You may have read recently in some of the True Blood finale posts that Alexander Skarsgård was the first to say Good-bye to True Blood by leaving early to start shooting his upcoming film, “Tarzan.” The film is set to be released as one of the blockbuster films of the summer on July 1, 2016, as officially announced by Warner Bros., so we have quite a while to wait and see it.
The movie, which will be seen in 3D, is being directed by David Yates (of Harry Potter fame) based on a screenplay written by Stuart Beattie, Craig Brewer, John Collee and Adam Cozad. Cinematography will be done by Henry Braham and editing by Mark Day. Shooting already begun on June 30 this year. Warner Bros. is co-producing the Tarzan 2016 film with Jerry Weintraub Productions and Riche Productions.
This latest live-action film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s “Tarzan” will have True Blood star Alexander reprising the title role. Others confirmed to be in the cast include Margot Robbie as “Jane Porter,” Christoph Waltz as the Belgian villain, “Captain Leon Rom,” Djimon Hounsou as “Chief Mbonga,” Samuel L. Jackson as ex-mercenary “George Washington Williams,” and Osy Ikhile in a key supporting role. Rory J. Saper will play the “young Tarzan.”
According to the plot summary,
Tarzan will have already taken his place in civilized British society as John Clayton III, the Lord Greystoke. He will also have already been married to Jane. He will be invited back to Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament. There, while investigating suspicious activities at a mining camp, he realizes that he has become a pawn in a deadly game of greed and revenge that is being orchestrated by Captain Rom. Tarzan will then team up with the former mercenary Williams to rescue the proverbial damsel in distress, serve justice jungle-style, clobber the bad guys and otherwise save the day. There would be non-stop action to look forward to.
With its summer of 2016 release, Tarzan will have to do some really serious battling at the box office against the likes of Independence II, X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman, and Angry Birds, among others.
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