Next is, well, Next
14/04/2006 . Source: Jessica Martin 
Production has begun in Los Angeles on the science fiction action thriller Next, based on a Philip K. Dick story. The film will star Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel. Buy Next in the USA - or Buy Next in the UK  Filming has begun in Los Angeles on Revolution Studios' Next a science fiction action thriller starring Nicolas Cage, Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel. The film, which is being directed by Lee Tamahori, will be released domestically by Columbia Pictures in 2007. IEG Virtual Studios, an affiliate of Initial Entertainment Group, holds the international distribution rights.
Next is being produced for Revolution Studios by Cage and his Saturn Films producing partner Norm Golightly, Broken Road Productions' Todd Garner, Initial Entertainment Group's Graham King and Arne Schmidt. The screenplay is by Gary Goldman and is based on the Philip K. Dick story The Golden Man. Goldman, Jason Koernick and Ben Waisbren are serving as executive producers. Dick's stories have been the basis for such films as Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report and the upcoming A Scanner Darkly.
In Next, Nicolas Cage plays a man with the ability to see future events and affect their outcome. Relentlessly pursued by the FBI, which is seeking to use his abilities to prevent a global terrorist threat, he is ultimately faced with the daunting choice of saving the world or the woman he loves.
Nicolas Cage was most recently seen in The Lord of War and will next appear in The Wicker Man, Ghost Rider and World Trade Center. His previous credits include Adaptation, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, The Family Man, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Con Air, The Rock and Leaving Las Vegas, for which he won an Academy Award.
Julianne Moore was most recently seen in the drama Freedomland and the psychological suspense thriller The Forgotten. She received Academy Award nominations for The Hours, Far from Heaven, The End of the Affair and Boogie Nights. Her other credits include Laws of Attraction and Magnolia.
Jessica Biel will next be seen in The Illusionist opposite Edward Norton. Her previous credits include Stealth, Blade: Trinity, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Rules of Attraction and Summer Catch.
Lee Tamahori most recently directed XXX: State of the Union, starring Ice Cube. His other credits include the James Bond film Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan, Along Came a Spider with Morgan Freeman, The Edge with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, and Mulholland Falls with Nick Nolte and Melanie Griffith.
Revolution Studios was formed by Joe Roth in May 2000 to independently produce and finance films in partnership with Sony Pictures, Starz Entertainment Group and Fox Entertainment Group.
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