Alex Takes On “The East”

Posted on the 30 September 2011 by Eric And Sookie Lovers @EricSookieLover

Next up on Alex’s career path, he will be starring in the movie, “The East”! SkarsgårdNews has confirmed this to be true, saying…

Confirmed: Alexander Skarsgard will be in “The East”

They have finally come to an agreement and the movie that was once rumored to be filming in Nashville, is not. Location has been changed and he’ll definitely fit it in before filming of True Blood season 5 begins!

Ellen Page

This is what the movie will be about;

Fox Searchlight is back in business with “Juno” star Ellen Page, who’s in final talks to join Brit Marling and Alexander Skarsgard in Zal Batmanglij’s thriller “The East.”Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Prods. banner is producing the pic, which was written by Marling and Batmanglij.

Story concerns a private contracting firm tasked with protecting big corporations from radical environmentalists and anti-business extremists, with its agents tasked with infiltrating a mysterious anarchist org known only as the East.

Brit Marling

Marling stars as the undercover agent, who finds herself falling for the leader of the East (Skarsgard). Page will play Izzy, a member of the East who used to be Skarsgard’s lover and is now jealous of the attention he pays Marling’s character.

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Wow, Alex definitely likes to keep himself busy in the off-season! Sounds like an interesting movie!

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