5 Films Famke Janssen Could Appear in During 2019 and Beyond

You will probably know Dutch actress Famke Janssen best from her role as Jean Grey in the X-Men franchise. More mature audiences might remember her as the seductive Ava Moore in the series Nip/Tuck. And for those who were adults in the 90s, she was GoldenEye’s bad Bond girl, Xenia Onatopp. Whether you’re an old or new fan of this versatile actress, you’re in luck. If you’ve been missing her presence on the big screen, she’s lined up for several big projects in the coming years.

The Poison Rose

Famke Janssen stars alongside John Travolta in a classic detective noir mystery that is a throwback to Hollywood’s golden era of film. Based on the book of the same name, the script for The Poison Rose was penned by the book’s author himself, Richard Salvatore, who co-wrote it with director George Gallo. Travolta stars as a private investigator who gets hired by his former high school flame Janssen to solve a murder. Details about the mystery are revealed as the two rekindle their old romance. For more star power, Variety confirms that the cast will also be joined by veteran actor Morgan Freeman.

American Undercover

There’s not a lot of information out there on this movie yet, but we do know that it’s going to be a spy thriller starring Janssen and Joan Cusack. It’s also going to be directed by Raza Mallal, a multi-awarded writer and director who’s also been behind movies like Ask the Cheat, Easy Money, Checkmate, and Dogs Best Friend – for which he has garnered several international film awards. If you want to dig up more on American Undercover, it’s also being billed as Kickback, and Cinando states that the movie will start shooting towards the end of 2018.

Primal

Nicholas Cage and Famke Janssen go head to head in the new crime action-thriller, Primal. Deadline reports that Cage plays a hunter who illegally transports several deadly animals to the US on a Spanish cargo ship, along with a political assassin being extradited to the US in secret. In typical Hollywood fashion the assassin escapes and releases the animals. Janssen plays the US navy neurologist who has to deal with the ensuing chaos.

X-Men

There’s been no official news on Janssen being cast in any upcoming movies under the X-Men franchise, despite being a member of the original cast. However, in past interviews Janssen has revealed that she is more than ready to reprise her role as Jean Grey, much in the same way that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen reprised their roles as Professor Xavier and Magneto in the latest X-Men movies (note she did have a tiny cameo in Days of Future Past). So while there’s been nothing official, don’t count her out just yet.

Rounders 2

Another film widely speculated is a sequel to 1998’s Rounders. It is an idea that fans and movie industry professionals like to throw around from time to time. PartyPoker claims that rumors circulate every year about a possible second movie starring the original cast. If the people behind the movie are somehow planning a sequel, we’re sure fans are more than ready to find out what happened to the resourceful Mike Dermott (Matt Damon), the unflinching Teddy KGB (John Malkovich), and the sultry Petra (Famke Janssen). Damon has hinted that there may be a script in the works in several interviews, which bodes well for an eventual film.

 

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