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Rhames joins Willis on sci-fi thriller

Fri Apr 4, 2008 5:46am EDT
Cast member Ving Rhames wields a baseball bat as he arrives at the premiere of ''Dawn of the Dead,'' in Los Angeles, March 10, 2004. The film opens March 19 in the U.S. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson LN/JDP

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ving Rhames will reunite with fellow "Pulp Fiction" veteran Bruce Willis in the sci-fi thriller "The Surrogates," which starts shooting later this month.

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The Disney film, based on a graphic novel, is set in a world where humans live risk-free lives through robot surrogates that are eternally young, perfect-looking versions of themselves.

Rhames plays a charismatic cult figure who disdains the use of surrogates and tries to lead an uprising against the "new world order." Willis plays a cop who, through his surrogate, investigates the murders of others' surrogates.

Also joining the project are Australian actress Radha Mitchell ("Silent Hill") as Willis' professional partner, and British thespian Rosamund Pike ("Fracture") as his wife. Jonathan Mostow is directing.

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