Kate Beckinsale Joins Contraband
Fri, September 17, 2010 
Uber Goddess Kate Beckinsale has signed up for a new film which makes me happy, and it looks like a smaller type of thriller which may garner her accolades in the same way "Snow Angels" and "Nothing but the Truth" did.
It's a remake of an Icelandic thriller "Reykjavik-Rotterdam" that I admit I am unfamiliar with although I have heard of "Jar City" another of the authors novels that was made into a movie. The remake was actually announced around a year ago with Mark Wahlberg locked as the lead, Latino Review has the scoop.
About a year ago, it was reported that Mark Wahlberg has come on board to star in "Reykjavik-Rotterdam," a remake of an Icelandic thriller that has been set up at Working Title. Baltasar Kormakur who starred and produced the original film will direct the Wahlberg version.
The name of the remake is now known as "Contraband."
I also just learned from my sources that Kate Beckinsale will star opposite Wahlberg in the film.
The plot centers on a security guard and former alcohol smuggler on the Iceland-Netherlands route who is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend after encountering financial problems. The original, which Oskar Jonasson directed, was Iceland's submission for the 2009 foreign-language Oscar race and won five of that country's film awards. Aaron Guzikowski, the writer behind 2009 Blacklist spec "Prisoners," is penning the script.
Trailer for the original:
Reader Comments (2)
Baltasar is huge here in Iceland .. I sure hope this works out great ! :)
regards from Iceland.
cooool...loved the original movie ..i will sure love the Wahlberg version :) looking forward to it!