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Clive Owen to Headline "Children of Men"
by Scott Weinberg | April 28, 2005
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"Sin City" do-gooder Clive Owen has recently signed up to star in Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men." Based on the novel by P.D. James, the story sounds like a pretty cool one: it "takes place in the near future, where mankind has lost the ability to procreate, and the world is rocked by the news that the youngest person on Earth -- who is 18 years old -- has died. As chaos erupts, a former radical (Owen) is engaged to be the protector of the most sought-after person on the planet -- the first pregnant woman in almost 20 years."

No less than six screenwriters will have contributed to the project by the time it hits the screens: Paul Chart ("White Lies") wrote the initial adaptation, after which Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby ("Consequence") did a rewrite. Cuaron ("Y Tu Mama Tambien") will also put pen to paper with the assistance of scribes Timothy Sexton ("Live from Baghdad") and David Arata ("Spy Game").

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scottybarkbark
scottybarkbark writes:
on Apr 30 2005 02:59 PM

hmmm...post apocalyptic world, 1 fertile woman left, hunky protector of said woman.....been there seen that didn't care for it, lets have tea you cunts

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synergyred
synergyred writes:
on May 01 2005 04:26 PM

Oooh sounds interesting.

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