Rupert joins cast of WILD TARGET!!

[Shlesha]

oh thanks!! A thief? So rupert will play a thief?

[Ki]

Another indie film with Rupert's name on it!!! AWESOME! It has a $8 million which is so much bigger than Cherrybomb's and they will be filming IN LONDON. I am so going to stalk Rupert at some point during filming of this movie!

Seeing Bill Nighy involved int his project makes me cry with joy.

[Ki]

We don't know Rupert's role yet. The hitman will be played by Bill Nighly and the thief he is trying to kill and will eventually fall in love with is played by Helena.

I can't picture Rupert playing Helena's son where they're both on the run. ^_^

[suzeeq]

I don't think so. He might play the hitman's sidekick. The story is somewhat similar to the movie called The Hit. Tim Roth played the hitman in training, John Hurt played the Hitman and Terrance Stamp played the guy the hitman sends to kill. Here is a short synopsis:
Two hitmen are sent to Spain to pick up a man who's been hiding there for ten years and bring him to Paris to be executed. A sort of road movie ensues, in which the hitmen must face their own ineptitude and nothing goes as planned.

But then, it might be totally different. lol

[Deleted]

This is such exciting news! Someone on the IDMB message board wrote this so I think Rupert would be the Antoine character:

Well if its a remake of the french film 'Cible émouvante' then this would be the plot:

Into the solitary life of middle-aged hitman, Victor Meynard, come two people: Antoine, a youth who becomes Victor’s apprentice, and Renée, a bold thief Victor’s been hired to kill because she cheated a mobster. When circumstances prevent Victor from killing her, the gangster sends two more teams to do it (and to dispatch Victor and Antoine). Victor decides to help Renée, and the unlikely trio ends up at his house with his temperamental mother; there, as they hide out, Victor’s attraction to Renée grows, she discovers his vocation and fears he’s going to kill her, and an ultimate showdown with their hunters is inevitable.

I'm not sure how the person knows it's a remake of the french film.

[suzeeq]

Sept 3, 2008 20:58:21 GMT -5 @cgold said:

This is such exciting news! Someone on the IDMB message board wrote this so I think Rupert would be the Antoine character:

Well if its a remake of the french film 'Cible émouvante' then this would be the plot:

Into the solitary life of middle-aged hitman, Victor Meynard, come two people: Antoine, a youth who becomes Victor’s apprentice, and Renée, a bold thief Victor’s been hired to kill because she cheated a mobster. When circumstances prevent Victor from killing her, the gangster sends two more teams to do it (and to dispatch Victor and Antoine). Victor decides to help Renée, and the unlikely trio ends up at his house with his temperamental mother; there, as they hide out, Victor’s attraction to Renée grows, she discovers his vocation and fears he’s going to kill her, and an ultimate showdown with their hunters is inevitable.

I'm not sure how the person knows it's a remake of the french film.

It's similar to The Hit.

Jess, here was the article. It was about his breakup with Diana Quick.
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1050705/Its-love-actually-Theirs-enduring-romances-showbiz-So-whats-driven-Bill-Nighy-Diana-Quick-apart.html

[*Jess*]

Yeah. I think Rupert will be either Bill Nighy's or Helena's trainee.

My other theory, which I don't like as much, is that maybe he's playing Bill's son. I see a "Scott Evil" type role, like "Geez, dad. Why can't you just kill her? Give me a gun. I'll do it." LOL

Who knows? I can't wait to get more details.

EDIT: Yes, that French film remake sounds plausible.

[suzeeq]

ITS CONFIRMED FROM ICM

News Updates
Rupert Grint joins “Wild Target” Cast!
by Jo ~ September 3rd, 2008
It was previously reported that Helena Bonham Carter would be starring in a new movie titled “Wild Target”. We wanted to inform you that writer/ actor Jonathan Lynn’s Official Website has revealed that Jonathan Lynn will be shooting his new comedy movie “The Wild Target” in London on September 16th, 2008, with Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter and Rupert Grint heading the cast! The screenplay is by playwright Lucinda Coxon, based on the 1993 French film “Cible Emouvante”. The producer is Martin Pope.

We will be getting more details for you on Rupert’s involvement so stay tuned!

[Manu]

wow Rupert is getting to do lots of things!

Theres a link already in IMDB though Rupes name wasnt added yet.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1235189/

[*Jess*]

Confirms the French film remake theory, too. Cool! So we know the plot and also the role he's playing. **squueeeeeee****