Jumanji: The Next LevelandGuardians of the Galaxystar Karen Gillan will be teaming up with herself, along withBreaking Badlegend Aaron Paul, for new sci-fi thrillerDual. The movie will also featureThe Last Saintstar Beulah Koale,Spider-Man: Homecomingactress Martha Kelly, andZombieland: Double Tapstar Jesse Eisenberg who are all set to appear in the movie in an as yet unknown capacity. Here is what the official press release has to say.
“Karen Gillan is set to star and play two roles in director Riley Stearns' satirical sci-fi thriller DUAL, withAaron Paul, Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly and Jesse Eisenberg. Stearns wrote the script and will produce alongside XYZ Films. XYZ will handle global sales and co-represent the US with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group, with a scheduled production start later this summer.”
After receiving a terminal diagnosis, a woman (Karen Gillan) opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
What begins as a description of a deep, thought-provoking drama about the perils of grief takes a sharp turn into sci-fi action territory more akin to something like Will Smith’s recent action flickGemini Manor even Arnold Schwarzenegger’s clone-off adventureThe 6th Day. whetherDualwill be a satirical take on these proceedings remains to be seen, but it sounds very interesting nonetheless and will give Gillan the opportunity to take on a dual role, something which actors often love to do.
Both of Stearns' previous movies,The Art of Self DefenseandFaultsarequite strange cinematic outings, so it would not be all that surprising if the left-turn twist is played for laughs, or at least reacted to by Gillan’s character for the ridiculous outcome that it is. We’ll have to see howRiley Stearnshandles the material.
It is currently a pretty busy time for both lead actors Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul, with both of their stars consistently on the rise. The latter recently headlined theBreaking Badspinoff movieEl Camino, which debuted just six months ago, and has been appearing in a lead role on HBO’s trippy sci-fi seriesWestworld. Gillan meanwhile has become one of the staple characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as continuing her adventures in the jungles ofJumanjialongside Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black. She will, of course, be appearing in the upcoming third movie in theGuardians of the Galaxyseries where she will reprise her role as Nebula.
Dualis also expected to have “an appearance” byThe Social Network’sJesse Eisenberg, which will likely be a cameo that made its way into the official announcement due to his association with Stearns. Of course, only time will tell how much screen time he actually gets.
With the actor’s schedules being so busy and with Hollywood shooting schedules, in general, all looking pretty chaotic for the next six to twelve months due to the ongoing global circumstances, it is difficult to say when the movie will go into production. This news comes fromXYZ Films.
