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Ben Mendelsohn stars in Star Citizen

 

In recent years video games have become the highest grossing entertainment industry.  In one weekend of sales, Fallout 4 generated more revenue than record breaking Hollywood blockbusters.

This financial growth has generated the interest of the media companies that control film and tv studios, to the extent that they now have their own video game divisions. It's not surprising that this has also led to contributions of known directors and actors in video games. Following his successful blockbuster, Avatar, James Cameron made a video game that takes place in that fictional world, but which expands the events in the story. Kiefer Sutherland voiced the protagonist in Hideo Kojima’s 5th installment of the Metal Gear Series. Kevin Spacey contributed his likeness, physical performance (achieved through motion capture technology), and voice to a character in an installment of the popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series.

Slowly but steadily famous actors are trickling into the gaming industry. Until now, there’s only been single A-list actors contributing to a game. However,  The list includes Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Gillian Anderson, Sophie Wu, Liam Cunningham, among others. Even Ben Mendelsohn who starred in World Wide Motion Picture Corporation’s Amy, and who has had a fantastic year in his career, has a role in “Squadron 42”, though details about his character have not yet been released.

What is known about the game is that it is a sci-fi game that revolves around the Navy and their endless battle with a space race called the Vanduul. The game play will involve control of the Navy’s ships, and within the Squadron 42 storyline there will be cut-scenes that will display the likenesses of the several actors involved in the project. The game is scheduled to be released sometime in 2016.

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Ben Mendelsohn in Star Wars Anthology Rogue One

 

Star Wars Anthology Rogue One is a storyline set in between Return of the Sith and A New Hope. The film follows an ensemble of Rebel pilots working to steal the plans of the Death Star to know the vulnerabilities of the space station. Because of the events that occurred in Return of the Sith, there are no longer any Jedi’s during this timeline of the Star Wars universe. This condition affects the film in a way that is being described as generating more moral ambiguity than other Star Wars films, as the protagonists in this story do not have the religious ethics of a Jedi master, and they are not able to use the ‘Force’ in their endeavors —putting them in a vulnerable bind.

The film is currently in production, and though the only cast member to have officially been announced is Felicity Jones, there have been rumors regarding the casting of other actors. Enough rumors, in fact, that it could be said that they’re already part of this cast (Disney has been very secretive with casting this film up to this point). Those actors include Diego Luna, Forest Whitaker, Ben Mendelsohn, and Jonathan Aris. Though not much is known about the roles the actors are playing, it has been rumored that Ben Mendelsohn, who starred in World Wide Motion Picture Corporation’s film Amy, and others like Dark Knight Rises and Bloodline, is said to be playing a Moff who is the main villain for Rogue One. His role is said to be in charge of attempting to capture the rebel pilots, by hiring a group of bounty hunters to scourge the galaxy, in order to get the Death Star’s plans back.

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Ben Mendelsohn, Starring in New Netflix Series titled, “Bloodlines”

 

Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn is starring in a new Netflix series titled Bloodlines, which has been streaming on Netflix since March 20th. In the series, Mendelsohn portrays the family's black sheep out of a group of affluent brothers. His bad attitude was sparked by a traumatic event which the other brothers were not old enough to remember.

In an interview with EW.com, Mendelsohn spoke about playing villains and how he is generally has a strength in playing them. For him, playing villains “In a traditional sense, that’s always an important role. It’s important execution-wise, so I take it as a great compliment.” Mendelsohn has had much experience in his career playing the lead antagonist. He also portrays the villain in such feature films as The Year My Voice Broke, as well as Animal Kingdom.

On Friday April 3rd, Ben celebrated his 46th birthday. Be sure to catch Ben Mendelsohn's performance in the film Amy, also starring Rachel Griffiths, which is currently being distributed by World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation.