Nic Cage and Pierce Brosnan have been cast in Roman Polanski's thriller The Ghost, Brosnan has told MTV. Brosnan will play an ex-British Prime Minister named Adam Lang, with Cage playing the ghost writer of Lang's memoirs. When said writer becomes privy to secrets about a scandal involving Lang, he has to choose between loyalty to his subject and a desire to preserve his own safety. The film is based on a novel by Robert Harris. Sounds like classic Polanski to us. As a director who's always been best with small, paranoid stories, it'll be fascinating to see him going back to that kind of material after several years spent painting on much bigger canvases.

Olly Richards

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Never thought I would see Nic and Pierce ina film together. ... Read More Ricorodrigeuz About me
15:43, 25 June 2008 | Report This Post
RE: Nic Cage????
I wasn't even aware a adaption was in the works. But it all sounds good to me. I'd most likely change the ending though. ... Read More Manchurian candidate About me
10:13, 25 June 2008 | Report This Post
Nic Cage????
In the book the unamed writer (the 'Ghost' of the title) is quite definitely a Brit. He's also meant to be an unflashy writer who is happy to suppress his own personality in order to ghost write other people's memoirs. I really can't see Nicholas 'I'm Overacting Here!' Cage in the role. Brosnan as Lang tho would be interesting... ... Read More Blunderbuss About me
08:59, 25 June 2008 | Report This Post
Quite right!
Robert Harris is also the author of 'Pompeii', which Polanski was set to direct -- I wonder what the status of that project is now? ... Read More olirog About me
08:55, 25 June 2008 | Report This Post
It is Robert Harris not Richard Harris
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08:26, 25 June 2008 | Report This Post