There's a lot more news about Dominic Monaghan's new film. Thanks to Evie, again, for links and searching tips! Continue reading after the teaser photo for a description of the plot, a bit of shooting updates and more new photos. If you're reading by RSS, click the link.

Please be aware that this information is mostly from Russian-language gossip sites and second-hand on boards. There will doubtless be some errors or mistranslations.

Photos

Sean Bean and Christian Slater fans will want to head over here for more photos.

Plot

SPOILERS (I'm touching up a computer translation, so this information may be approximate):

The film tells us about the heroes of modern times - the millionaire adrenalin-junkies who already have everything from life, but want even more. There is a Wall Street banker, a video game genius, the Russian aluminum magnate, an international arms dealer and one of the founders of mobile communication. They use their money to play at war, to feel the taste of war and get a dose of adrenaline. But from the start things go wrong. The illusion of the game crashes as soon as the millionaires get to the island. As they disembark, their boat sinks and their guardians are destroyed (?). The millionaires are loose in enemy territory, unable to escape from the island. They panic and fight, while on the island are being pursued by soldiers of the military commander. Their military instructor Craig (Christian Slater) tries to teach them the basics of self-defense, but they behave selfishly, ambitiously and irresponsibly.

Source: Showbizzz.ru

Production News

The Russian Navy was used in the finale sequence of the production and battle sequences and explosions were shot live, rather than being created digitally. The Black Sea Fleet (BSF) warships and 300 servicemen participated. Ukrainian servicemen will also contribute by providing with military hardware.   (Source: RusNavy.com)

A few more points (which may or may not be correct):

• Dom's character name is "Sin" (Син).
• He may be playing the friend of the protagonist, which seems to be Craig.
• Soldiers of Fortune may just be the working title.
• Max Korostyshevsky is the director.
• Each actor is assigned his own translator.
• The film is scheduled to premiere in early 2011.
• Bob Hoskins ultimately turned down a role in the film to be able to attend his daughter's wedding.
• The finale scenes are to be shot in BSF air base. (Thanks again, Evie.)

Cast

• Christian Slater ("Craig")
• Sean Bean ("Dimidov")
• Oksana Korostishevskaya ("Cecilia")
• James Cromwell ("Houseman")
• Colm Meaney ("Mason")
• Ving Rhames ("Grimaud")
• Gennadi Vengerov ("Lupo")
• Charlie Bewley ("Vanderber")
• Freddy Rodriguez ("Reed")
• Ryan Donohue ("Ernest")

Source: The Sevastopol Forum