Aeon Flux Supporting Cast Announced

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Paramount Pictures has announced the supporting cast for Aeon Flux, the big screen adaptation of Peter Chung's popular futuristic MTV animated series. Joining Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron (Monster) will be Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie

Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) is helming the film with Gale Anne Hurd, David Gale, Gary Lucchesi and Greg Goodman producing. Tom Rosenberg and Van Toffler are Executive Producers of this science fiction action-drama. The screenplay is written by Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi and the film is based upon characters created by Peter Chung. The film is a Valhalla Motion Pictures and MTV Films production. Filming began in early August in Berlin.

Aeon Flux is set 400 years in the future, when disease has wiped out the majority of the earth's population except for one walled, protected city- state, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. Theron plays the title role of "Aeon Flux," the top operative in the underground "Monican" rebellion, led by the Handler, played by McDormand. When Aeon is sent on a mission to kill the government's leader (Csokas), she uncovers a world of secrets, which makes her question everything she thought she knew.

A New Zealand native, Marton Csokas, who plays Trevor Goodchild, known as Chairman Goodchild, recently completed production on the films, Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven and The Great Raid. Csokas has also starred in films such as The Bourne Supremacy, XXX, Kangaroo Jack, Star Wars: Episode II - The Attack of the Clones and as Celeborn in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings.

Jonny Lee Miller portrays Trevor's younger brother, Oren Goodchild, who believes in the order of the city-state and seeks to crush the rebellion. Miller's credits include the psychological action-thriller, Mindhunters as well as Afterglow, Dracula 2000, Love, Honour & Obey, Trainspotting and Hackers.

Sophie Okonedo, who portrays Aeon's protege and rebel operative, Sithandra, starred in the critically acclaimed feature film, Dirty Pretty Things, as well as in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and the recently completed film, Hotel Rwanda.

Amelia Warner, who plays Aeon's beloved sister, Una Flux, co-starred in the feature films Quills, Winter Passing and Love's Brother.

Caroline Chikezie, who stars as Elaine Hardy in the hit British TV series, The Footballers' Wives, will play Freya, the loyal aide to Trevor Goodchild. Chikezie, a popular television actress in England, has also starred in the miniseries 40 and as a regular on the series Holby City and As If....

Jim Littler
8/23/2004
Source: Comic Book Movie

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