'Doom's' day for Pike with Universal Pics
'Doom' player
SepT 22, 2004
British actress Rosamund Pike has signed on to star in Universal Pictures' upcoming video game adaptation "Doom." Pike will play Samantha, a scientist, opposite Karl Urban, who will play John Grimm, the leader of a special ops team at the center of the action-adventure pic. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is also set to take a leading role. Polish helmer Andrzej Bartkowiak will direct the feature, which has had a long development history. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and John Wells are producing. "Doom" was written by Dave Callaham. Pike is filming "Pride and Prejudice" for Working Title/Universal opposite Keira Knightley. She also will be seen opposite Johnny Depp and Samantha Morton in Laurence Dunmore's film "The Libertine." Pike rose to international attention in the last James Bond film, 2002's "Die Another Day," in which she played Miranda Frost. She is represented by UTA and Peters, Fraser & Dunlop in the United Kingdom.
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