Director Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace doesn't sound like the most original project we've ever heard of. The film follows an ex-con who, upon being released from prison, goes on a mission for revenge, hunting down the man that killed his younger brother. For example, the movie sounds incredibly similar to Faster, the 2010 action film starring Dwayne Johnson (which wasn't bad, but certainly not something to try and imitate less than two years later). Fortunately, it looks like Cooper is assembling talent that could serve as a solid distraction from the familiar plot.
Zoe Saldana, who is currently in the midst of production on J.J. Abrams' Star Trek sequel, is now in talks to potentially join Christian Bale (who entered discussions for the movie two weeks ago) in Out of the Furnace. But Saldana and Bale aren't the only two actors expressing interest in the movie, as there are some other big names circling the project as well, according to Variety. As previously reported, both Robert Duvall and Viggo Mortensen are interested in taking parts in the project, as the protagonist's uncle and the central villain, respectively. There has also been talk that Casey Affleck, Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Kitsch and Channing Tatum are being looked at to play the younger brother. Should she sign on, Saldana will play Bale's ex-wife, who has moved on since her husband went to prison and has married the local sheriff. No actors are yet locked in for the project, which actually doesn't have the green light yet.
Described as a "gritty throwback to 70's movies", the project is based on a script originally called The Low Dweller, written by Brad Ingelsby. Should it get the go-ahead, production is planned to start in late spring.

　　就在克里斯蒂安·貝爾確定主演斯考特·庫伯（《瘋狂的心》）的新片《逃出熔爐》（Out of the Furnace）后，本片開始了大規模的招兵買馬，“阿凡達女郎”佐伊·索爾達娜有望加盟，飾演貝爾的前妻角色。
　　《逃出熔爐》的原名為《低等居民》（The Low Dweller），在斯考特·庫伯之前，魯伯特·山德斯和大名鼎鼎的雷德利·斯科特都曾經參與過這個項目。影片中，貝爾是演的主人公在監獄中服刑四年，出獄后卻發現弟弟被殘忍殺害。為了復仇，他開始一路追蹤尋找真兇。有消息稱，維果·莫特森將扮演大反派。
　　除此之外，卡西·阿弗萊克、查寧·塔圖姆、加內特·赫德蘭、泰勒·克奇四人中的一員，將最終飾演片中慘遭謀殺的弟弟。