Cuba Gooding Jr. is the Last Post-Apocalyptic Warrior
Sci-Fi Movie News, The Last Warrior (2008) Movie — By Nix on March 30, 2009
Snicker at the idea of Cuba Gooding Jr. playing a genetically altered super warrior in a post-apocalyptic wasteland if you will, but I think he could pull it off. Hey, he’s no Denzel Washington and this is no “Book of Eli”, but Gooding Jr. has proven himself more than capable of action movie heroics before, and I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
In a war-ravaged and disease-ridden future, a genetically altered killing machine escapes impending destruction and goes on the run, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake.
According to Cinema Blend, the movie was originally supposed to star Laurence Fishburne, who has since been replaced by Gooding Jr. The film, according to IMDB.com, will co-star Spanish beauty Paz Vega, and Olivier Martinez and Vincent Perez are “rumored” for roles. I don’t know what “rumored” means, though, since IMDB.com has the movie listed as a 2008 release, and it’s, well, you know. Shouldn’t this thing be in the can by now, or at least the cast settled?
The film is supposedly budgeted at $15 million, which is a pretty big budget for a movie destined for the direct-to-DVD bin. John Eyres will direct from a script by he and Stephen Lister.
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Cuba is due for a re-birth. He’s good.
Hello. I’ve been watching for news on “The Last Warrior” for some months now because I run a fan journal for Olivier Martinez. I would seriously LOVE to know what’s going on with this. Apparently this project has been in the works since 2005. Can you believe that? I really hope I am wrong. See the date of this story is October 3, 2005 >>> http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEE4MMHKihWWIK
Paz Vega is currently VERY pregnant and is not due till September or October. So I don’t see how that would work. LOL!!! I haven’t seen hide nor hair of Olivier since early December and that is unusual because he is almost always in the U.S. during the late winter months – early spring for Oscars and parties and such like. But he was not there this year. I thought … he might actually be in Hungary or Canada filming this movie by now or at least getting pre-production training.
I’d love to know your source is you would share them. How’d you find out about Cuba being in this? Thanks so much!!!
Rollergirl