Stars cry Wulf

Robert Zemeckis has lined up the cast for his next performance-capture film BEOWULF with Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstone and Brendan Gleeson all signing on for the pic. Like THE POLAR EXPRESS, which Zemeckis also directed, this film would have the actors performing their roles over a blue screen to be digitally captured and rendered by computers into an animated image. Or something like that. Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman adapted the epic Old English poem about Beowulf, King of the Gaets. The film would follow his battles with the troll-like Grendel and a fire-breathing dragon. Were you so inclined (and really, really, REALLY bored at work) you could read the entire translated text of BEOWULF online here. In addition to POLAR and now BEOWULF, Zemeckis is producing another performance-capture film MONSTER HOUSE, which is set for release next summer.

Source: Variety