Taylor Kitsch and Benicio del Toro join Oliver Stone's "Savages"

The casting calls for Oliver Stone's upcoming adaptation "Savages" is still on the way. After young British Aaron Johnson signed on for one of the leading role, Ben, Deadline reports that Taylor Kitsch, whom we might know from "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" where he played Gambit and American tv series "Friday Night Lives", will join the movie to play Chon, Ben's best friend. Meanwhile, Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro is reportedly signed to play Lado, an accomplice of Mexican drug cartel which is the main antagonist of the storyline.

"Savages" is based on Don Winslow's best-selling book with the same title, tells about two best friends, Ben and Chon, who are successful growers of pot in Laguna. Seems like they are having a quirky lifestyle besides becoming a 'pot grower', since they both share the same girlfriend (!!!). This girl named O dates both Ben and Chon ~ and apparently they have no problem with it. One day, a drug enforcer Lado asks them to work for his boss, a Mexican cartel matriarch. After Ben and Chon refusing to join, the Mexican gang kidnap O. Ben and Chon are forced to come up with a fortune in ransom. They plot to do it by hijacking the cartel's drug supply, right under the nose of Lado, who is highly suspicious.

The role of O was initially 'almost' given to Jennifer Lawrence before she was signed for "The Hunger Games". The team are now looking for her replacement, for both famous and unknown names. "Savages" is currently on progress to sign a deal with Universal Pictures.

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Aaron Johnson for "Savages" and "Anna Karenina" leading man

British actors are totally invading Hollywood right now. From Andrew Garfield becoming Spider-Man, Henry Cavill becoming Superman, Alex Pettyfer becoming box office dude since last month, and so on, here comes Aaron Johnson who's on his way. Well we all know that he starred in 2010 hit flick "Kick-Ass" (and of course he played Kick-Ass), and it was pretty much great! Johnson was so 'likeable' he made us -- the girls -- want to be his best friend, at least based on the Dave Lizewski role.

According to Deadline, Johnson is now being offered one of the leading male roles for "Savages", an Oliver Stone-directed drama about two best friends growing a pot and share a beautiful girlfriend. Problems come when a Mexican drug cartel kidnaps their girl, threatening them that they will kill the girl if the pot doesn't grow for the cartel. The movie will be written by Shane Salerno and Winslow -- who wrote the original novel. Jennifer Lawrence was originally cast as the leading lady (yes, the girlfriend), but since she recently just signed for "The Hunger Games", she'll be likely to get a replacement because "Savages" will start filming in June.

Besides "Savages", Johnson is also being offered to star in "Anna Karenina" alongside Keira Knightley. "Anna Karenina" is based on an adaptation of the Tolstoy classic tragic love story, which will be helmed by "Atonement" director Joe Wright, and written by Tom Stoppard. The movie is reportedly will begin shooting in fall.

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