Branagh joins Singer's Valkyrie
Kenneth Branagh is joining Tom Cruise, although not in a Mission Impossible film, but in the Bryan Singer film Valkyrie.
Branagh, one of my favourite directors and the best Shakespearean writer/director/actor out there, is set to play a German General who mentors the character played by Cruise, and together they work on the plan to assassinate Hitler. The announcement comes from Variety.
With Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander scripting, Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh on board, and Bryan Singer directing this true story, I think we're in for an extremely strong film, if not a landmark one for many of these careers.
I suspect we're going to hear more and more great casting for Valkyrie as the weeks go on, there's talk of Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy in negotiations.
Still, I hope for three things as far as Branagh is concerned. More Shakespeare, more directing, and a release of Hamlet on DVD.
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