Jason Statham and Leelee Sobieski are set to headline the cast of director Uwe Boll's $60 million adaptation of the sword-and-sorcery video game "Dungeon Siege," which begins filming Sunday in Vancouver.
The Hollywood Reporter indicated Statham plays the film's hero, Farmer, and Sobieski has been cast as Muriella, daughter of the court sorcerer Merrick, who will be played by John Rhys Davies.
Also starring are Ron Perlman ("Hellboy") as Norick, Farmer's friend; Matthew Lillard ("Scooby-Doo") as Duke Fallow; Burt Reynolds ("The Longest Yard") as King Konreid; and Kristanna Loken ("BloodRayne") as Elora, an enchanted tree-like creature whose support proves critical to Farmer.
The production will film in and around Vancouver through mid-September.
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