Kurylenko and Riseborough Join the Cast of Joseph Kosinski’s OBLIVION


Back in October we brought you the news when Jessica Chastain (Wilde Salome, Mama) scored the role of the wife of Tom Cruise‘s character, the first of two female lead roles in the big-screen adaptation of writer-director Joseph Kosinski‘s graphic novel Oblivion.

Shortly thereafter Chastain had to depart the Universal Pictures project due to scheduling conflicts, leaving both female lead roles open. Now, Variety reports that Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Hitman) and Andrea Riseborough (Being Human, Resistance) have scored the two female lead roles in the film.

There still seems to be some question as to whether or not the film will revert to Oblivion, its original title or Horizons, the moniker the project took on when it was at Walt Disney Pictures.

The story follows a soldier stationed on Earth, the surface of which has been destroyed by aliens. When he discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off a chain of events that cause him to question everything he knows.

Oblivion (Horizons) is slated to hit theaters on July 19th, 2013.


Jason Moore
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