Shia LaBeouf might be one of the brightest young actors in Hollywood, despite being labeled as a 'bad boy' recently (he was involved in a bar brawl a couple of times and then car crash, and then another brawl this year). Well apart from me being a fan of him, I think it won't affect anything to his career as long as he keeps himself professional. The prove is here: LaBeouf is currently filming for
Jon Hillcoat-directed movie
"The Wettest County In The World", adapted from a novel with the same title, and then linked to three more prestigious projects:
Oliver Stone's upcoming Vietnam War-themed
"Pinkville", a drama comedy
"College Republicans" which the script was listed in 2010 Black List (list of 'bloody good' scripts but in undeveloped projects), and finally
"The Associate", in which he'll star as leading role Kyle McAvoy based on
John Grisham's best selling novel.
And now he did it again. While he's now in Atlanta filming "The Wettest County", there are some news buzz reporting that LaBeouf is signed to star in
"Horns" and
"Preacher". "Horn" is adapted from
Joe Hill's best-selling novel with the same name, tells about a 26 years old Ignatius Perrish who finds himself having horns growing from his head after getting drunk on the anniversary of Merrin Williams', his girlfriend, death. It is shocking to Ig himself, but as his horns grow bigger he sets out investigate the unsolved murder of his girlfriend and the case's connection to his cursed fate.
The latter, "Preacher", is based on a comic book series created by
Garth Ennis and
Steve Dillon, imprinted by DC Comics. Mainly tells about Jesse Custer, a Texas preacher who is possessed by a demon named Genesis and destroyed his entire congregation and flattened his church. Custer merely becomes the most powerful human being in the universe by possessing Genesis' power, which is an unnatural coupling of angel and demon. While discovering and developing his power, Custer travels all through United States to literally find God, who abandoned Heaven the moment Genesis was born. During the journey, Custer meets a lot of men in unusual form, who are likely to be a bit 'satanic'.
"Disturbia",
"Eagle Eye", and
"I Am Number Four" director
DJ Caruso officially announced to helm this project after
Darren Aronofsky was out, and Caruso said in a
press conference, "Shia LaBeouf loves Arseface. He wants to play Arseface. So we're kind of working that out,".
If it happens then LaBeouf will enter a whole new level in his acting career. After doing some quick research, Arseface is apparently described as a hopeless man who grows up in an abusive household. He idolizes
Kurt Cobain and try to emulate his suicide attempt. He wasn't succeed to shoot himself, however, and severely deforms his face instead of killing him. In the conference, Caruso also stated that he'd love to have
"Star Trek" actor
Chris Pine to become Jesse Custor, and his "I Am Number Four" star
Alex Pettyfer to play Saint of Killers. "Preacher" is written by
John August who previously wrote
"Corpse Bride",
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and
"Minority Report".
As a LaBeouf fan I am truly excited to hear this news! Catch Shia LaBeouf this year on
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" out in theatres July 1, 2011 in 3D.
