John Malkovich is set to play a 23rd century corporate overlord opposite Thomas Jane in the sci-fi action thriller "The Mutant Chronicles" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Malkovich's character Constantine heads a United Nations-style council of four corporation-run countries that have pillaged Earth's natural resource a marauding army of "NecroMutants" wages a battle against humans for the little that remains, Constantine is tempted to destroy the planet and evacuate some of its people rather than allow it to be overtaken, all with the corporations' best interests in mind.
Jane plays Maj. Mitch Hunter, a Marine who leads the humans in their fight and becomes Constantine's antagonist. The story is based on the popular role-playing board game, and Simon Hunter will direct.
