It’s just been announced that Rosamund Pike has been singed up to appear in the upcoming DOOM movie. I like (not love) this choice for a couple of reasons. First of all the movie already has all the “name” power it needs (with The Rock and Karl Urban already on board), secondly I thought she did a fine job with her role in Die Another Day , and thirdly I think she’s got the look for an action film heroine (ok that last one is pretty subjective and weak, but hey, that’s my opinion).
My biggest fear with this picture is that they rush it into theaters to try to capitalize on the remaining buzz from the release of the third installment of the video game series. If they take their time, focus on making a good sci-fi action film instead of a cheap ass video game cinematic, then they have a shot at making something pretty enjoyable. I already like the cast. The good folks over at Cinescape give us this little synopsis of the project:
Pike will play a scientist named Samantha in the action flick, working with special ops soldier John Grimm (to be played by Karl Urban) as they try to fight a seemingly limitless army of demons unleashed through a portal. Swayne “The Rock” Johnson also co-stars in the movie. Shooting is still on track to start next month for a summer 2005 release.
Despite what I said I’m not actually naive enough to think this is going to be a cinematic masterpiece… but I am holding out a little hope that it could be half entertaining. If you’d like to read the whole Cinescape article go here.
