July 3rd, 2011 at 10:35 am by
Sheri

A couple of tidbits of movie news on what is sure to be a slow news weekend: a new billboard poster has surfaced for Cowboys & Aliens, due to premiere in the US and Canada (and India too) on July 29 (OMG, less than 4 weeks! *demented poodle dance*) and Ben Foster has reportedly joined the cast of Sir Ridley Scott’s Prometheus.
Here’s the new billboard, featuring Daniel Craig as Jake Lonergan and his fancy gadget-y bracelet. We still don’t know what it’s for other than it shoots blue light.
We don’t know anything about the character Ben Foster will play in Prometheus, because details are still so vague despite the release of an “official” synopsis, but we do know Foster is a terrific actor. I first noticed him as “Eli” in “Freaks & Geeks” (if you don’t know this short-lived television show from the mind of Judd Apatow and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, you know what to do…To the Queue!) He did a total 180 in3:10 to Yuma as dastardly Charlie Prince. He was brilliant in The Messenger. Woody Harrelson got the attention and the nominations, but so should have Foster. He was most recently seen as Jason Statham’s protege in The Mechanic.
Foster joins a cast that already includes Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron, Logan Marshall-Green, Rafe Spall and Sean Harris. Prometheus is now filming in London for 2012 release.