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Michael Keaton joins Need for Speed cast

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Batman actor attached to DreamWorks' upcoming film based on Electronic Arts' racing franchise.

Batman and Mr. Mom actor Michael Keaton has joined the cast for DreamWorks' upcoming Need for Speed movie, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Keaton will be featured in the film alongside stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Dominic Cooper (Captain America). He will play a "reclusive and eccentric" host of an underground supercar race.

<i>Image credit: Getty</i>

Image credit: Getty

The Need for Speed movie, due to theaters in one year this week, will tell the story of a street racer (Paul) who teams up with an arrogant associate (Cooper) only to find himself framed and sent to prison. After leaving the clink, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to score revenge.

Other actors recently confirmed for roles in the Need for Speed flick include hip-hop artist Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi, Ramon Rodriguez (Battle Los Angeles, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Rami Malek (Night at the Museum, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2), and Harrison Gilbertson (Beneath Hill 60, Accidents Happen).

Rounding out the announced cast members thus far is Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Fright Night), who will reportedly play the role of an "exotic car dealer" for the film.

Directing the Need for Speed film will be Scott Waugh, who's best known for helming Act of Valor, a military movie starring active-duty US Navy SEALs. Possibly more relevant to the Need for Speed project will be Waugh's experience on stunt crews for dozens of films, including Torque, The Italian Job, and Biker Boyz.

Waugh will be filming a screenplay penned by George Gatins, the executive producer of DreamWorks' 2010 comedy She's Out of My League. Gatins developed the Need for Speed film's story with his brother John, who is producing the film and also wrote the scripts for Real Steel and Flight

The Need for Speed movie is in production at DreamWorks (Shrek, Kung Fu Panda) and is due to theaters on February 7, 2014.

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.

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berserker66666
berserker66666

We want Paul Walker and Vin Diesel to play this movie and I want Paul to say, "I'm a cop and I need Nos". Vin can play as Razor Callihan.

itchyflop
itchyflop

"i want you to do me a favor.....and tell all your friends about me"

"whaat r u"

"im batman"

Ground_Zero
Ground_Zero

Beetlejuice  Beetlejuice  Beetlejuice 

PSYCHOV3N0M
PSYCHOV3N0M

He'll probably play a Snowman racing down a hill (-__-)

Strider8009
Strider8009

He'll play Razor Callahan's father.  

Dasim64
Dasim64

The whole idea of a Need for Speed movie makes me cringe. You couldn't pay me to get near that theater. Hasn't this idea been done to death already with the Fast and Furious movies anyway? I don't know. Maybe I'm just getting too old.

Johny_47
Johny_47

Oh that's so friggin cool, good to hear. But as always, just because a brilliant actor/s have been cast in the film doesn't mean it's gonna be good. I'm just really hoping that's all, I hope it's so much like the old Undergrounds and Most Wanted and a lot less like crappy 'The Run'.

UnstoppableKARL
UnstoppableKARL

I like Keaton, but Batman is looking a little crispy nowadays :)

top8cat
top8cat like.author.displayName 1 Like

Good cast, decent director, good crew, and an excellent production company......not bad, not bad at all.

interrasteral7
interrasteral7

@top8cat 

I will not get my hopes up for this movie, since I lost hope on good Hollywood movies adaptation of a video games years ago.

BMWDan
BMWDan

N(odding) F(rom) S(lumber): Straight 2 Bargain Bins

dkpunk
dkpunk like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

You gotta creep... Don't go chasing waterfalls. 

DrKill09
DrKill09 like.author.displayName 1 Like

Oh, NFS movie?  I'll pass.  As much as I prefer Keaton's Batman to old cancer-throat of the recent movies, I just don't see this being good.

Wake me up when the next Criterion developed NFS game comes out.

Well, then again, I am being too harsh.  The news could've been worse; they could've announced another EA Blackbox NFS game!

The only good one they did was the PS2 version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2.  Too bad they didn't develop the XBox1 or PC versions.  God damn the PS2 has aged badly.

Saketume
Saketume

@DrKill09 Agreed! I like Keaton but this seems like the usual hollywood crap we get these days.

WyteMike77
WyteMike77 like.author.displayName 1 Like

Can you name this one:

I like pizza Steve.

or...

She touched my pep-pe Steve.

Shmoe82
Shmoe82 like.author.displayName 1 Like

@WyteMike77 Multiplicity was hilarious.  #4 made the movie.

WyteMike77
WyteMike77

@Shmoe82 @WyteMike77 Most def. #2 was hard core and #3 a softy, but #4 was frig'n awesome. you know their names?

gatsbythepig
gatsbythepig like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

Michael Keaton is a great actor.  He makes most movies better. Does anyone know his real last name?  You'd be surprised.

Saketume
Saketume like.author.displayName 1 Like

@gatsbythepig and yes I knew his real name. It's like that when someone already famous has the same name.

Shmoe82
Shmoe82 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

@gatsbythepig Douglas.

WyteMike77
WyteMike77

@Shmoe82 @gatsbythepig say what? His name is Michael Douglas... too? Sweet!

...ah-ha. I see... Michael John Douglas. With 3 first names from... Coraopolis, PA... which is right down the street. Thank you wiki. Sweet! Not sure where the Keaton came from. Oh well. MK is better than 3 1st names. Smart move.

wwlettsome
wwlettsome like.author.displayName 1 Like

I remember when Michael Keaton actually had a career...pretty sure that was pre-internet.

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WyteMike77
WyteMike77

@Plasmid_king Multiplicity!!! sweet!!! another fan. great movie with some of my favorite lines... see my other posts here. :-)

Bumblebee1138
Bumblebee1138

NFS: The Dark Knight?

RedSeatRacing
RedSeatRacing like.author.displayName 1 Like

@Bumblebee1138 no fool, its need for speed rises

WyteMike77
WyteMike77

@RedSeatRacing @Bumblebee1138 wrong to the both of you idiots... wrong batman series.

WyteMike77
WyteMike77 like.author.displayName 1 Like

@RedSeatRacing @WyteMike77 @Bumblebee1138 nah... I seen what you did. and did well. just saw the word playing on something that was irrelevant to the topic. Sweet word playing though guys. Now use something from topic. :-P i.e. Tim Burton's NFS and NFS Returns and have Prince make another single for the movie. :-P

Saketume
Saketume like.author.displayName 1 Like

Such an underrated actor.

cyberarmy
cyberarmy

Wow, he is old, which means me too :/

Crawl827
Crawl827 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 3 Like

WILL HE DRIVE THE BAT MOBILE?

WyteMike77
WyteMike77

@Crawl827 If he's the host of the underground racing he needs to have a fly whip... so he has to drive the Bat Mobile. Right?

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