Gift Lounge in Los Angeles. I have just added 11 photos of Malin from the event into our photo gallery!
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Malin Akerman Source > Public Appearances > From 2011 > GBK’s Oscars Globes Gift Lounge 2011 – Day 1
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I have a big gallery update tonight! There is 264 HD screen captures of Malin Akerman from the show “Access Hollywood Live”, 19 HQ stills from “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, 12 HQ additions from the Vanity Fair Campaign Hollywood 2011 – Chrysler Celebrates “The Fighter” event, and 15 photos from the Kelly Meyer Hosts A Celebration For “The World Of Gloria Vanderbilt” event from yesterday! Thanks to Brianne for the captures and Jess for the HQ additions!
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Malin Akerman Source > Television Appearances > Talk Shows & Interviews > The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson – February 22, 2011
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With all the excitement surrounding the various comic book movies these days, the casting rumor mill has seemingly been churning out new names by the hour — particularly with Warner Bros. heavily-hyped “Superman” reboot and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
With regard to “The Dark Knight Rises,” we’ve been hearing more about actors rumored to be joining the cast rather than actresses — aside from Anne Hathaway landing the role of Selina Kyle, of course. Still, with director Christopher Nolan reportedly saying there’s another female role in “Dark Knight Rises” up for grabs, MTV News caught up with one of the actresses on the rumored contender list, Kate Mara, to find out if she’s seen a “Dark Knight Rises” script.
Um, I…unfortunately I never did get to see any sort of script,” Mara said during the press day for her upcoming film “happythankyoumoreplease.”
“So I wouldn’t be able to tell you a thing. And I wouldn’t even be able to tell you anything about anything about it,” she added. “So uh… super boring [answer] on that topic.”
Fair enough, we know that all parties involved or even potentially involved in the super-secret world of superhero films are sworn to secrecy. Still, we pressed on… and asked Mara and her “happythankyoumoreplease” co-star Malin Akerman if they’d be game for a role in Snyder’s as-yet-untitled “Superman” reboot, since the leading ladies in that film have yet to be cast.
“Do it! Put me in it!” Mara said excitedly.
“Put us in!” Ackerman agreed.
“You know, I think there’s a lot of rumors going around about a lot of different things and you look on the internet and go, ‘Oh really?! I’m in that?’” she said. “Or, ‘Attached to that? Cool. Great. I hope my agent calls me and lets me know,’ I think there’s a lot of rumors going around. I’d jump at the chance to work with Zack again, but… you know. We’ll see what happens.”
Mara, who confessed she reads “all” the rumors, would also be totally on-board for a role in the “Superman” reboot.
“I love superhero movies too,” she said. “I’m sort of obsessed.”
“They’re fun,” Akerman added, citing her time in “Watchmen.” “You get to fight crime. I mean I don’t have these muscles for nothing. You know what I mean?”