Three big names in Hollywood are hooking up with Tom Cruise this weekend to find out who will get lucky enough to snag a role in the upcoming post-apocalyptic film Horizons, which is occasionally also known as Oblivion. Will it be Kate Beckinsale, Diane Kruger or Hayley Atwell crash-landing on a barren Earth?

Oblivion (or Horizons) tells the story of a soldier (Tom Cruise) living on Earth to work on the drones that hunt down and destroy the savage aliens that almost destroyed the planet. It’s a lonely existence because everyone that survived the annihilation is now living in cities built on clouds. At least it’s lonely until a ship carrying a female passenger crashes on the planet.

According to Deadline, Beckinsale (Underworld Awakening), Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) and Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger) will be reading with Cruise this weekend to find out who will snag one of two female leads. The other major female role, Cruise’s wife, has already been filled by Jessica Chastain (Texas Killing Fields).

Production on the film is expected to start early next year with a theatrical release planned for July 2013.

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Kate Beckinsale has been offered one of the female lead roles alongside Colin Farrell in the Sony Pictures remake Total Recall. I’m told she’s been offered to play Lori, who was portrayed in the 1990 Paul Verhoeven-directed actioner by Sharon Stone. In fact, that role really launched Stone’s star after she transformed from the happy spouse of Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) into someone completely different.

Both that role and the role of Melina (played in the original by Rachel Ticotin) has drawn high interest from actresses. I’ve heard that Eva Mendes and Rosario Dawson are the serious contenders for the latter role. Beckinsale wasn’t among the names most often mentioned among actresses who read for Lori. But she certainly has a track record with the film’s director, Len Wiseman. They’re married, and before that, worked together on the Underworld films. Beckinsale, who just wrapped Contraband with Mark Wahlberg, is also attached to star in The Trials of Kate McCullough, to be directed by Karen Moncrieff. She is currently shooting Underworld 4: New Dawn, so we’ll have to wait a beat to see if she accepts. She’s repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. (Source)

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