Nicolas Cage Scores Role in The Medallion (2011)

Nicolas Cage gets to star in an action thriller coming up. He's been a nerdy historian, a bad guy, a medieval times player and up next a bad guy turned good guy in The Medallion. It's a pretty big deal, considering the other top action actors that he supposedly beat out. Or else they dropped out and he was the last man standing!

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Nicolas Cage will star in The Medallion (2011), an action thriller directed by Simon West.

Millennium Films has come aboard the project as financier and is already out to buyers with the package.

The project had been in the works for a while and was to originally to have starred Clive Owen. Jason Statham was also associated with the project at one point as well. 

Do you think Nicolas can can cut it as an action hero? I don't remember Ghostrider doing so hot in the theaters, but maybe that was just me. Did you see him in action for that role?

Nicolas has been busy in recent months. His upcoming films include The Hungry Rabbit Jumps, which is scheduled for release still in 2010. Then he has Drive Angry 3D and Trespass scheduled for 2011 releases. He even has two movies on his docket for 2012 – The Croods and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Maybe it was better than I thought after all! Which movie are you excited to see him in?