The Kid (DeHaan / Hawke / D’Onofrio)

On the eve of opening in the Luc Besson-directed Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets, Dane DeHaan has been set to star as gunslinger Billy The Kid in The Kid, a Western that Suretone Pictures is backing. He will star alongside Ethan Hawke in the feature directed by Vincent D’Onofrio. The Andrew Lanham-scripted pic focuses on the infamous gunfighter in a tale told through the eyes of a young boy who reaches out to his hero to help save his family.

DeHaan, who has starred in The Place Beyond The Pines, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Chronicle, has Tulip Fever coming opposite Alicia Vikander. But Friday he takes his first lead hero role along with Cara Delevingne in Valerian. That visually spectacular 3D film opens in what is shaping up to be the most competitive week of the summer, with Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and the potential sleeper Girls Night bowing and several films returning with gas still in the tank. Valerian is expected to do the bulk of its box office performance overseas, as most Besson films do. It premiered Monday night in Hollywood at the Chinese Theater.

Tyger wrote:Ethan Hawks is really feeling westerns lately

Tyger wrote:Fucking autocorrect, Hawke*

It's fine, it just seems like he's slowed down a bit and I'd like more variety

WyldeMan wrote:
I waited 20 years for Hawke to make a western, I'll be fine with him spending a few years there.

ForeverBlu wrote:
He's why Vincent joined the Magnificent Seven remake.

Rusty Cunt wrote:I am the same. Once I saw him in Magnificent 7, I thought to myself "I want to see him do a western." A real, legit, western. Not just a studio movie set in the old west, but a legit, dirty, western. That would be great.