Niccol’s Passion for Sci-Fi is Full ‘Bloom’

I guess before finding immersing himself into Dada movement and surrealist biopic turf of the Pacino-starring project titled Dali & I: The Surreal Story, helmer Andrew Niccol will go back to an area that he is suited for with a space odyssey about crossing a mysterious border (which nothing to do with North Korea).

Currently being packaged at the Berlin’s Film Market, The Cross would include the likes of Orlando Bloom, Vincent Cassel and Olga Kurylenko, Niccol is looking for an international cast of players who also happen to be popular in English speaking territories. Bloom plays the protag — a man seeking to cross a border, something that no one else has achieved; while Cassel takes on the role of the antagonist.

Currently in pre-production, the $24 million dollar project is scheduled to start principal photography in July in Australia and is co-production between Australia, France and – Germany.

is being produced by Bluewater Pics in Sydney, Paris’ Spangherabero Films and Berlin’s Opal Film Produktion. Wieland Schulz-Keil, Jonathan Shteinman, Jean-Vincent Puzos, Remi Burah and Niccol will produce; Alexander von Hohenthal is serving as German co-producer.