The stars are staring to pile into the new untouchables project. We get news today that Gerard Butler is now on board. We get the scoop and following excerpt from comingsoon.net
Gerald Butler (300) will star in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables: Capone Rising, reports Variety.
He joins Nicolas Cage, who will play a younger version of Al Capone, the character made famous by Robert De Niro. “Capone Rising” is a prequel to De Palma’s 1987 classic The Untouchables, and will revolve around the early dealings between Capone and Irish cop Jimmy Malone, a role that garnered an Oscar for Sean Connery.
Butler was good stuff in 300. It is no surprise that his stock is rising after that role, and I suspect that it will continue to do so. His IMDB page certainly suggests that business is booming as of late. I am interested in learning more about the character he is set to play in the film.
I am usually not a huge fan of prequels, but Nick Cage as Al Capone has a ridiculous tractor beam on me. If they keep adding dudes of Butler level caliber, this may be something to celebrate rather than malign.
