Warren Ellis's superspy adaptation, Red, is finally ready to go green after adding three heavyweights to it's cast the last few days. Attatched since the beginning have been Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman. Willis likely to tackle the lead role as Paul Moses, a retired CIA agent who is being hunted by his former employers. In the last few days John C. Reilly, Helen Mirren, and Mary Louise Parker have all joined the fold. Reilly is rumored to be taking on the role of another agent who is paranoid about being killed as well, Parker as a love interest to Bruce Willis's character.
The critically acclaimed graphic novel debuted in 2003 and is considered one of Warren Ellis's finest works. Consider it a little bit The Bourne Identity crossed with last year's Taken. It's basically an older agent forced to deal with the younger, more technologically advanced upstarts trying to take him down.
Robet Schwenke, who directed The Time Traveler's Wife most recently, is on board to helm the project. Biggest drawback? The writing duo attatched, who's last film was the super turd, Whiteout. Surely it won't be as bad as Whiteout was. That would take a concerted effort on their part to produce the slowest, most boring to see and hear film of all-time.
