'The Cirlce' is in the midst of filming, and it keeps on adding promising names to its roster. Aside from Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, the movie also added Patton Oswalt and Ellar Coltrane to its cast. Will the movie live up to its star power?
According to Deadline Hollywood, the two new additions to 'The Circle' has joined what's "shaping up to be an interesting cast." Watson and Hanks together with John Boyega and Karen Gillan has already started filming when Oswalt and Coltrane joined. Oswalt plays Tom Stenton, the tight-lipped, Italian suit-wearing, tough-dealing throwback to a 1980s Wall Street trader who commands respect. He's one of the Three Wise Men who are founders of the conglom, alongside characters played by Hanks and Boyega.
On the other hand, Coltrane is will play Mercer, the ex-boyfriend of Watson's character, Mae Holland, who rejects the idea of the tech and makes an effort to go off the grid, according to Empire Online. 'The Circle' is based on Dave Eggers' best-selling book of the same title. It tells the story of Holland, a college graduate (Watson) who goes to work at 'The Circle': an Internet monopoly that links all of a person's online presence of any kind resulting to one online identity. Prompting a "new age of civility and transparency" turns out not always as the best thing to happen.
Recently, spotted by the Daily Mail UK, 'The Circle' filming in Los Angeles is being directed by James Ponsoldt. Hanks is also producing the film, aside from being part of the cast. The movie was talked about in the Cannes Film Festival, when Alicia Vikander was said to star.
Ultimately, Watson replaced Vikander who had other offers and ended up with a lead role in the next Jason Bourne movie. There is no set release date yet for 'The Circle', but it is due sometime in 2016.
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