Allen Buckles Up for Universal's 'Death Race' - News Story

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Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:08 AM EDT
Allen Buckles Up for Universal's 'Death Race'

tags: joan allen paul w.s. anderson paula wagner tom cruise universal

Fresh off box office champ The Bourne Ultimatum, Joan Allen has joined the cast of the long-rumored Death Race, a remake of the Roger Corman cult classic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"Deadwood" villain Ian McShane and actor/singer Tyrese Gibson (Transformers) also are in the starting lineup for the action-thriller, which stars Jason Statham.

Death Race sees a future America in which prison inmates are forced to brutally compete in an enclosed arena. Statham will play a prisoner who, with only weeks to go before his release, is coerced into being a driver and becomes the crowd favorite called Frankenstein.

Allen will play the warden of the prison who runs the race and ruthlessly forces Statham to enter the arena. McShane will play a coach, while Gibson is a sociopathic racer named Machine Gun Joe who seeks to escape from prison.

Production will start this year with an aim for a fall 2008 release. Paul W.S. Anderson will direct the Universal Pictures project. Tom Cruise and his C/W Prods. partner Paula Wagner will serve as producers.

Allen reprised her role as CIA operative Pamela Landy for "Ultimatum", which set a record for an August release when it opened to $69.3 million last weekend.

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