Washington, Mar 28 : Hollywood actor Tobey Maguire has been roped in for a new film on rival Grand Prix drivers titled `The Limit'.
The Spiderman star will not only act, he will also be producing the film under Maguire Entertainment.
Maguire will play Phil Hill, who went against his good friend and Ferrari teammate Wolfgang von Trips in the 1961 Driver''s Championship, reports Variety.
The film is based on a book by Michael Cannell that will be published this fall by the Hachette Publishing division Twelve.
The script will be penned by Anthony Peckham. (ANI)
Another heavy hitting rapper who's managed to make the transition from musician to film is Mark Wahlberg (36). Gone are the days where he rapped his 1992 number one Billboard hit "Good Vibrations." And, there's definitely no more Funky Bunch backing up this bad boy rapper turned actor. Wahlberg has made a complete transformation and if you were not aware of his rapper past before, you'd be shocked to believe that it even existed not too long ago. Maturity can sure do wonders for people.
Though Wahlberg's film career began slowly with such films as "The Substitute" (1993) and "Renaissance Man" (1994) with Danny DeVito, it was not until the movie "Boogie Nights" (1997), where he portrayed a porn-star, that his acting career began to take shape and garner him much attention in Hollywood. It has been nothing but uphill since then for this kid from Dorchester, MA.
He has seen victory in movies such as "Three Kings" (1999) and "The Perfect Storm" (2000) with co-star and Hollywood heavy hitter George Clooney. 2001 was definitely not a bad year for Mark since he had starring roles in two movies - the remake of "Planet of the Apes" and "Rock Star" which he starred in with Jennifer Aniston. Talk about making it to the big leagues. Who knew that a bit of trash talking as a rapper and a Calvin Klein ad with model Kate Moss in 1992 could get a man so far in life. Or, at least make one stand out so much from the rest.
As Mark continues on this golden road to stardom, it is obvious that he has many more entertaining and intriguing movies to make. "The Italian Job" (2003) was one of those 'fasten your seat belts, give us more' type of movies. While "Four Brothers" (2005) depicted that, keeping loyalty in mind, people can come together to right a wrong. Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" (2006), where he shared the screen with fellow actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson, demonstrated Mark's range as a performer and even gained him a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. We feel nothing but sweet sensations for his continued success.
Will Smith (39) started his career in the late 1980's as part of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Though the duo had such smaller hits as "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble," it was not until their chart topping hit "Parents Just Don't Understand" that the group gained much recognition by winning the first Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1988. The pair then went on to win another Grammy in 1991 for their single "Summertime," which has become pretty much an anthem here in the U.S.A whenever the warm summer weather is approaching.
Though his acting career started out on the small screen by way of the NBC hit sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (early 1990's), which ran for six seasons, Will quickly branched out onto the big screen with much fervor. At the beginning of his acting career, most notably was his role as a gay con man in the 1993 movie "Six Degrees of Separation" alongside such greats like Donald Sutherland, Stockard Channing and Sir Ian McKellen. As he expanded his career the types of roles he began to receive were varied and many. One cannot really say that Mr. Smith has ever really been typecast. He played a cop in both "Bad Boys" (1995 and 2003), an air force pilot in "Independence Day" (1996), an alien chaser in "Men in Black" (1997 and 2002) and portrayed the great Muhammad Ali in "Ali" (2001), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. This rapper turned actor has pretty much done a movie every year (be his role big or small) ever since he delved into the world of acting. Not bad for rapper from Philly!
We have seen Will Smith go from being a young man to a grown man right before our very eyes. That growth has presented itself through mature roles such as the ones he had in two of his most recent films, "The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006) for which he received yet another Oscar nod, and "I Am Legend" (2007). It is clear that this renaissance man is going nowhere but all the way to the top. When you think of Will Smith you expect good and great things. This first class gentleman always delivers with his amazing sense of professionalism, charming personality, acute sense of self and, of course, integrity.
Washington, Mar 28 : Hollywood actor Tobey Maguire has been roped in for a new film on rival Grand Prix drivers titled `The Limit'.
