Actress Amanda Seyfried is getting back in touch with her dark side.
The 25-year-old Allentown native seems to take roles from opposite ends of the spectrum: dark thrillers and chick flicks.
Her recent releases included romantic movies “Letters to Juliet” and “Dear John,” modern film-noir “Chloe,” and the bizarre, satanic film “Jennifer’s Body.”
The Allen High School alum landed two more leading roles on the darker end of the spectrum.
Recently, it was announced that Seyfried will be starring in screenwriter Andrew Niccol’s new film “I’m.mortal,” which is set to be released sometime next year. Niccol, who wrote “Gattaca” and “The Truman Show,” is also directing the film, which is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Still in pre-production, “I’m.mortal” is a futuristic tale about a world where the rich stop aging at 25 and time is like money. The rich have all the time in the world to spend on luxury while the poor are left aging and struggling to survive. Seyfried’s character is a young heiress taken hostage by a young man from the ghetto who is accused of murdering a rich man for his time.
The role of the poor young man could be played by Justin Timberlake, who is in negotiations to sign on for the part. Seyfried and Timberlake co-starred in the 2006 film “Alpha Dog.” “Inception” actor Cillian Murphy is also in final negotiations for a role in the film.
Timberlake has a few other movies that will be hitting the box office soon — including the animated “Yogi Bear” and a movie about the birth of Facebook called “The Social Network,” coming to theaters Oct. 1.
Seyfried is now filming a movie set to be released March 11 under the working title “The Girl with the Red Riding Hood.” This dark take on the Grimm fairy tale is directed by Catherine Hardwicke, director of the first “Twilight” installment. Working with gothic monsters must be Hardwicke’s forte as “The Girl with the Red Riding Hood” is set in a medieval village terrorized by none other than a werewolf. Seyfried plays Valerie, better known as the classic Little Red Riding Hood, who falls in love with a woodcutter whom she seeks out to slay the wolf.
“The Girl with the Red Riding Hood” also stars Gary Oldman from the ” Harry Potter” movies; Lukas Haas from “Inception;” and little-known hunk Shiloh Fernandez.
Other projects that Seyfried is reportedly working on include a film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play “A Woman of No Importance,” which is still in pre-production and rumored to be released sometime in 2011, and a drama called “Albert Nobbs” with Glenn Close, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Orlando Bloom, which is also in pre-production and rumored to be released sometime in 2011.
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Chloe (2010)
Dear John (2010)
The Girl With the Red Riding Hood (2011)
