Dominic Monaghan Cast in ‘Fortuna’
Submitted by Oscar Dahl
Dominic Monaghan had a nice, long run on Lost. His portrayal of Charlie, the heroin-addicted former rock star, was nuanced and integral to the overall Lost mythology, and most fans were very sad to see him go. For an actor, leaving a well-paying consistent job on a popular television show can be difficult, especially for someone like Monaghan, who doesn’t possess movie star looks and who will most likely have to spend his career working smaller roles. Dominic has just been cast in a new science fiction film set in the year 2100 called Fortuna. The film takes place in a bleak and depressing future, where climate change and a struggling economy has created a vast chasm between the wealthy and everyone else.
Fortuna is about a game that the wealthy have concocted to give the impoverished hope in the depressing times they live in. In the game Fortuna, one thousand desperate contestants vie to win a spot amongst the wealthy. However, there is more to the game than the participants would like to believe – none of the contestants are ever seen from again, which puts the elite class’s goal of reducing poverty by 30% over the next 50 years in a much different light. Dominic Monaghan and Freddie Rodriguez (Six Feet Under) play contestants who enter into the game, despite their skepticism. Barthelemy Grossmann, who wrote the script and will direct, also will portray a contestant. Shooting begins November 10 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
So it’s The Running Man…but without the criminals.
Comment by Dondo — October 14, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
My thoughts exactly
Comment by Stuart — October 15, 2008 @ 9:37 am
Notice he hasn’t signed to any new TV series as of yet.
Comment by sydney airport — October 15, 2008 @ 11:08 am
And, once again, this site goes silent. What the heck, guys?? There’s tons of Lost-related news being reported elsewhere–why doesn’t any of it ever end up here anymore? Is it that you just don’t care, or are you honestly unaware of it?
Comment by Tin-Tin-Tin-Tin-Tin — October 16, 2008 @ 8:51 am
i’d like to draw your attention to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_Incident
note the date of the ‘incident’, where the incident took place, the nature (literally) of this place, what the incident was, and the strikingly obvious links.
Could this be so abstract that it could actually be a clue???
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Hey, everyone–has this site gone on hiatus? I’ve been checking here often lately, but there are never any new posts anymore.
Comment by Finnagle's Folly — October 19, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
Hey, everyone–has this site gone on hiatus? I’ve been checking here often lately, but there are never any new posts anymore.
Comment by Finnagle's Folly — October 19, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
Yeah, can the sites administrators stop jerking themselves off to Milf Lessons and get some new content on. God! (in the style of Napoleon Dynamite of-course).
Comment by Jon Heder — October 21, 2008 @ 8:40 am